Just shot it today, to shoots right, but elevation is okay.

I adjusted the rear sight blade to the left, but it is not enough to get it centered at 30 feet.

I see the rear sight is dovetailed into the slide, can it be moved?

I'm old enough to ask first, before I do something that may be stupid.

Also will the later model Smith single stack mags work in it??

thanks

After I shot it I cleaned it.

Looked at the double angle feed ramp, was appalled at the machine marks Smith left there.

I assume this was the norm?? I did have a few failures to feed with it

Im a 39 fan and never had these issues. What ammo are you using?
And what mag. do you have?

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Mike 2796
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Had and sold a model 39 when I was a youngin'. Picked up another one a few years ago. Never had an issue with failure to feed ,, or the double angle feed ramp..

Sights were dead on from the get go on both.. Sorry can't help.

Magazines,, I ordered a couple of these ,, and other than sticking out the bottom an extra 1/8 inch they worked fine..

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/162...tainless-steel

If it shoots and getting it to shoot straight is your only problem I wouldnt be worried about the feed ramp.
You can check out Novak for a rear sight option that will help you get on target.
Jim

Can you post a pic of the double angle feed ramp? I have looked at all my 39 barrels and they are a single slope ramps. Could your barrel be some aftermarket, non-S&W mfg?

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I am computer illiterate on posting pictures, I googled the feed ramp and found mine looks the same. The barrel is original.

The ammo I was using was reloads 4.6 700x and a 115, switched to the same load and 1245's and no problems.

The net said the short Super Vel ammo had trouble feeding, so make sure the OAL is close to factory.

Was $350 a good price??

Try this, go to search on top bar. Type in Mod 39 feed ramp. Answered my questions.

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Pretty sure it is a factory barrel .. Model 39-2 # A147xxx ( early 70's mfg ,, I think )

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Note "9mm C.T.G." on the chamber's top . . . signifies the oldest barrel style that was among the changes when the 39-2 went to market.

There was more than enough raw metal below the hump to allow that dangle of the angle to become one with a good carbide bit - and more than a few folks did so, too. Especially when they sent it back to S&W with "feed issues."

Oddly, it seems to me, that I have more than a few 39s (and, likewise, 39-2s) and I've yet to experience a problem, myownself, but believe some noise was made about hollow points - or at least the kind with squared bullets (that would be the "front end" of a "cartridge" or "round").

The problem, such as it was, went away with the 39-2.

DC

The rear sight on a M39 or M39-2 is not dovetailed into the slide in the conventional sense. If you try to remove it by drifting it with a puch, it will be damaged.

The leaf that extends forward on the slide is a spring to retain the sight assembly. The spring is lifted carefully so as not to mar the slide, and the entire sight aassembly rotates 90 degrees to be removed from the slide.

Here's an old post that shows the rear sight being removed.
Adjustable M39-2 rear sight

The double angle feed ramp was present on the early M39 no-dash pistols, but it was phased out later, but not sure when.

My fairly late production M39-2 has the single angle.

Early 39-2 pistols still had the double angle feed ramp. Mine's from about 1972 - A1263xx - and has only the new extractor and pinched slide to retain the recoil spring without the bushing.

As noted by Ayoob and Stevenson, some worked well and some didn't. Mine will feed anything, ball or JHP, including 90 grain SV.