S&W introduces New Mountain guns with no lock

[Spots]

Saw this over on reddit. It was posted to the Smith Facebook page but was removed shortly after. They are still up at lipseys, see the link  and pics. I'll be picking up the first 44 I can find if they are a true 4" one piece barrel no lock. 

 

https://lipseys.com/itemdetail?itemno=SM14040

 

https://lipseys.com/itemdetail?itemno=SM14041

 

 

[Spots]

Link to the S&W website. 

 

https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/model-686-plus-mountain-gun?trk_msg=6MOH81AD49P4R69C4TC1SSV4OC&trk_contact=BJNKDAVROJC4GFS0DO83TNLU1O&trk_sid=O06I4B988SHKPQEBOHDK4RSLEC&trk_link=JOIFNNCT07H4HD1K9JT67Q4ODO&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=MORE+INFO&utm_campaign=Smith-Wesson

[Grayfox54]

Nice. I could be tempted by one of the 686s. But being a Lipsey's Exclusive and limited numbers, I'm betting that they sell out in a matter of hours. If you want one, better jump quick! 

[Garufa]

 

[Whisper]

The really good news here is that it looks like the dam has broken and the universally despised lock is going to be washed away in the flood.  God is good.

Cheers,

Whisper

[Spots]

35 minutes ago, Whisper said:

The really good news here is that it looks like the dam has broken and the universally despised lock is going to be washed away in the flood.  God is good.

Cheers,

Whisper

Let's hope so. It'll probably kill the value on the lock models, but I'm ok with that. I think Colt has really come out swinging the last few years and maybe Smith has finally figured out that putting in a half assed effort isn't good enough anymore. If they will get rid of the lock and now start improving their QC then they have a good chance of turning it around

[BigK]

I wanna know which one of y'all asked for them to make the locks to start with?

[FUJIMO]

1 hour ago, BigK said:

I wanna know which one of y'all asked for them to make the locks to start with?

[Gurn]

Reminds me of the Wolf and Klar historical exclusives