When you make an "assumption"...
Ah yes, the Queen speaks!!
Bitter? Personal axe to grind?
Give up. Smith and Wesson WILL SURVIVE.
Never said they wouldn't; hope they do. Just not as impressed with their new stuff when there're scads and scads of real ones available on the used market. If I want a cheaply made gun with MIM parts and the possibility of needing trigger work out of the box, I'll buy a Taurus. I'd never steer the customer away from the more expensive *&*; if they want to pay 100% more money for maybe 50% more gun (less in the case of the small-frame ones), that's their business. I've been in the gun business a long time, and always took my responsibility to stay away from brand loyalty and gun shop commando mythology and to present the weapons objectively to the customer and let them make their decision; I handled many guns every day over many, many years. There
has been a decline in quality over that time; to insist otherwise is nonsense. Does that make the new ones "junk"? No, but they sure don't make 'em like they used to, which is why for
my personal purchases, I buy older ones. On the net, where I'm not on the clock and not bound by an ethical duty to keep my personal opinions and preferences out of my statements, then that's what you'll get.
Yeah, go ahead, tell me how much BETTER a Taurus is than a Smith.
Only in the J-frame-sized guns. That's all I've ever said. You seem to have my role in this all mapped out without ever actually reading what I've typed
You claim to be a gynecologist in your profile. I would never attempt to question your knowledge of female reproductive anatomy, despite owning some myself, as you have made its study your business and livelihood for many years and see a broad spectrum of it every day.
Conversely, you may own some revolvers...
I'm sure you have a high opinion of "self-diagnosers" and folks who come to you with a knowledge of medicine derived from a mix of their great-aunt Edna's anecdotes and reruns of "ER".