I truly admire the old Smiths and have a couple of S-Series that I really like, but it has been my experience that recent-manufacture Rugers are head and shoulders of above recent-manufacture Smiths in terms of quality control and the trigger (after a thorough cleaning and lubing). Maybe I have been lucky with my Rugers and unlucky with my Smiths, but what Springfield is turning out today does not compare to what they were turning out 30-40 (probably even 10) years ago. (FWIW, based on my limited experience with Taurus, they have a better DA trigger than either Smith or Ruger--at least in their DAO models.)