Wally,
It seems to me that since the boycott, Performance Center production has intensified and number of units has gone up significantly and quality is in question. I have seen a few post agreement production guns (one of which I was force to take. I paid for it right before the agreement.) and like Dewey said, "the pits". Seen others with machine marks, dings on the finish and the list goes on. Yet again, S&W service is second to none and they would be more than willing to fix any problems, but my point is that the Performance Center is now more of a "Line" and not part of the "Custom shop". They are now slapping these guns together in a "production line" fashion and the personalization and attention to detail has gone out the door.
Not trying to bash the Performance Center in any way, still think that S&W's the best revolvers made for the money today (sans the political BS) and the PC is the flagship of this company. Just concerned about the direction which the company has taken with this line. I sent a hot potato to S&W a week ago concerning the new built-in locking mechanism being installed on PC product and still have not received an answer. Told them that the agreement gave them a loophole (like they didn't know) and that if they do, my years of collecting is over at S&W.
Robert