I agree. A decade ago I bought around a dozen new Smith & Wessons, both revolvers and pistols. When I tabulated the results it turned out every third of them required gunsmith's attention to make them work properly. As I live out of reach of warranty repairs, most of the repairs I paid for myself. Now I am very weary of ordering new Smith & Wessons as the prices have gone through the roof.

I have had warranty problems with other manufacturers, too, so Smith & Wesson is not alone in this. I guess the demand is so high and most buyers so ignorant that it makes sense to rush the production and then take care of the small percentage of guns that come back - pure mathematics.

All my new guns that have required repairs have functioned and gone bang. That is probably enough for most buyers.