Hello all! Long time follower, first time poster here. Glad to be part of this very helpful and informative forum.. inforumative?
Anyway. My dad gave me his old S&W Model 39 a couple months back. He bought it from a friend who (I assume) was the original owner of this firearm quite some time ago.
I really enjoyed shooting this 9mm, feels great in my hands and looks great too. Only after a few jams during ejection and an issue with the slide did I start researching this gun. The slide won't stay back when the last round is fired which I'm attributing to a weak mag spring from being loaded bedside for 10+ years.
That's a different topic. Here I'm trying to gather information on this gun. There seems to be confusion and discourse with this model which has had different variations and short productions over the years.
I can't tell if it's steel or alloy framed. The serial number is "5959". This is not the 39-2 model. Notice the location of slide "grips" in relation to the safety.
What do we have here, folks?
I can satisfy further picture requests if needed.