I have to go with PALADIN85920’s vocabulary. John Browning’s 13 shot and the French MAB PA-15 15 shot both preceded the 59 and neither single actions aroused enough contempt in Jeff Cooper and his buddies for them to scorn them as “wondernines.” It took a double action trigger to boil their blood.

While I didn't strongly dislike them, I couldn’t get attached to the 59. I wasn’t thrilled with the cartridge, aluminum frames or especially the boxy grip. They did have a very short trigger reset and good single action trigger pulls, plus I don’t remember mine jamming. The flood of police surplus 5906s made my 59 so affordable that it’s hard to see them as collector items, but it‘s been awhile.