WheelGunMan
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I believe the atomic symbol overlay on the S&W trademark represents the Scandium electron orbit and would lead you believe it could be a early model phaser prototype...adding yet another element of coolness to the gun.
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I believe the atomic symbol overlay on the S&W trademark represents the Scandium electron orbit and would lead you believe it could be a early model phaser prototype...adding yet another element of coolness to the gun.
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I believe the atomic symbol overlay on the S&W trademark represents the Scandium electron orbit and would lead you believe it could be a early model phaser prototype...adding yet another element of coolness to the gun.
I’ll go with that. Love it!
robhof
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My Airweight, seems to love the wadcutters I cast from a Lee mold best; 10 yd. groups very tight also very light, easy to carry. I got it used but no abused, more holster wear than shooting wear.
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As far I am concerned the humpback snub is the greatest concealed revolver ever devised. Mine is my buddy. Wherever he goes, I go too. My buddy. My buddy.
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OP, that is a very nice 3" model 337. I wish S&W still made a lightweight 3" centerfire kit gun, but they have apparently decided to let the Ruger LCR own that market. I am hoping they will come to their senses and re-issue a similar model.
I am pretty sure that the 337 is an aluminum frame and a titanium cylinder. And like most modern aluminum framed J-frames, it is chambered for 38 +P. I do not know the meaning of the atom symbol on the frame, but I suspect it refers to the titanium cylinder.
Sometime after the 337's were made, S&W did briefly offer a 360 kit gun, which looks very similar to the 3" 337, but has a scandium frame and is chambered for 357 magnum. I have seen and handled a 3" barrelled 360, so I know that they were actually made, but they are rare enough that I have yet to see one on gun broker, and I do look for them periodically.
Interestingly, I spoke to a gun store owner once about why these guns are so rare, and he said that twenty years ago when he had them in stock, no one wanted them. I guess times change, because there have been many threads about people wanting the 3" Ruger LCR revolvers. And I know I am not the only person who would rather have a Smith.
I am pretty sure that the 337 is an aluminum frame and a titanium cylinder. And like most modern aluminum framed J-frames, it is chambered for 38 +P. I do not know the meaning of the atom symbol on the frame, but I suspect it refers to the titanium cylinder.
Sometime after the 337's were made, S&W did briefly offer a 360 kit gun, which looks very similar to the 3" 337, but has a scandium frame and is chambered for 357 magnum. I have seen and handled a 3" barrelled 360, so I know that they were actually made, but they are rare enough that I have yet to see one on gun broker, and I do look for them periodically.
Interestingly, I spoke to a gun store owner once about why these guns are so rare, and he said that twenty years ago when he had them in stock, no one wanted them. I guess times change, because there have been many threads about people wanting the 3" Ruger LCR revolvers. And I know I am not the only person who would rather have a Smith.
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I have a S&W 327 Night Guard. I bought it in 2013. I was in a gun store in Elk Grove, CA looking at a revolver to take hiking with me. The salesman, who wasn’t all that bright, handed it to me and started talking it down immediately about what a joke it was. I was amazed how light it was. I opened the cylinder and saw 8 chambers and instantly fell in love with it. It’s big, black, ugly and light (for its size). The reason I say the salesman wasn’t all that bright? He went into the back to get the box and was tucking it up that some “dip**** just bought that useless Smith & Wesson”. When he came out I told him what I thought of him and his big mouth. He knocked $50 off as an apology. Haha!
It’s the model they only made in 2012 with the 2.5” barrel. It’s my favorite revolver.
I also have a 442 Centennial Airweight. It is also a favorite of mine.
It’s the model they only made in 2012 with the 2.5” barrel. It’s my favorite revolver.
I also have a 442 Centennial Airweight. It is also a favorite of mine.
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I thought it was a aluminum frame as well. I have seen several instances where it was described as Scandium alloy. I know lucky gunner has it in their SW family of revolvers charts. I don’t know if they are a real authority on SW revolvers but hey, one can only get so much info on a 20yr old space gun.
https://loungecdn.luckygunner.com/lounge/media/j-frame-chart.jpg
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The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson Second Edition says that the Scandium revolvers were introduced in the spring of 2001. So I am pretty sure that the 337, which was introduced in 1998, has an alumimum frame.
The book also states that the atom on the frame of the 337 is the titanium atom with the correct number of electrons. Some later revolvers have a scandium atom which is also shown with the correct number of atoms.
I think the chart from lucky gunner is wrong about the alloy for the 337 and also the 342.
The book also states that the atom on the frame of the 337 is the titanium atom with the correct number of electrons. Some later revolvers have a scandium atom which is also shown with the correct number of atoms.
I think the chart from lucky gunner is wrong about the alloy for the 337 and also the 342.
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Sweet! I appreciate the clarification. I might pick up said book.
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Few people are. If half the 44 mags were 44 spl. hardly anyone would know the difference.
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