Lol. I paid $870 for my SA-35 and have no regrets.
Mine is a 3 digit serial number. If I run into extraction issues, no worries. Not hard to fix.
You’ll like it.
Yeah, I'm pretty excited - maybe ever so irrationally so - although it sounds like it may be a while before it arrives. Hopefully this wait gives Springfield enough time to address any issues, and if not, it will be another project that provides a learning opportunity for the kids and I.
Everyone is so damn serious. It's OK to have a range toy, and it's OK to use the manufacturer's warranty to address issues because presumably any serious firearms user is already stacked pretty deep in pistols of the "combat" or "hard-use" types (or whatever we're calling stuff to convey the message that it's way more badass than the wimpy self-defense stuff of the plebs).
I look forward to the reasonable and well-thought responses