Rocky,
No thread hijack here,just a slight drift which is the norm when folks are at the campfire/fishing hole talking about :good stuff"

Nothing wrong with the 7 X 57.it has superb ballistics and great ballistic co-efficient/sectional density.

I think it was a white hunter by the name of Bell in Africa used to use the 7 X 57 to harvest elephants.

Getting back to S&Ws,I only have one,a Model 27 which was made years before S&W went "political" in '74 and in 2000 when they signed the deal with HUD.

I won't own an S&W today.

Wayne