I have always considered the 1905 Targets to be some of the finest guns S&W ever made, especially ones from the 1930's. My theory was that if you had a job at S&W during the Depression you took special care to turn out a great product so as to stay employed. On the other hand it could be argued that the hard economic times caused S&W to continue to use tooling and machinery beyond their normal replacement life but I have not noted any consistent problems with guns of this era. I am sure this is just fanciful thinking on my part but helps me to part with money when I see a nice 1930's gun. Sorry to have strayed a bit from the K38 time span.

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John. SWCA #1586