The Real Hawkeye
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Besides the things you mention, the quality of manufacture was better before the 1980s. Post 1980s quality was good enough that they are still a lot better than their more recent stuff. Not that they don't have good ideas, but MIM and locks just pushed them over the edge to the point where you are much better off getting a pre lock and pre MIM gun, and even better yet getting a pre1980s S&W. Have to admit, though, that I have pre1980s, post1980s and very recent production S&Ws. I get the recent ones because of the super lightweight models and the Mountain Guns. Those are the only two good things they are doing. Too bad they couldn't do that without MIM and without the locks, and with the same quality control they had pre-1980s. Now that would be something.What is the big deal ?! Im new to revolvers but since I've been on these boards I've seen so much bashing of newer smith revolvers. What is the big deal? Is it just the locks and MIM parts that make it a lower quality somehow or is it the politics behind the newer locks, or is it just a bunch of older people that cant or do not know how to handle change ? what is really going on ??
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