Production teething troubles can, and often do happen to any new gun, including new production of established designs.
I do, however, have doubts about any review that does testing after using the words "
we replaced...."
In the linked video the guy puts FN parts into the SA-35 and then comments on the fit and function.
I don't see that as a fair evaluation of the gun in production. IF you change parts, including springs, then you are NOT testing the gun the factory produced, you are testing a gun you tinkered with, and I don't see that as being particularly applicable to anything BUT the gun you tinkered with.
Friend of mine has one (currently unfired) I've handled it, it looks great. The shop he uses has sold over 20 so far, and NONE of the customers has come back and reported any negatives. Just the opposite in fact. Several have said how happy they are with their guns, both how well they work and the price. (the shop owner sells them for retail price, which makes the guy who does their internet sales unhappy, because he could get about double that off web buyers and the shop owner won't let him have any to do that with)
SO, 20+ (and counting) happy customers of SA-35s from one gunshop and people I know, against Utube and Internet reports from people I don't know, SOME of which, at least have modified the guns...hmmmm
As far as I can find out, currently. "problems" with the SA-35 are on the Internet, and not in the "old boy net" of gun dealers and owners.
And, this shop isn't "covering" for anyone. For comparison, in the past year, they've had 8 of the new Colt Pythons. 3 (three) of the 8 had to be send back to Colt, because they were actually non-functional. Literally, those brand new Colts DID NOT WORK.
Somehow, I'm not seeing people remark on that on the Internet....