Greetings All,
We spend the bulk of our time here singing the praises of our USFA's and well we should. But what, if any, consistant faults have you found with them? I, for one, have found that their polishing, prior to nickel plating, left something to be desired.
I have a few nickel plated USFA's and a couple of them show noticeable "ridges" on the right side of the frame, arching upward from the rear of the trigger guard toward the base of the hammer. One was so bad that I sent it back to the factory for replacement (a long story in itself but one that I ended up very happy with). Another in my collection, a 4" Sheriff's model, suffers from this malady but is somewhat more tolerable. Still, not an example of a "perfect" USFA.
When it comes to nickel plating, polishing is extremely critical and on more than one occasion (actually 2 out of 4) I found that their pre-plating polishing was somewhat less that what one would expect.
So there it is! My only complaint about USFA. What do you have to offer (and let's not dwell upon mindlessly simple problems to remedy such as heavy springs, etc.)?
CJF