I haven't bought any new Smiths because of the seemingly larger amount of complaints. Just several used guns that are as near a perfect gun as anyone could ask for. I did buy a new Ruger SR9 that wouldnt shoot within a 7" circle at 7yrds, had a gritty trigger that was not consistant - traded it off. I bought a Ruger SP101 revolver and it is every bit as good as a Smith, and all the Ruger revolvers I have seen look very good and they are cheaper than the new Smiths. I think all the problems with Smith revolvers stem from the computer controlled machines that they use now and lack of the old timers in the assembly area. Maybe 10-20 years from now all these problems will have been fixed and we can buy them as "used" guns that we will be satisified with.