Tom,
Thanks for all your info. Hope you noticed Steven Dodd Hughes offer above. Just stay on the phone with Smith and Wesson until you talk them out of the short barrel option (26"). Nobody wants that length any more. NOBODY! The 27" And 29" sounds much better, and 28" and 30" is better yet. They need to wake up and smell the coffee on this. And don't let them forget the 16 ga.

I do hope they will offer a semi-pistol grip and small semi-beavertail. The trade is awash in straight-gripped, splinter forend "game guns". A good example of this is the Parker Repro market. A 28" beavertail, pistol grip gun (especially with double triggers) will sell so quickly you wonder what happened. They need to listen to the enthusiasts...
JR

Last edited by John Roberts; 11/24/06 08:42 AM.
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