Just wondering. There's a lot of good ideas in here that would have me parting with much more of my money if they got developed.....

One can only hope. If they are reading this, please please please stop with the slab side barrels and other fad gimmicks on limited gun and PC guns and give us traditional barrels, and unfluted cylinders. I refuse to buy guns with barrels like that. S&W has lost many sales over the years to me because of that.

Here's the problem
I like those!

Revolver desires I say no. Revolver guys are second fiddle.

Plastic auto suggestions yes.

I worked for engineering, R&D test lab, new product development in world headquarters north American operations. We have 90k employees world wide.

We are customer driven and oriented. We design what the customer wants. Why design something that won't sell. Survey your customers. If you don't fulfill there needs another company will. The market can change so fast today you snooze you lose. We would redesign a new product on a Friday, work the weekend to machine, build it and test it on Monday. Your R &D has to work that fast. Time is money.

Build what your customer wants.
Listen to your customers needs
When your sales fall off its not your customers fault.
You need to look at your product development staff.
You need to break the norm, think out of the box.

Recently S&W did surprise us with there new offerings in revolvers. They did hit the mark with some of us.
I think it's a blend of the old world craftsmanship and the newer craftsmanship that keeps us S&W guys/gals interested.
We all need to get involved with the wishlist. We need to show a interest in a products development. This is the only way we will see our ideas become reality. We need to give s&w more feedback to show the market is there.