Aside from being a skeptic in the matter of higher velocities, avoiding The Lock means you avoid another potential failure mode, but by buying an older but slightly used revolver you can also avoid MIM parts, maybe a sleeved barrel, and the floating firing pin . . . and in some models, you'll get a pinned barrel and counterbored cylinders. Not to mention a revolver that may not be made any more with the mix of features you happen to want.casingpoint wrote:Used Smith six shot 357 MAGS are obsolete. For a few bucks more than a good used one, you can buy a new Smith seven-shot L-frame 357 MAG which will produce significantly higher velocities due to barrel improvements. Just how bad to you want to avoid The Lock?
Newer isn't always better, especially when it comes to S&W revolvers.