S&W Model 581 - "floating hand" & "Radius stud" advantages?
I'm considering a Model 581 (no dash). From what I've been reading in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd Edition, the dash -1 models had the addition of Radius stud package & floating hand. Are these features highly desirable? I'll be honest I have no idea what a radius stud package is. I'm pretty sure I know what the hand does. But "floating"?? Just not sure what that buys me.
John Murphy
Retired United States Army Officer
MP Corps (CID)
Henderson, NV
I'm considering a Model 581 (no dash). From what I've been reading in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd Edition, the dash -1 models had the addition of Radius stud package & floating hand. Are these features highly desirable? I'll be honest I have no idea what a radius stud package is. I'm pretty sure I know what the hand does. But "floating"?? Just not sure what that buys me.
John Murphy
Retired United States Army Officer
MP Corps (CID)
Henderson, NV