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Old 06-18-2020, 07:03 AM
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Well, the Nice man from FedEx stopped by a little after 1:00 this afternoon and my slide got here. After reviewing info in books and on the InterWeb I jumped in and disassembled the “new” slide and Field stripped my 39-2 down far enough to swap the safeties. My 39-2 is now complete once again. The orphan slide has to be second generation for several features, and now I can start thinking of using it to start my next build. “Oh what tangled webs we weave...”

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That's definitely a model 39-2 and the rear sight is a S&W fully adjustable 39/39-2/59 rear sight. Although this sight was sold by S&W, I don't think it was ever a factory option on a new pistol. None of these pistols had factory ambidextrous safeties, so yours is a 2nd gen (x39/x59/x69) safety.
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