Maybe we should all print off copies of this thread, add a quick cover letter, and mail it off to each of these guys at S&W, or at least the President of Smith & Wesson:
Directors and Officers
DIRECTORS
Barry M. Monheit
Robert L. Scott
Michael F. Golden
P. James Debney
Robert H. Brust
John B. Furman
Mitchell A. Saltz
I. Marie Wadecki
OFFICERS
P. James Debney
President and CEO
Jeffrey D. Buchanan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Barry K. Willingham
President of Smith & Wesson Security Solutions
Mark P. Smith
VP Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
Mario Pasantes
Sr. VP Marketing and Global Professional Sales
I for one would like to see the following, in Melonite & SS finishes offered:
4013/4014
3913/3914
4506/03
4513
4040 (Shorty 40 Mk3 in Black Scandium)
And probably a few DAO variants of the above.
While my 3rd generation S&W collection is ever growing, and my daily carry is a mint 4014, I'm sorely tempted to get a SIG P239® SAS Gen 2 for my next gun. That way I can keep my beloved 4014 in the safe much of the time. Of course, if I could find another nice LNIB or NIB 4014, or buy a new "4th Gen S&W metal pistol, I wouldn't even think about buying a SIG..
I'd rather buy new S&W products. For revolvers I still can. If I want a 1911 I still can. But for the kind of guns I really want to buy - I can't. And what I want to buy, along with a lot of others, are reasonably compact, all metal, preferably alloy or scandium, single stack .40S&W and .45 DA/SA pistols with hammers.
And the funny thing is, a lot of guys that start with striker fired plastic guns, that get to try a 3rd gen, immediately start looking for a S&W 3rd gen pistol. My son started with a Walther PPS (and likes it for it's thin carry capabilities and general quality), then bought an FNP 9mm because he is getting smart and gravitating to hammer fired DA/SA fire systems; and now he is wanting a 4013/4014 because he likes my 4014, 5906's, and others so much.
My favorite 3rd gen that I don't own, and that I'm looking for, is a mint Shorty 40 or 4040PD.
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