Newer guns vs older guns

The biggest part of the "better quality" is the fact the fit & finish was better and there was more hand work done. Hand work has gotten too expensive (polishing etc).

MIM looks like shit but is functional. Cheaper than milling a piece out because you can mill the molds once and have a coolie run the machine to crank out the parts vs pay a CNC operator to make every single piece.. .

Functionally I have noticed no difference between old Smiths & new Smiths with the exception that the 1950's & before had smoother triggers. That could either be because they are very well broke in or have better hand fitting of the parts back when labor was cheaper.

>>31896349

I would agree that firearms of the past were made more so by hand and craftsmanship then automated machines.

>I see people bitching about how the new ones suck
That can be literally any new model at this point.

>>31896349

I'm no expert, but I have a heathy amount of Smith revolvers, old and new
>old
10 heavy barrel
10 pencil
14 (6 inch target gun in 38 spec)
15
64
686
36
66

>new
642 x 2
JM .45 acp
Air lite 44 magnum
classic series 29 (3 inch)
classic 21 (44 special)
the 8-shot 357 (model escapes me, thanks age)

Honestly, I think the new guns are fine, but maybe overpriced. However, there is something about the older smiths. They feel like "real" guns. I know it's not a great description, but they have some sort of quality that the new guns don't.

All in all, I will hem and haw over buying a new gun unless it's a killer deal. I will literally jump on an older (pre-lock or pinned hammer) in a heartbeat of its in good shape.

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>>31896349
This pic is from a thread I did on plugging the Hillary Hole. Notice the rough machining in the recess. Don't have a pic but the inside of my 35 year old M29 is smooth as a Loli's bottom

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>>31900579
Another

Good friend of mine worked in quality control/assurance for Remington. He quit to go to lower paying job with GE. He couldn't take it anymore.

>>31900586
>>31900579
still looks like shit

>>31900596
>still looks like shit

I'm not that anon but I'm pretty sure that's his point.

So, is the only way to acquire a NEW good revolver nowadays to buy a god damn Korth?

>>31903058
somehow vastly increase the quality of automation, or go back to hand fitting everything and pay a premium on the labor. back before 1970 or so, machinery was the expensive bit - people were cheap.