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11/24/2004 12:38:35 PM EDT
I am dead-set against purchasing new firearms w/ mandatory internal locking mechanisms. I only buy used S&W revolvers now, but could be persuaded to buy a new Taurus if there was a way to replace the hammer w/ trigger lock w/ a non-locking hammer.

Any ideas???  Thanks.

De Oppresso Liber!


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11/24/2004 5:26:21 PM EDT
[#1]
An older trigger might swap in, but I doubt it.

What's the difference?

The trigger with the built-in lock has never accidentally locked on anyone.

If you buy one with a factory hammer and then swap it out yourself, that kind of shoots your desire to "send a statement" in the foot. The company still gets their money, plus more if they happen to have the hammer you want.

I think it sucks that Remington, Taurus, Springfield Armory, and Smith and Wesson (are there others as well?) forces the PC feature upon us, but are you going to avoid all of them?

I have a few handguns with safety locks. I just ignore the lock and honestly forget the guns even have them most of the time.

Shootin em is still fun.
11/24/2004 5:55:48 PM EDT
[#2]
if you never use the feature it shouldn't effect the firearm. any sort of work like that would void taurus's lifetime warranty.

J
11/24/2004 9:40:29 PM EDT
[#3]
Some Loctite or solder in the keyholes should fix it proper.
11/24/2004 9:49:21 PM EDT
[#4]
I don't even notice the lock on my Taurus revolver. Just a little button bulge in the frame. I keep the keys for it (which I used maybe twice, when I first got it, for the sake of checking it out) in the bottom of the container that has most of my gun cleaning supplies.
11/25/2004 3:17:13 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:

The trigger with the built-in lock has never accidentally locked on anyone.

Actually, I've heard some rumors that S&W revolvers actually have been self-locking under heavy recoil.  Don't know if it's true . . . BUT!

If you buy one with a factory hammer and then swap it out yourself, that kind of shoots your desire to "send a statement" in the foot. The company still gets their money, plus more if they happen to have the hammer you want.

My concern is getting the firearm I want w/o a lock.  They don't know if I send a statement or not (except when I wrote a letter to S&W and CC-ed it to my Senators and US Rep).

I think it sucks that Remington, Taurus, Springfield Armory, and Smith and Wesson (are there others as well?) forces the PC feature upon us, but are you going to avoid all of them?

I have one Remington (a gift), and two S&Ws (both pre-lock).  I won't purchase firearm that I can't return to pre-lock status.  Remington 700s can have the bolt shroud replaced, Springfield 1911s can have the mainspring housing replaced.  It's unfortunate that if I want a non-locking Smith, it has to be used.

I though that at least w/ the Tauri locks in the hammer, they be removable.