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Tatume
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S&W Endurance Package?
#152548 - 02/02/10 10:52 AM

Hello Folks,

After reading lots, I'm still unsure about the details of the S&W Endurance Package. Do you know?

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9.3x57
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Re: S&W Endurance Package? [Re: Tatume]
#152566 - 02/02/10 01:16 PM

Circa 1988.

Includes, but not limited to deeper cylinder stop notches. Not sure what else.

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Tatume
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Re: S&W Endurance Package? [Re: 9.3x57]
#152615 - 02/02/10 11:23 PM

Hi Rod,

Quote:

Circa 1988. Includes, but not limited to deeper cylinder stop notches.

I've read shallower too. They are longer for certain. The older models had notches that were symmetric with the relief cut, and the newer models have the cut extended on the forward end. It was explained that the bolt contact area was kept constant by making the bolt and notch longer and proportionally less deep.

The "Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd Ed." makes reference to a new yoke retention system, radius stud package, floating hand (1988), fixed hand (1989), hardening of the frame/yoke, bolt block added, longer stop notch, and internal lockwork changes including dimensions of parts and relocation of parts. Supica and Nahas give no details that I can find. Also, some changes were the result of changing to CNC manufacturing, and they don't differentiate.

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9.3x57
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Re: S&W Endurance Package? [Re: Tatume]
#152617 - 03/02/10 12:06 AM

There, you answered your own question!

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What are the Rosary, the Cross or the Crucifix other than tools to help maintain the fortress of our faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

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Tatume
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Re: S&W Endurance Package? [Re: 9.3x57]
#152619 - 03/02/10 12:30 AM

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There, you answered your own question!

I wish that were true. All I have are references to some changes, but no real information on those changes. I'm beginning to doubt that anybody outside of the factory actually knows what the Endurance Package is, why the various changes were made, or what the real-world effects of the changes are. I've talked to some very knowledgeable people, and the wisest of them asked me to let them know what I eventually learned. Oh well.

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