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COLUMNS JANUARY 2010
     
     
HANDGUNS
Massad Ayoob

 

Smith & Wesson's Latest
Demand For Established Guns Delayed The
New Crop, But They're Worth The Wait

 
             
   
  Muzzle flash, and a hit on the target (above). Mas finds new 438 5-shot .38 Special Bodyguard
Airweight satisfyingly accurate. Dr. George Dvorchak (below) shows controllability of new
Walther PK380 (note spent .380 ACP shell casing).
 
                     
 

At the SHOT Show last January, Smith & Wesson had lots of cool new handguns to show us, and they were scheduled to be in the gun shops soon thereafter. Unfortunately, unprecedented demand for their mainstream defensive handguns in the post-election firearms purchasing frenzy set the new models half a year back on the production schedule.

In August ’09, at a company seminar at the splendid United States Shooting Academy range in Tulsa, Oklahoma, S&W at last had the new stuff coming off the line for us to try, and soon for you to buy.

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