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Originally Posted by Tobra

Internal lock failure does happen One of the major selling points on a wheel gun is that they always go bang when you pull the trigger. It is not by mistake that the pre lock guns are coveted over the ones with the internal lock. If I owned one with it, I would take it to a competent gun smith and have it disabled.

YMMV

That’s slightly short of compelling, I’ll still take my chances. I still consider my 686+ to be more reliable than any automatic. And coveted doesn’t necessarily reflect true value, Pythons are cool but not really worth what they are selling for either.