While I really appreciate my older blued Smiths, I have no problems with the three stainless lock ones I own. Maybe I got lucky, but these new guns lock up tighter and have better triggers than the older ones I have (which also are wonderful). The worst trigger (single action pull) of my Smiths is on a beautiful, almost unused pre-35. The worst exterior work on a revolver I own is on a 34-1 I bought new about a million years ago. Go figure.