Recently, member kmk008 proposed this thought and response provoking thread: When Was Peak 3rd Gen

In my response to this literary question, I opined that the TSW series of guns was the top.

Others of course, quite logically pointed to the Performance Center offerings.

Even the 2nd gens were mentioned.

All well reasoned answers.

But I got to thinking...

What was it that the design team on the Value Series was able to give us that all the engineers, designers, builders, and pistol smiths of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen base, TSW, and even the vaunted Performance Center models never achieved?

Your answers, please.

John