A lot of people like the old ones better, but buy the gun. Skeeter Skelton wrote almost 50 years ago that people tend to think things were made better 20 years or more from whatever time period they're currently in.

I read on this forum about how good S&W's were in the early 70's, and then read in Gun Digests published at that time about quality problems from Colt and S&W.

Sorry to be so long-winded. Some 41's, from all eras's, do seem to have some feeding problems, so if you can try before you buy, that's a plus. However the ones I've bought from stores and online have been great.

You can usually buy a good Hamden CT made High Standard for less than a 41, and it will shoot with anything made; but, it's hard to find magazines for them.