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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Llama .38 Msg# 1074790
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Thanks, Mark. Do you know if the Llamas were definitely different internally or maybe the Smith patents just ran out? They look soooo identical externally that I wonder. Looking at the shape of the cylinder latch, the pivoting firing pin in the hammer nose, the cylinder ejection rod configuration, it's like all the older Smiths! I know that Taurus looked the same externally but there were a couple of internal changes - I've never peered into the guts of a Llama revolver.
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The Spanish makers who were known to copy S&W revolvers exactly are exactly the reason S&W revolvers began to be stamped Marcas Registradas (trademark) in April 1948, though S&W first had problems with this in the 1920s apparently. These later Llamas (as pictured) and Astras were not true clones however and were not subject to patent infringement concerns like some of the earlier 20th Century guns S&W was originally worried about. And for what it's worth, there was NO licensing of S&W designs! |
