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I've got a 620 w/ the two piece barrel. I've had no problems. The S&W 620 has become my favorite 357 Mag, just as the 329PD has become my favorite 44 Special. The 620 is a fantastic package, not too big, not too small, 7 shot, accurate, SS, carries well... I've got to admit, I've been looking at the 329PD all wrong. It is best as a 44SPC. I find the 329PD too light to be comfortable shooting full power 44 Magnum loads, but it is by far my favorite 44 Special with a 240 grain SWC at 1,000 fps.
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I've got a 620 w/ the two piece barrel. I've had no problems. The S&W 620 has become my favorite 357 Mag, just as the 329PD has become my favorite 44 Special. The 620 is a fantastic package, not too big, not too small, 7 shot, accurate, SS, carries well... I've got to admit, I've been looking at the 329PD all wrong. It is best as a 44SPC. I find the 329PD too light to be comfortable shooting full power 44 Magnum loads, but it is by far my favorite 44 Special with a 240 grain SWC at 1,000 fps. The X frame grip,which I heard about on this forum, make 1150 fps feel like 1000 fps with the original grip.
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off.
Lunatic fringe....we all know you're out there.
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I own a lot of S&W's, but the newest ones were made in 1981. MIM, no; 2 piece barrels, no; and no IL for this guy.
Don I'm in this camp...
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off. Just saw a video of a Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag barrel coming off during firing. I believe that's why we have the SRH now. 2 piece does have some advantages (do own research). If I was a high volume shooter I think I'd prefer it.
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off. Just saw a video of a Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag barrel coming off during firing. I believe that's why we have the SRH now. 2 piece does have some advantages (do own research). If I was a high volume shooter I think I'd prefer it. The Redhawk barrel problem was caused by over-torquing that part during installation. Ruger identified and corrected the problem.
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off. Just saw a video of a Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag barrel coming off during firing. I believe that's why we have the SRH now. 2 piece does have some advantages (do own research). If I was a high volume shooter I think I'd prefer it. The Redhawk barrel problem was caused by over-torquing that part during installation. Ruger identified and corrected the problem. No different than 2 piece barrels, when they are executed correctly there is no problem.
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off. Just saw a video of a Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag barrel coming off during firing. I believe that's why we have the SRH now. 2 piece does have some advantages (do own research). If I was a high volume shooter I think I'd prefer it. 2 piece barrels when correctly executed definitely has some advantages.
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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One thing is for sure. I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off. Just saw a video of a Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag barrel coming off during firing. I believe that's why we have the SRH now. 2 piece does have some advantages (do own research). If I was a high volume shooter I think I'd prefer it. Well, damn. I guess now I have to get specific and say I never heard of a one piece barrel falling off just by carrying it in a holster.
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Making me wonder if any semi-auto ever lost a barrel 
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