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Best-looking S&W Auto?
Hello,
Post a pic of the best-looking S&W Auto, in your opinion.
Here's mine: the 639.
There's something about the 639 that is just "right" to me.
What's your choice?
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02-15-2012, 10:16 PM
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+1 on the 639:
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Nothing particularly special about these but I like 'em! Nice 639...one would look right at home in my safe. 
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I've always liked the 945c.
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I've always liked the 945c.
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Smith357,
A S&W "1911" with the slide of a 4506 (mostly) and the accuracy and reliability of a 3rd Gen. Smith?
Yup, that's an attractive combo any way you slice it. Great looking Smith.
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02-15-2012, 10:45 PM
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I am partial to the 39-2, even when used and scraped up...
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I vote for the Model 52
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I have always been fond of the model 52
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Ether one of these
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02-15-2012, 10:56 PM
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I vote for the Model 52
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I couldn't agree more. The 639 is my personal favorite-but part of the appeal is the ease and relatively low-cost 9mm ammo. The 52 gives the 1911 a serious run for the money in the looks department, but the .38 semi-wadcutter ammo is a little too specialized for me.
The 52 is still a damned handsome firearm, standing shoulder to shoulder with the 1911, the Browning High Power and the Sig P210.
Rareified air indeed.
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02-15-2012, 11:07 PM
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I'll take the 52 over any 1911! Once you get your hand loads perfected can't match the out of the box accuracy, not to mention they are just flat out fun to shoot. I like them so much....gotta have 2, the shooter and the safe queen
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Just my idea of the perfect S&W auto.
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I was going to say the 39, but the 52 works for me as well since it's essentially a long-slide 39 (in a different caliber, of course). You guys have already posted great pictures of both of those fine guns.
I don't personally care for the squared off trigger guard on the 639, but personal preference is just that. Personal. I also prefer the curved backstrap of the 39 and its descendants over the straight one on the 59 or the 1911 series. To me it looks more elegant that way. Again, just personal preference.
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My new E-series:
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Its my 5903
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Some very handsome guns here, but I have to vote for the 4006. In fact, I vote for this particular 4006. Because it's mine. 
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I like the 645, and the 4506 no dash, that has a square trigger guard, and then there is the model 59...
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3913 with full sized hammer
909 with ambi-safety
4566 with spurless hammer/hammer-drop only levers
2206 my poor mans model 41
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S&W 100 Year 1911 Presentation Model
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Tho' I always liked this pic a lot:
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The plain 5906
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My opinion, 745 hands down, except for my horrible picture copying.
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Poor picture, great looking gun.
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They are all great !! but this one is mine so it gets my vote.
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Nickel 39-2. I also like the Model 52.
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To me, the best looking S&W auto is a blued 39-2. It's one of the most handsome autos ever.
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Hard to beat a Model 41 IMHO. Not the best picture, but it's mine...
Some of the others are very nice as well.
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The 39-2 Timeless!
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I vote for the 52-2 as I feel it has the best lines of any autoloader.
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I am fond of the simple 457.
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Lots of pretty pistols...Here are my 3rd gen tens
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good ol' 3rd gens are my idea of S&W auto perfection.... 
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Nickel 39-2
I'm partial to 3rd GENs, but this old Nickel 39-2 makes me smile everytime I see it. You can't beat the feel of one of these - they got the grip spot-on in my opinion!
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I've always thought this PC9 was the most attractive semi auto produced by Smith & Wesson.
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This one ain't so pretty but I been betting my life on it almost 20 years. Joe
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I'm partial to my 5906 with the Mahogony (Hydro-printed) grips.
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I would have to go with the E-Series 1911TA... But my opinion may be a little biased since I just brought mine home a month ago...
I know my pics aren't the greates, but I will get some better pics when I can get a little help from the wife and her fancy-shmancy camera.. 
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