Nice one.
I have only been across the pond once, but I will never forget 4-packs of Bud, priced like boutique beer.
The power of marketing is a thing.
If Taurus is smart, they should keep working to improve QC until they can market their guns as "Smiths, but we take the metal shavings out of the lockwork first." I am not sure market forces will push them in that direction.