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I have a chance to buy one. Any opinions or knocks on this model? It is in new condition.
 
Posts: 23 | Location: NJ | Registered: 16 September 2007Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I'd maul you right now to get my hands on one.

Buy it and if you don't like it, I'll buy it or trade you for it before you can twitch...
 
Posts: 314 | Location: Greenwood, SC | Registered: 07 December 2007Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I should have been more specific, it's a TSW model. does that change things?
 
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I like it even more...

I'd sell blood if necessary to buy it if I were you...

I don't know what condition the trigger adjustment is in, but a heavy trigger on a DAO Smith can be fixed in a heartbeat.

I can't think of a handgun I'd rather have -- except a 1053 -- which was never made.
 
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I saw one for sael a month or so ago.

It looked really nice, but the chopped grip on this model was a deal killer for me...
 
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All 4553's are TSW models. The first run had a chopped grip and no accessory rail. The later runs had a 4516 size grip and the rail under the dust cover.
 
Posts: 1436 | Location: Roebling, NJ, USA | Registered: 22 August 2004Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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This one has no accessory rail.............
 
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If it has no rail, then it probably has the chopped grip. These take special 6 round magazines. Make sure it fits your hand before purchasing.
 
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Outrider, maybe I can keep you from having to maul someone if you are interested in a 4553TSW with 6 rd mags.

I don't see an email address in your profile.

I'm thinning out my S&W collection to cover some overpriced 1911's I just have to have. If you want to discuss a possible deal, drop me an email... in my profile.


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You guys just threw me a curve ball.

I need to find out more about the "chopped grip". This is new to me -- and I'm not sure I like it.

A removable accessory rail was also a big attraction...

Clearly, several things demand my attention -- personally -- on this before I'd make a purchase...

My understanding of this pistol is it's double action only -- and made of alloy, correct?

Will all S&W .45 mags fit it?

My intent was to carry a 4500 series large or medium frame -- and the 4553 as a backup -- with a 640 or 340 as deep concealment.

It looks as if I need to do some more checking before I commit to anything...
 
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Can anybody post photos?
 
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Alloy frame, no rail, double action only, shorter butt for easier concealment, takes a six round mag. "Chopped" grip in relation to 4516 etc which take a seven round mag.

I imagine the full size mag would fit but stick out below end of butt.

These are sweet little concealment guns. Get me an email address and I will be glad to send you some pics.


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I can't think of a handgun I'd rather have.


This sounded as though you'd had your heart set on a 4553 and had been looking for one for years...


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You guys just threw me a curve ball.

I need to find out more about the "chopped grip". This is new to me -- and I'm not sure I like it.

A removable accessory rail was also a big attraction...

Clearly, several things demand my attention -- personally -- on this before I'd make a purchase...

My understanding of this pistol is it's double action only -- and made of alloy, correct?

Will all S&W .45 mags fit it?

My intent was to carry a 4500 series large or medium frame -- and the 4553 as a backup -- with a 640 or 340 as deep concealment.

It looks as if I need to do some more checking before I commit to anything...


Agreed...and this is a great place to do so...


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Can anybody post photos?


Here's a link to a picture in an active auction - I have no relationship with the seller.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/977003302/Guns-For-Sale/Gun-...on_Model_4553TSW.htm
 
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Actually...

I have been looking -- and it's what I thought it was...
 
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Spades,

What is the seller asking for the pistol?

I did some further checking, and I've seen them priced all the way up to $1,250...

That's way, way too much -- in any condition -- for my wallet...
 
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