My opinion is based purely on anecdotal evidence and I freely admit that.

But considering what I’ve read across multiple forums, experienced first hand, and experienced via close friends and many shared range days and tens of thousands of rounds down range through many hundreds of different handguns...

It is my opinion that simple process of elimination must leave -ONE- current gun maker in the #1 slot for quality across their entire production line, with regards to volume gun makers. (Meaning I don’t count Wilson Combat or Freedom Arms or any maker of similar size.)

I believe that number 1 slot is occupied by CZ-USA and at the same time, I don’t believe that one particular ampersand-wearing brand could crack the top five.

I’ve also seen many accounts of an earlier generation of S&W fans who believe that the Bangor Punta era of S&W was it’s worst ever, and from my view, we are seeing S&W’s worst quality right now.