I’ll be honest, guys, and PLEASE DO NOT HATE ME FOR THIS... but I ended up buying a Springfield Hellcat 9mm after having no luck finding a J-frame that would pass muster.

It’s pretty sad. I had no idea Smith & Wesson stopped fitting parts. I bought a 642 in about 2013 and it did not have a gap like any of these have had, and was a quality gun. But yeah, I sold it! :’(