When I bought mine I took the best of 3, but on a new weapon I always do that and back in the day 1970's on Bangnor Punta made S-W wheelguns this was a job to find a nice one. There made pretty darn good today. Tolerances are tighter and longer lasting. Jerry Miculek says the new SW are the best longest lasting Smith's ever made! And he has been wearing them out for 5 decades. Any wheelguns new or used gets a very good look over and action test.