I just went pistol shopping a month ago and was looking at a few smith and wessons. I def think the trigger is "tight" but personally I like it that way. I did not like how any of the smith and wessons felt in my hands. They are reliable durable and very popular guns. After shopping around for a .45 I made the choice to go with the beretta in a .40 cal and the FNX in .45 both are great guns and the price was right in relevance to how much the smith and Wesson was.