Maybe it's time to stop blaming QC for these issues. Gone are the days of "burning the toast and scraping it" to make it right. If there are truly problems with the apparent quality of this product, then blame must go to the design of the product or the manufacturing process. Not possible for any company to inspect quality into their product and expect to stay in business. Smith & Wesson, I'm sure, is looking at these field issues constantly and tweaking the design and or process to achieve acceptable levels of customer satisfaction.