JDW, no offence intended and thank you for showing the pictures, they are interesting and nicely illustrated.
I do get myself in to trouble any time I discuss quality and people start getting defensive and/or aggressive and territorial about the guns under discussion.
I'm not trying to score points for or against anyone's favourite thing for the sake of it. I try to be factual and make observations based on what is there to be seen and observed. Had you shown a photo of the internals of an American gun by the likes of Tonks, I would be equally effusive about the fantastic quality of that.
I hope this board is a useful resource for disseminating knowledge and information. In point of fact, the quality differential between the Smith and the Thorn are manifold and would be interesting to observe and discuss.
I'm not having ago at you personally. I apologise if it appeared to be so.
