I just put my sixth IL and MIM S&W on layaway last night. A Model 17 and it's a beautiful one at that. I chose this gun according to my personal inspection and my experience with the 5 previous guns equiped with the dreaded curse. My Smith and Wesson purchase before this was a Model 14-8 which has since proved to be the most accurate handgun that I have owned in 39 yrs. I have a late May birthday and I'm suposed to wait till then to pick it up but we'll see what happens