Phone conversations that my father has had with some of the new management are interesting. They blame S&W's problems on the consumer, for boycotting them. They say that the contracts have not been desolved, but they are not being enforced at this time.
As to buying used S&W's, I will. They are good guns, except for the Sigma line and the SW99, and no moneys are going to the company from the purchase. You will not ever find a better trigger pull than on S&W revolvers.
I tend to agree with you.
I am in favor of a S&W boycott, but I don't see why an old classic S&W revolver should be included in that boycott. I love those old revolvers and as far as I'm concerned, they have nothing to do with the current company or the company that made the deal with the ATF and clinton. Companies change hands and become new companies. THe only thing they have in common is the name.
Do you think if you go out and buy a brand new jeep that it is made by the same company that made the classic kaiser-jeep? I don't.