Coming soon, the S&W Smooth?

[Johnny]

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That kind of looks like waterfowl. But the other one mimics western like single action or lever gun.

I am not sure S&W has any business manufacturing shotguns or lever guns. But it would be interesting.

 

[adamsredlines]

I am not sure S&W has any business manufacturing shotguns or lever guns. But it would be interesting.

Their revolver fan boys said the same when they branched out into poly guns, AR15s and 1911s, but they all seem to be pretty decent pieces.

 

[Dr_Mitch]

Looks like an ad for chewing tobacco to me

 

[Johnny]

Their revolver fan boys said the same when they branched out into poly guns, AR15s and 1911s, but they all seem to be pretty decent pieces.

I am a S&W fanboy.

But

They copied Glock and got sued when they started down the poly pistol highway.

Any dumbass with a check book can buy AR parts and assemble them and laser engrave their logo on the reciever.

The 1911 had technically been around for 100 plus years before they decided to copy those. Using the word copy loosely. They swapped redesigned the extractor which pissed off all of the purist which are the people that purchase that style of pistol.

Don’t get me wrong I am a smith fan boy and own one of pretty much everything discussed above. But they have not been an innovator in several decades. They are pretty content with just copying some other gimmick that is selling well in the market slapping their logo on it and passing making the shareholders some money.

I hope I am proved wrong in a couple of days. The ads make me think they have come up with some kind of weed gummie that produces the same endorphins you get from shooting guns a smelling burnt gunpowder.

 

[adamsredlines]

Never said they reinvented the wheel, just that they made a quality product.

 

[dennishoddy]

That kind of looks like waterfowl. But the other one mimics western like single action or lever gun.

I am not sure S&W has any business manufacturing shotguns or lever guns. But it would be interesting.

S&W manufactured shotguns back in the day. I have one. It's a pump gun in 12ga.
Their current shotgun offering is the M&P 12.
This is mine.

S&W Model 3000 Pump Shotguns

Many American scattergunners were weaned on a pump shotgun. And the pump action is still a favorite. But you'll agree that a new dimension has been added.

www.ggarchives.com

 

[dennishoddy]

Their revolver fan boys said the same when they branched out into poly guns, AR15s and 1911s, but they all seem to be pretty decent pieces.

Darned reliable too. I used a M&P 5" pro in .40 for about 10 years and many, many thousands of rounds in USPSA competitions without a single gun or magazine failure.

 

[crispy]

Maybe they’re trying to tap into the lever market, that for some reason that I can’t understand, is exploding at the moment.

 

[Profreedomokie]

My guess is it will be a double barrel shotgun.

 

[HFS]

I think I recall they had some nice shotguns from the early 80s that were made in Japan with S&W name on them.
Maybe Smith and Wesson is getting back into the ammo business?
I just thought of something. They must be introducing some kinder, gentler handcuffs with "smooth" edges or something.