I've heard this said before and it makes a lot of sense to me, "This is the revolver that Ruger or S&W should have made." The K6 is a very purposely designed revolver intentionally built for portability, action smoothness, capacity and power. Love my S&Ws but when I buy a new revolver I shouldn't have to pitch the factory springs and replace them with aftermarket for a decent action. I imagine it would be easier for Ruger to make something like the K6 rather than S&W but I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.