[Spktyr]

Considering that the vast majority of agencies transitioned to the semiauto pistol in the 80s and 90s, one wonders just how old these revolvers are.

If its like one agency I'm aware of, they may be over 80 years old - someone found a crate of revolvers in the armory and discovered that they were old Peacemakers - still carried on the books as ready-to-issue.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Nah, post pinned barrel (~1984 or later) stainless revolvers, using the new crushfit barrel of the time.

[RS]

Ahem ... reading the article says the ones that would misfire were bought in 2004.


But I do smell a rat here - Revolvers would seem to have very little to go wrong and cause that many misfires...

[NonValueAdded]

So far, the state Correction Department has asked the Massachusetts-based gun maker to replace only 500 Model 64 revolvers bought in 2004, though there have also been problems with two other models. But officials could wind up asking Smith & Wesson to provide replacements for all 5,000 of the department's revolvers.

The Model 64 .38 special +P is still being sold and given the purchase date, these are not vintage S&W revolvers. This could be a QC issue after all. Not good for S&W's new American owners if true.