I'm looking at if Smith-Wesson made an "H-frame" and I use "H" because they have had an "I" frame, and I wanted to introduce something new. Now looking at the current J-frame configuration for a 432PD, it has an aluminum alloy frame, stainless cylinder, stainless barrel insert, and weighs in at 13.5 ozs. The gun is 6.5" long, about 4.0" tall, about 1.25" wide at the cylinder, and has a 1.875" barrel.
Now my "proposed H-frame" would be chambered in 22 mag (6 shot)or 32 H&R mag (5-shot), black or silver/gray finish, enclosed hammer or "bodyguard" style only. It would be made of the same materials and set up as the above 432PD.
J-frame cylinder length...1.625
H-frame cylinder length...1.375
J-frame cylinder width...1.25
H-frame cylinder width...1.05
J-frame barrel length..1.875
H-frame barrel lenth...1.75
These changes above in dimensions seem easy enough for them to change, plus you could reduce the frame size somewhat, in the height and length. Lets say they reduce it by only 5% in terms of the frame (minus the barrel and cylinder).
This 5% reduction in the frame size coupled with the above changes in the cylinder and barrel would create the following overall size comparison:
J-frame length=6.5"
H-frame length=5.875"
J-frame height=4.0"
H-frame height=3.75"
J-frame width=1.25"
H-frame width=1.05"
Weight, if you figure a 10% reduction would make the H-frame 12oz vs 13.5oz (and if they did make one with Ti cylinder it would be about 10-10.5oz).
So, would you buy it if they sold it?
LETS SAY FOR THIS TOPIC'S PURPOSE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE LOCK, THAT WAY YOU WILL ONLY BE INFLUENCED BY THE GUN ITS SELF AND NOT S&W'S POLICIES.
Now my "proposed H-frame" would be chambered in 22 mag (6 shot)or 32 H&R mag (5-shot), black or silver/gray finish, enclosed hammer or "bodyguard" style only. It would be made of the same materials and set up as the above 432PD.
J-frame cylinder length...1.625
H-frame cylinder length...1.375
J-frame cylinder width...1.25
H-frame cylinder width...1.05
J-frame barrel length..1.875
H-frame barrel lenth...1.75
These changes above in dimensions seem easy enough for them to change, plus you could reduce the frame size somewhat, in the height and length. Lets say they reduce it by only 5% in terms of the frame (minus the barrel and cylinder).
This 5% reduction in the frame size coupled with the above changes in the cylinder and barrel would create the following overall size comparison:
J-frame length=6.5"
H-frame length=5.875"
J-frame height=4.0"
H-frame height=3.75"
J-frame width=1.25"
H-frame width=1.05"
Weight, if you figure a 10% reduction would make the H-frame 12oz vs 13.5oz (and if they did make one with Ti cylinder it would be about 10-10.5oz).
So, would you buy it if they sold it?
LETS SAY FOR THIS TOPIC'S PURPOSE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE LOCK, THAT WAY YOU WILL ONLY BE INFLUENCED BY THE GUN ITS SELF AND NOT S&W'S POLICIES.
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