Originally Posted by twodog max

No I do not think it is anything new. In the mid 80's I bought a NIB Model 15. Had a push off problem back it went. Got a 586 from the 80's with a canted barrel. The big difference is these days a buyer has a problem he jumps on the net and spreads the misery. In those days we just dealt with it ourselves IMO. There have always been problems to some degree.