Maybe so. I think we both stand by our comments. Again, I haven't had experience with any late model S&Ws, only older ones.
I own newer Colt revolvers, Kimber K6S, Ruger, S&W, and Taurus. There are lots of designs, QC, and fit and finish complaints about the Colt Pythons; however, I haven't heard much bad about the Colt Cobras and King Cobras. The biggest complaint about the Python is the rear sight, but they are just now starting to address the issue with some, but not all, of the Pythons. That said, there have still been complaints about other QC issues on a $1400 +/- revolver that seems to be more acceptable because they're Colt rather than a less expensive Taurus.
I haven't heard much bad about Ruger revolvers other than the LCR easily being short-stroked versus other revolvers, but that's a training issue. Like most 22LR revolvers, I have heard about light strikes with the 22LR LCR. Other than that, I have sparingly heard of some QC complaints, but there aren't any consistent issues that I know of. Plus, Ruger is pretty good about supporting their products.
The K6S had early issues with their titanium firing pins, but they long since addressed that issue by going with stainless steel firing pins and a different design. I've know of only a small handful of QC complaints, but nothing excessive. Even still, there are many who hate on the K6S and Kimber for no other reason than Kimber's 1911 problematic reputation.
S&W have been having the most issues all around with all makes and models of their revolvers and are the least trustworthy, IMHO. They too seem to get a huge pass that Taurus would NEVER get. This forum is full of members who had to send a S&W back, sometimes multiple time, but they'll gladly will buy another. On the other side, if they had one problemic Taurus many moons ago, they'll hate the company for life.
Taurus revolvers are more trustworthy than S&W with the exception of their 856, which has many hit-or-miss reporters of timing issues due to the hand design, but everything else is good to go with very minimal complaints based on what I've seen across gun forums, social media, Taurus' forum, and personal experience. I would avoid all iterations if their 856 until the fix the design issue. That said, Taurus' warranty service has gotten a lot better than what people give then credit for, but it's still can sometimes be problematic. It's no where as good as Ruger. I still rather have QC issues with a budget priced revolver than with a revolver that's 2x to 3x as much, but I realize I'm an outlier compared to most other gun owners.
The resale on the Colt Pythons is the worst as of right now, but I don't know how well they'll do in the long term. I'm seeing used Pythons selling for $850-$950 +/-, but selling new online for $1250-$1400+, according to Gun.Deals and Gunbroker.com. You'll instantly be out of hundreds of dollars resale wise by buying a NIB Colt or S&W vs a Taurus. It's just a fact that can be checked.
