Ruger vs S&W for quality and reliability

[qrachel]

Mix-Mox, Neither Are a Pox

These are both high volume, consumer goods (fire arms) manufacturers. Neither company competes strategically with 1st time quality, all the time. They apparently have found it more expedient to provide decent customer support to deal with the defects requiring redress from the customer base.

I find the S&W perhaps a little more attractive but do like the bulldog, brutishness of the Rugers. It's mostly what floats your boat. However, there's a constant theme running through the comparison of the two makers and that's the triggers on S&W wheel guns are better. Of course, Ruger's claim in the weaposhpere is they are stronger built. YMMV!

 

[Armybrat]

My newest S&W handgun is about 30 years old, so I can't attest to the quality of the newest models. However, I can say that the fit & glossy SS finish of my 2 month old Ruger New Vaquero .357 is excellent and better than expected:

 

[ron85305]

Ruger and S&W

People are so much like sheep. If you will notice they repeat other stuff they have read on the various forums. I would take 75% of anything I read on forums with a grain of salt. It's exactly like watching the mainstream liberal news. All their knowledge comes from watching fake news. You have to be very discerning and NOT gullible. Its always the same old boring stuff. I have several revolvers of both brands and my favorites are the Rugers for several reasons....very disappointed with my S&W's. I choose to not follow the crowd who probably has no idea of what they are talking about.

 

[murphydog]

Nine year old thread, revived seven years ago...closed.