I bought my first Smith in February - a 617 6". It was also my first revolver.

As I reported in another thread, it came with an odd cosmetic defect in some of the lettering, but I've had it out 3 times now and it shoots just great.

In each session my accuracy has improved, to the point where I am now more accurate than I was with my previous favorite, my Browning BuckMark.

I didn't like the heavy trigger in DA mode, but I've warmed up to that too, and can actually achieve tighter groupings in DA mode than in single, much to my surprise.

The 617 is my new favorite!