Short random gun crankery.

I’ve had this in my back pocket for a couple of days, waiting to use it. As you know, Bob, I am an unabashed and unrepentant Smith and Wesson fanboy.

Honesty compels me to link to this post from the Revolver Guy blog:

“S&W 432 Ultimate Carry Ti Review: No Thanks!”

It is about 5,800 words, but I think you can see where the author is going from the headline.

As I said, most of this article was written before I experienced the big malfunctions. As such, the tenor of the general description of the 432 UC Ti may be at odds with my overarching opinion, which is: I do NOT recommend this revolver for life-and-death purposes. The first one failed within 600-ish rounds. S&W was offered the opportunity to redeem itself, and the second gun failed within 200 rounds.

I actually own one of these revolvers, as well as one of the earlier Lipsey’s Ultimate Carry guns in .38 Special. I haven’t had a chance to go to the range and give them a through workout yet, but my extended Christmas/end of the year vacation is coming soon. I’m also not carrying either until I have a chance to put rounds downrange: for right now, I’m relying on either a Beretta in .25 ACP or one of my old-school J-frames.

Greg Ellifritz also linked to this review in his Weekend Knowledge Dump for this week, and he has some additional comments. I would encourage you to read, not just his comments, but the whole Weekend Knowledge Dump. There’s some additional fun stuff in it: I would also recommend “DesertTech MDRx – Dubious Gun, Horrific Customer Service” and “The Open-Bolt MACs”. Or, as the article by Dr. Dabbs puts it: “The Open-Bolt MACs: The Worst of Absolutely Everything”.

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