Originally Posted by arrieta2
Some of the earlier guns were not so great. Years ago a friend told me about one at collectors firearms here is Houston. I think it was 4000K. I hurried down the next day. The quality was not first rate like I expected to see. They know me there so I asked if I could removed the locks. Naturally I did. The locks in side were clearly marked aya.

There was a time that they made less than best quality guns and later decided to go upscale.

John
Arrieta

They also were well known for ''Soft Parts''. I don't know when they started to heat treat the internal parts
on their guns, or maybe they didn't. They may look nice on the outside, and if you don't shoot them much,
they will be ok.

Dirty Harry