thats one bad ass weapon man!
thats one bad ass weapon man!
A friend of mine had his 642 converted to 9mm with a cylinder and barrel swap. It was an aluminum frame and the trigger axis pin sheared off. It's machined as part of the frame.
"It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner."
Has anyone actually seen any press releases from S&W or can link to posts from a verified S&W representative that a 9mm snubbie is in the works?
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I would love a 9mm j frame, but don't want to pay that much for a 940. I may get a used steel no lock 442 and have it converted. But by that time I will probably be close to a 940 in price. But I definitely don't want an aluminum framed 9mm snubie.
The same friend now has a stainless 3" j frame that he had the stainless cylinder from his 442 debacle put in. It's pretty sweet. I was looking at some ruger speed or security six's for idpa revolver qualifiers. I may have to go 45 acp N frame instead.
I had been toying with the idea of a Smith 940 for a while because I think the idea of ammo consolidation was really cool as was the cartridges performance out of the snub.
Unfortunately the price of the firearm and the lack of availability (local gun stores) were really the deciding factors for me. Also the dependance on moon clips was something I wasn't very keen on.
So to me, while the firearms' concept seems really interesting the stars just never aligned.
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