There was a time when the S&W name was synonymous with the very finest handguns.
Just like Stanley Tools were the best hand tools you could buy.
But that was long ago.
Today Stanley hand tools are junk.
And, today S&W is just a name of a company that makes very average handguns, which often have problems right out of the box.
Sadly, they are not alone.
Ruger turns out a lot of defective crap as well, as do others.
It's a bitter pill to swallow, but that's reality in 2021.
I can guarantee you this... S&W's return rate is WAAAY lower now than it was in the past. I'm talking rate as a % of guns sold, not total returns. S&W makes a LOT more guns than they used to, so the overall number may be as high, or higher than previous decades, but as a % of guns made, the return rate is tiny compared to say the 1980's (or pick a decade you like).
