Smith and Wesson Hillary Hole Poll

[G4Y4HK]

 

[Fixxah]

Take the gun apart and remove it. Be sure to fill it to keep debris out of said hole. Only one of mine has it and not sure if the key still exists.

 

[TG Pioneer]

Wtf is that?

 

[Grendizer138]

f*** Hillary holes.


edit: that came out wrong.

 

[G4Y4HK]

Wtf is that?

 

[tuna]

Doesn’t matter, S&W has sucked since before they cucked out and put that abomination into their design.

I just figure the gun is a piece of shit if there is no pinned barrel or hammer mounted firing pin.

Currently I’d rather buy a Taurus, at least then I won’t be disappointed by failure.

 

[bren42970]

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The hole doesn’t work, ask bill

 

[Garys]

There is a guy on the Smith-Wesson forum that was selling "The Plug" which is a kit to remove the lock and fit the plug to keep crap out. I don't have a gun with the luck, so I've never used one, but they do get good reviews.

Take the gun apart and remove it. Be sure to fill it to keep debris out of said hole. Only one of mine has it and not sure if the key still exists.

 

[Broc]

Someone is already drunk and dreaming about the Hillary hole.

 

[ridleyman]

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She has a bunch of others, but if I ponder that notion I'll probably vomit quite a bit.

 

[Zappa]

Doesn’t matter, S&W has sucked since before they cucked out and put that abomination into their design.

I just figure the gun is a piece of shit if there is no pinned barrel or hammer mounted firing pin.

The pinned barrel is nice, but the hammer mounted firing pin is a weaker design than the transfer bar.
I favor the older guns with the recessed chambers in the cylinder myself, I feel it's a safer design, if you get a case head blowout it won't spit brass out the sides at you.

 

[meh]

if you get a case head blowout it won't spit brass out the sides at you.

If the pressure is high enough to blow out the base of a modern brass cartridge case in either 357 magnum or 44 magnum, it's the shrapnel from the exploding revolver that you need to worry about.

 

[tuna]

The pinned barrel is nice, but the hammer mounted firing pin is a weaker design than the transfer bar.
I favor the older guns with the recessed chambers in the cylinder myself, I feel it's a safer design, if you get a case head blowout it won't spit brass out the sides at you.

It may be a weaker design, but I’ll take that risk. Those features just tell me it’s from days when quality control wasn’t a joke at Smith.

 

[Amputee Marksman]

All my S&W are from the late 80s or earlier. Never found a need for any of the newer ones. Not saying I wouldn't get one just with a good assortment of older ones the newer ones never attracted me.

 

[Jason m]

The Hillary hole is just as vile as the person its named after.

That being said if a newer J frame dropped in my lap I would plug the hole.

 

[FPrice]

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Not even with your...johnson.

 

[rep308]

Lock Delete works well,

https://www.originalprecision.com/

 

[Asaltweapon]

I have a HH S&W 629 as a woods gun. I hate that hole and that f***ing c***.

I’d use both as a hammer if I had to.

 

[TrashcanDan]

Lets see
About 6000 rounds through a 627 with a lock on it. 4-5 years of steel challenge, walls of steel and various outlaw/ action pistol shoots.
Zero issues.

1500-2000 or so out of a 625. Bowling pin shoots and whatever other action pistol level stuff calls for a 6 shot.
Zero issues.

 

[Rockrivr1]

I’m a big S&W revolver fan and have models with the lock an have models without the lock. I’ve not had a problem with either so for me it not something I prefer but it’s also something that doesn’t stop me from buying.

 

[Qwikdraw45]

f*** Hillary holes.


edit: that came out wrong.

She has a bunch of others, but if I ponder that notion I'll probably vomit quite a bit.

Not even with your...johnson.

Stop lying to yourselves. It's NES - You know you'd hit it!

 

[meh]

I never think about the lock except when sitting at a computer reading about people bitching about it.

 

[nstassel]

I would not want one. I would be reminded of that troll every time I looked at it.

 

[FPrice]

Stop lying to yourselves. It's NES - You know you'd hit it!

I have my standards. They may be low, but they are still standards. And SHE does not meet them at all. (Thank goodness).

As for the S&W lock, I won't have one, just on general principles. My pre-lock S&Ws work just fine.

 

[Spanz]

The hole doesn’t work, ask bill

that's not what Huma said!