I think the new S&W revolvers are excellent and that a few get out with defects like with any other manufactured piece of equipment and that is true with every company making products. This is true during what time frame you want to look at in history and the real important thing is how the company and their customer service acts when there is a problem. The quality level of companies can go up or down depending on their management and their financial position but with the new ISO standards that companies are getting it's usually better then in the past.