Properly done, MIM parts are as reliable as parts that are Forged, or Machined from Bar Stock. All of the mass produced Firearms currently made in the "Good Old USA" probably have some MIM Parts. MIM is the Future like it or not. The Relics of the past are nice to own. I would love to have my Long Gone 57 Chevy Convertible back, but I wouldn't pay $60 Grand for one at Today's prices. What would a brand new S&W Revolver sell for Today if all of the parts were hand Machined and polished as were the Guns of the Golden Era of S&W. I am just Happy that S&W is still making Firearms, and that we still can own them. I can live with the MIM parts.

This thread has more lives than a damn cat. Rehashing it reminds me of an ancestor of mine. He wasn't going to have any of that modern day "****" they were trying to pass off, he knew it couldn't be as good as the old stuff, so he hurried down and bought a 1927 Model T, even though the one he had was fine. He wanted nothing to do with that new fangled Model A.

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Isn't that just a barrel shroud?


Isn't the entire ruger sp101 and gp100 made out of stainless castings?

Lol those old "Detroit america big block" cars had more cast moving parts than anything. Forging was as common then as it is now.

Just got rid of a van with 150,000 miles on it which would have been good for many more miles before it actually needed replacement. So how many autos of the 50-60-70 model years were capable of what the new ones can do?

Materials and design today are so far superior to what was available in the past that it is a laugh when someone day dreams of the good old days. The world works with tolerances today which would have been impossible to have maintained in the past.

I have great memories of growing up in a house which had a single heater in the dining room with no heat in the other rooms and no cooling at all in the summer. I much prefer the luxuries of today however.

I expect a firearm to do the job it was designed for regardless of the materials used plus modern interchangeability is a nice plus. Hand fitted sounds great, but the cost of that handwork is now sky high.