pingpong
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I want to know where that salesperson is too! But I'll drive from here in Phoenix all the way up to Boise just to hear more pearls of wisdom from that guy! That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.
No, because it isn't true.Isn't Smith & Wesson owned by the company which designed the internal lock? Could that possibly be a factor?
No, because it isn't true.
Yes, S&W was purchased by a company called Saf-T-Hammer. Yes, Saf-T-Hammer did have a gun hammer safety product. No, the ILS is not the Saf-T-Hammer. The ILS was designed by a long-time S&W firearms engineer, who was with S&W prior to the acquisition, and who has since left the company. The last I heard, he was working at FN in South Carolina.
A new 629/29 would be my next gun if they'd lose the lock..as it is..S&W won't ever see any of my money.
When asked, S&W consistently states the lock is a permanent feature.
Huh? Where did I ever raise that or comment on it? All I pointed out was that 1) the Saf-T-Hammer lock design is very different from the ILS, and 2) the ILS was, in fact designed by a S&W engineer. I've scrupulously stayed away from the whole Clinton era topic.I'm rather of a fan of facts over myth myself and will cheerfully confirm that my best efforts at the Wayback Machine failed to turn up anything in Saf-T-Hammer's offerings even close to the current IL.
But, if one is to be consistent with favoring facts, could we please drop the tired old canard that the lock was implemented to appease the Clinton administration?
Smith & Wesson announced in March, 2009, that it would begin phasing the internal lock out of its revolver lineup.
According to Mas Ayoob in a reply to this statement, however, he claims this is a misquote. "In September (2008) during a visit to the factory, I learned that some in Springfield don't like the lock either and would like to get rid of it as much as anyone posting here. In January (2009) at the SHOT Show, another S&W exec told me simply that it ain't gonna happen."