New S&W revolvers are fine. I have plenty that perform very well. One I had to send back, but it was not a big deal. In fact, the problem withe the one I sent back - a loose crane - I also found in a 1978 production j-frame.

The Internet is great for a lot of things...but....if you believed everything you read on the Internet, you would think S&W revolvers are being assembled by opioid-addicted street urchins snatched from third-world countries.

And that ain't the case, my friends.

Learn how to check out a gun, buy it, and shoot the hell out of it. And don't fret if it has a nick on the back side of the MIM trigger that you can only see under a 30x microscope.