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S&W Day at LGS
One of the LGS in MA will be having a S&W day this Saturday. They'll have factory reps, deals on various models, and show and tell.
Who wants to join me in a protest outside? 
We could hold signs that say "Make S&W Great Again, Bring Back The 3rd Gen Semi Autos."
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I really like the sign idea!
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If you want your head to -EXPLODE- ...try testing their knowledge base on 1-2-3rd Gens or egads... PC guns.
It won't be a pleasant experience. I have spoken of my experience with a paid, traveling S&W company rep and that was like SIX-plus years ago, zero chance they have gotten better.
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Originally Posted by GaryS
One of the LGS in MA will be having a S&W day this Saturday. They'll have factory reps, deals on various models, and show and tell.
Who wants to join me in a protest outside?
We could hold signs that say "Make S&W Great Again, Bring Back The 3rd Gen Semi Autos."
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Wish I saw this post sooner Gary.
Which shop? Did you go? How was it?
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Wish I saw this post sooner Gary.
Which shop? Did you go? How was it?
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I'm guessing it was Four Seasons 'cause if it was at Mass Firearms School, I'd have been there.  I love shooting other people's guns with other people's ammo... for free, no less!
I didn't hit our local (Sturbridge, MA) gun show this weekend either because there's a much bigger, better one next weekend. I'm broke anyway after a very expensive January and February, made much worse by my Chevy truck's (the "Money Pit's") very expensive brake failure fiasco. 
BTW, it was at a similar S&W Day at Four Seasons back in 2014 that I bought my first two 3rd Gens... a really nice Model 6906 and a really "used & abused" Model 4046. The S&W Reps tried to help me decide between the two. It was comical for sure as they were all about S&W's plastic wonder guns. They ended up recommending the 6906 (of course - it was lighter and pristine) but remarked that the 4046 could be used as a very effective bludgeon when I ran out of ammo...  ... and on a dollars per pound basis, it was the very best buy in the entire shop...  ... so I ended up taking both!
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Massachusetts? So they can show off all 4 and a half models that are legal for sale in that state?
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I think I would really enjoy a S&W day at a LGS. I'm so "out of it" regarding their current offerings it would probably be very educational for me. I doubt that they could tempt me with anything except maybe some free coffee and a doughnut or perhaps a slice of pizza later in the day.
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Wow TTSH, your first venture in to these guns we love was literally just a few years ago...?!
Maybe we need a new thread!
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OH YEAH!!!
LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND TAKE A GIANT STEP BACKWARDS!
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I had one young S&W salesman tell me that there were no revolvers made (presumably by anyone) for other than six shots (No five shots, no seven shots, no eight shots , ten shots for rimfire). OK, I immediately recalibrated my expectations to zero.
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Massachusetts? So they can show off all 4 and a half models that are legal for sale in that state?
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Absolutely, positively not true!!!
It only feels that way. 
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It was Four Seasons and I didn't go. As anyone who has been there knows, it's a small (size), high volume shop and is crowded on a normal Saturday. On a special manufacturer's day, the place would be packed like a sardine can.
For those that haven't been there, they have one of those deli "Take a Number" dispensers in the hallway outside the door. On week days it's 50-50 whether you'll need to use it, unless it's lunch time! On a Saturday, take a number and wait. And wait some more.
Anyway, I didn't get there, didn't get to Sturbridge, and will be in Alabama next weekend. I checked and there are no gun shows near where I'll be staying.
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I'm guessing it was Four Seasons 'cause if it was at Mass Firearms School, I'd have been there. I love shooting other people's guns with other people's ammo... for free, no less!
I didn't hit our local (Sturbridge, MA) gun show this weekend either because there's a much bigger, better one next weekend. I'm broke anyway after a very expensive January and February, made much worse by my Chevy truck's (the "Money Pit's") very expensive brake failure fiasco.
BTW, it was at a similar S&W Day at Four Seasons back in 2014 that I bought my first two 3rd Gens... a really nice Model 6906 and a really "used & abused" Model 4046. The S&W Reps tried to help me decide between the two. It was comical for sure as they were all about S&W's plastic wonder guns. They ended up recommending the 6906 (of course - it was lighter and pristine) but remarked that the 4046 could be used as a very effective bludgeon when I ran out of ammo... ... and on a dollars per pound basis, it was the very best buy in the entire shop... ... so I ended up taking both! |
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Wow TTSH, your first venture in to these guns we love was literally just a few years ago...?!
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Oh, I've told my story here enough times that most members are already more than sick of it. But it is a fact. I bought my first two 3rd Gens on July 2, 2014... almost exactly one year after I re-entered the world of handgun collecting/ accumulating/ shooting. 
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My very 1st handgun was a Nine shot revolver in 22 made by Ruger over 50 years ago now. Even Smith makes a 357 with 8 rounds in a revolver. The model 627 which is my dream gun. I have been saving for a while now for one of them with a 5" barrel on it. Its a shame when salespeople who are supposed to know something about even there own products are totally clueless.
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Oh, I've told my story here enough times that most members are already more than sick of it. But it is a fact. I bought my first two 3rd Gens on July 2, 2014... almost exactly one year after I re-entered the world of handgun collecting/ accumulating/ shooting. |
My world is upside down right now...
Somehow I pictured a young TTSH (say, mid-50s or so) getting one of the experimental pre-39s hot off the assembly line, then stopping on the way home for some $.29/gal gas.
2014??? Yikes!
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My world is upside down right now...
Somehow I pictured a young TTSH (say, mid-50s or so) getting one of the experimental pre-39s hot off the assembly line, then stopping on the way home for some $.29/gal gas.
2014??? Yikes!
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Oh come on guys!!! Just because I am hideously old and grew up in the shadow of S&W's factory all those many years ago doesn't mean I got anything "experimental" in my youth! It wasn't like that at all. Well, there was this one gun... but it was a revolver, not a semi-auto. Yes, my great uncle and some of Dad's friends worked there, but I grew up shooting his (Dad's) Smith & Wessons, not my own. While I held a MA FID card from the youngest age one could obtain one, it wasn't until after college that I got my first MA LTC and was actually able to start my own collection.
And yes, I do remember buying plenty of gasoline as low as 24.9¢/gallon as I commuted to college after my first year.
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And yes, I do remember buying plenty of gasoline as low as 24.9¢/gallon as I commuted to college after my first year. |
You gave horses gasoline to drink???
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Oh Pete! That is just plain cruel!!!
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