Chiming in on my smith purchases:
1. 617:
cylinder chamber: waiting on my cylinder reamer due to a miss click at brownel's. I ordered a
barrel not a cylinder reamer but, I can only get around 50 rds max through it before complete
lock up. Hell, I can feel 2 holes (with a clean gun) that stick.
Hand: looks completely outta speck but the "skilled" fitter had to file
wayyy more than he should have. Just went ahead and bought a new
one. Adjustable rear site apeture wobbles inside mount. Alot...not
alittle bit
Hammer blocks: take a closer look these days, seems like every
hammer block looks like complete garbage. 617 hammerblock has
pits, dimples, went ahead and ordered another one instead.
2. 620: yeah, dont get me started,
Repost 2 piece barrel came apart (pics)
3. 586 Classic: Everything seems good to go. looks great, feels great
4. 686+: Everything seems good, feels good, goes bang. solid build
5. 60-10: Probably should be excluded due to being a no lock, older variation. All is good to go on that one so far. Was not bought BNIB
So I am at a 3/5 success rate. 60%!. Done with new products put out by S/W.
*Guess that was more of a rant on Q/C of S/W, not a bust on MIM parts