I found an old article on the net specifically listing Ruger, along with Beretta, Browning, Glock and Taurus as the 5 companies that refused to sign the Clinton deal that S&W signed. When I got to thinking about that, I decided to lose both of my post-deal Smiths for Rugers. I kept my two old pre-deal Smiths.
Interestingly enough, the owner of the gun shop I bought my Rugers from used to work at S&W. He said they tested a Colt Python, S&W (he did not list the model), and a gp100 with the heaviest .357 loads they could find. The Colt was the first to blow up. The S&W blew up also. The Ruger however never did. They could not get it to fall apart, no matter how heavy a load they tried. That sold me on Rugers.
And until S&W officially makes a statement renouncing that deal, I won't own any post-deal S&Ws ever again.