Yep, Smith & Wesson of today isn't the company I grew up with and that ISN'T a good thing for consumers. I can understand not wanting to inventory expensive major components such as barrels, slides, frames and cylinders but common service parts such as side plate screws, hammer nose kits and bushings, oversize hands and cylinder stops, proprietary springs? For instance, literally millions of k-frame revolvers which share common parts remain in service but Smith & Wesson no longer supports them. Ditto for 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation all metal autoloaders.



Bruce