You know, after reading threads such as this, I feel thankful that when I sent in my treasured 5" 27-2 for a tuneup about 2-3 years ago to S&W that they did a bang up job of renewing it and didn't do a butcher job such as they did to Mister_D's 500. I've had that gun since 1974 when I bought it new and it was my very first pistol purchase. If they would have butchered it up like they did to Mister_D's 500, I would have been wanting to drive to Springfield Massachusetts and kick someone's butt.