How did your range session go after you got it back from SA?
I spent most of my time with my Springfield Range Officer 9mm Target. Very pleased. My limitation there is how well I can work with the open sights.
For the SA-35, I took 5 shots at the first target, to get an idea of where the gun was aimed. The sights need to be adjusted to move the POI to the left. Then I took 10 more shots, but my hand "jerked" for one of them, which is way too low. All these were shot sub-6-o'clock hold at 15 yards.
I set up to shoot two last targets, but a friend of mine showed up with his Les Baer 45 Monolith (very heavy), and I shot 10 rounds with that gun - first target to blow out any dust in the barrel, and ten more to see how well I could do. My friend thought the target was great. I was thinking "but this is only at 15 yards". I guess his gun is my limit of what I can "see" with open sights. Of course, the SA-35 was never intended for Bullseye, and my friend's gun had the special guarantee of placing 5 shots into a 1.5" group at 50 yards.
This is what I was able to do with my Springfield Range Officer Target 9mm:
Just one "oops", which I re-shot.
Back to the SA-35, I don't know what to think. If it will put 10 rounds into "the black" at 15 yards, I guess I'm rather pleased with it, but I want to shoot several more targets until I'm convinced this is possible.
Other thoughts - I like the SA-35 in many ways. While my friends tell me the trigger has a little "creep" they all thought it was quite good. I'm sure it would benefit from a trigger job, and the things that BH Spring Solutions provides. It was easy to shoot - 5 pound trigger felt good, and for an all-around gun, I don't think I want it to be a 3# trigger. 4# would be great. It's easy to shoot, and I'm slowly getting used to the sights. The Range Officer sights are far, far better, but it's made for target shooting.
The wood grips on the SA-35 look good, and feel good, and while I'd prefer something "rougher" the stock grips will do for now.
I need to get a lot more experience shooting the gun, before I can really say what I think about it, but at a minimum, I think it is now "acceptable", and it's up to me to make it better - maybe switching from 115 grain ammo to 147 gain will help.
The single biggest thing I need, to shoot it better, is a red dot sight, or at a minimum, a good set of adjustable open sights like what comes on the Range Officer.