Originally Posted by jaymoore

Perhaps the obvious question would be: Well, why did you buy it in the first place? All these dramas should be readily detectible on a pre-purchase inspection. So should most of the other ills described in these posts. I've rejected purchase of untold numbers of firearms, including S&Ws, new and used, since the 1980s for all sorts of reasons. Bad timing, poor actions, bent sights, you name it. Some S&Ws were purchased with known dramas but have still served admirably for many years... Or is most of this griping caused more by a failure to achieve immediate gratification and by a lack of discrimination?