My Grandfather, back in 74, bought a brand new 39-2 9mm. It jammed twice during the first mag, 124 grain Rem full patch ball. Sent it to S&W, who repaired, polished, and returned it. He never fired it again, but carried it / kept it loaded bedside until his death in the early 90's. His reasoning for not shooting it was "Why waste shells, S&W wouldn't return it if it wasn't working perfectly ". I begged to shoot it, test fire it... he declined. Stubborn man, and it was his weapon, not mine. I later inherited the 39-2, box, papers, ammo, etc, after he passed and quickly shot it, several boxes of ammo, ... without issue. Gramps was right. Although it was fun to shoot, pertaining to my excuse of "testing", it was unnecessary, a waste of ammo, S&W fixed it right. Fast foward, in the past 3 years, I have purchased 6 brand New S&W handguns, 4 of which are revolvers, a 642, 638, 629 Talo 3" and a 4" 29-10. 2 were pistols, a Shield and a M&P, both 9mm's. All function 100% perfectly, fit and finish are superb and although I despise "That Hole", on the Talo 629, 29-10 and 638, thus far, there has been no issue. If offered without a trigger lock, that is my preference, I'll buy without it, hence the non lock 642. I don't even turn them once, I ignore them. Haven't engaged yet. Non issue (although I wish they would stop installing them, reminds me of a certain female politician I do not want to mention, as I'm hoping she will just fade away from my memory as quickly as her career has evaporated). In my opinion, and I have owned allot of older S&W's over the years, these new S&W's are built stronger and much more durable than the vintage ones, even if partially built by machines / MIM, CNC, etc. They keep getting better over time, improving, stronger steel, better design, etc. These new guns will take ALLOT of HOT loads, probably far more than most of us will ever shoot, truth be told. Only gripe I have is they no longer include a cleaning rod with new handguns. I always thought that was a nice touch. Ford, Chevy and even Toyota all produce the occasional lemon. Difference is, back in the old days, no internet existed to complain to about guns (or anything else), therefore I suspect we tend to idolize the quality control of yesteryear, while crucifying any current oversights or flaws. S&W is a stand up American company and have a solid Warranty, 2nd to none. I will continue to Purchase from them without fear and with full confidence, same as Gramps did back in 1974.