I must have gotten the one lemon M24-3 Smith ever made. Mine would spit lead, and didn't shoot for crap. I sent it back to Smith, and it came back worse than before
. It would shoot jacketed bullets okay, but who buys a .44 Spl. to shoot jacketed bullets? Not me, for damned sure.
I swapped it off for an IPSC Commemorative Smith M745, which was a decent-shooting pistol.