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Old 04-29-2008, 07:07 AM
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After 25 years of moving steel with a handgun I can say for a fact that the S & W is not very strong at all when compared to the single actions and is not near as strong as the DW guns. I started with a M-27 8 3/8 gun. After two matches it became difficult to keep it together long enough to finish a match so it left home. Over the years, as a match director, I saw many S&W guns come and go, they just would not hold up to heavy bullets with heavy loads.

The suprise gun was the 8 inch silver snake. The Python has a reputation for being weak. However I shot my gun for over two years befor it left home in exchange for two SRMs. When the snake left it was just as accurate as when it arrived, a trophy winner.

I shot two matches a month, practice three times a week and had a range in the back yard. So my guns got a pretty fair work out.
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