I always get jumped-on for being a cheapskate when I bring this up....but it's the truth.

The S&W database sux, or is pretty much useless. If you think that warranty-card you send in does you any real good.....it's just a marketing tool and your gun may-or-may-not get entered into the system. I sat down one day (when you could actually reach a rep without an hour-long wait) and had them run the numbers on all my Smiths. One...ONE showed-up in the system. I asked the rep how they would deal with a warranty issue if they could not confirm the "original purchaser" and was cheerfully told....they would take my word for it.

What you do is (of course)....your call, but the odds are pretty much in your favor that they don't know who the original owner was/is.

No....I have never sent one home other than for a published recall. I've never ridden-the-bus for free. Just sayin'......that's all.