Thanks, Mike!
Greg, I think the "devaluing" of an SST Repro is due far more to the fact that they're easier to find on the used gun market than DT Repros. As for what Americans prefer . . . used to be the Spanish would send us quite a few ST guns (AyA Matador, etc), and the Europeans in general thought we wanted all our sxs equipped with PG/BT. Look at what the Spanish send us now, and try to find ANY ST guns. If writers have to take a hit for "dissing" Repros with ST's, then I believe we also deserve credit for PROMOTING DT guns--and that's something I've done a whole bunch more of than I have running down ST's--as well as promoting the typical "game gun" style of a straight grip and a splinter forend. Besides which, if you're buying a Repro, isn't a lower value a GOOD thing??
Don, I think you must've studied new math or something. If there were fewer than 10,000 SST Repros made--let's say 8,000--then 800 would be 10%. That's a pretty significant percentage of "problem" guns. Have you checked the number of Toyotas with accelerator issues, out of all the cars they've made? You'll find it's way less than 1% . . . just by way of comparison.