I finally grabbed a new CCW piece...

[Hemicuda]

Dad and I picked up a matching pair of Smith & Wesson 637-2's...

they are an alloy framed 5 shot revolver set up for.38+P ammo... under 2 pounds fully loaded, they are DA/SA guns, and they came from the factory W/ Uncle Mikes boot grips...

They seem pretty sweet, at a reasonable price...

So, anyone have anything good/bad to say about these guns?

 

[BerettaNut92]

They're so....cuuuuuuuuuuute!!!

What's a -2? I have a 637, but don't think it's a -2.... Is it a 7-shot?

 

[Josey]

I had one. I did not like the +P recoil. It also had a flaking finish. I didn't care for the trigger either. I would rather have a skinny barrel M&P 38 Special.

 

[BerettaNut92]

The finish on mine is flaking off already and I have 150 rds through it.

 

[tiberius]

under 2 pounds fully loaded

I should hope so. It's a lot closer to ONE pould isn't it?

Nice carry piece.

I have the Total Ti Taurus 85 which is the same size and weight. They are very easy to carry, but be careful shooting factory loaded 158 grain lead bullets. They will likely jump their crimp and bind up your gun. I tend to stay with 125's and +P's are quite easy to handle.

 

[jercamp45]

I like it too!

Bought one last year as a BUG and it has been pretty nice. Rides in my pocket most of the time.
A bit of a beastie to control with plus p's but it can be learned with practise.
Trigger can be improved.
Bianchi Speed Strips are a good carry method, flat and allow for 2 rd tactical reloads.
The 'Jay' is about the best you can do for the power/size equasion, up until the micro Kahrs can out...I might be upgrading to a Kahr PM(dang...now they make a 40!) in the next few months.
My finish is still intact, but even if it flaked.....it is just an Extreme Close Quarters Battle tool not a safequeen with any collectors value.
Look around to find some 148 gr wadcutter target loads to get used to it..then swtich up to standard 158's then Plus p's......
Good tool!
Jercamp45

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

The finish on mine is flaking off already and I have 150 rds through it.

What finish? Unless they've changed this model from when I got mine, it's matte stainless steel in the barrel and cylinder and then, I think, anodized aluminum.

Do you mean that the anodizing is flaking off? I didn't even know that was possible. The recoil shield on mine has a drag mark on the anodizing from the ejector star lock but that's it. Where is yours losing its finish?

 

[Josey]

There is a baked on silver coating on the alloy frame. Mine was flaking and peeling all over. I had the barrel, crane/ejector and cylinder highly polished. The frame finish was ugly. I traded mine off for a skinny barrel M&P, a M-N 44 and a S&W Model 30 32 S&W Long revolver.

 

[Tommy.Gun]

Traded mine for a Kahr P 9

 

[Ala Dan]

Um, I t'was thinking postively about the S&W 637;
but I don't think I want an albino in my stable!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Hemicuda]

I BELIEVE that the -2 is just a minor internal design revision... 'tis only 5 shots, just like all the other 637's I've seen...

As for the finish... sorry to say this, but after 3 years of daily carry, theonve very FINE looking Beretta 8040F Mini-Cougar I carry is more than a little "holster worn" and I kinda expect the same from the Smith... it might be a bit ugly, but as long as it functions, that won't bother me much...

iffen it gets too bad, I'll bust out the buffing wheels, dremel, and jewellers rouge... make it a POLISHED aluminum frame!

 

[rbert0005]

I had one that was flaking off as well.

Call Smith and they will take care of it.

It seems they had some that had a bad job of finishing on them.

Bob

 

[TechBrute]

What's a -2?

Skunk, the dashed numbers on S&W revolvers refer to the revision. The major features are the same, but minor design elements are different. For example, one revision may have an internal safety, another may have the firing pin on the hammer, another may have a square or a round butt, etc, but the basic gun is always the same.