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08-21-2020, 11:24 PM
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3rd Gen Show and Tell and S/N Question
I finally got around to taking some pics of my 3rd gens to post up here.
Mrs Smith
I picked up my 5906 as a LEO trade-in, and updated all the controls to black. The original grips were trashed, but I hung out on Ebay until a set of Pachmayr's showed up.
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I picked up my CS9 off Gunbroker. I got custom grips from TercGen, a low-profile 3913 slide stop lever from Numrich, and a Kahr magazine baseplate and locking plate. I upgraded the sights to Trijicon night sights. I've attached a pick with the stock grips as well.
My Question
I've been trying to find out when these guns were manufactured. I looked in the back of a Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (3rd edition), but it didn't have anything this new. Can anyone help me out? The serial numbers are:
5906: KMF19XX
CS9: EKY93XX
Thanks!
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08-22-2020, 06:51 PM
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Email Model and Serial Numbers to SW [email protected] and ask for Manufactrure Date - They typically respond in 2 to 3 work days.
Only K series I know of are KNC - My KNC11xx dates to 7/1998
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08-23-2020, 05:44 PM
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Email Model and Serial Numbers to SW [email protected] and ask for Manufactrure Date - They typically respond in 2 to 3 work days.
Only K series I know of are KNC - My KNC11xx dates to 7/1998 |
Thanks, I just sent out an email.
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08-23-2020, 10:13 PM
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Looking nice Sirius, I like what you've done with both of these pistols. I can tell you that your CS9 is one of the early versions, with the single-sided safety, plastic rear sight, and the EK-prefix. No doubt S&W will be able to tell you more. Let us know what they say!
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08-23-2020, 10:35 PM
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I have a few (Please excuse the M&P).
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08-24-2020, 06:25 AM
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Looking nice Sirius, I like what you've done with both of these pistols. I can tell you that your CS9 is one of the early versions, with the single-sided safety, plastic rear sight, and the EK-prefix. No doubt S&W will be able to tell you more. Let us know what they say!
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Indeed, it did have the plastic sights originally. Besides that and the safety lever, does anyone know how they changed between the early and late ones? I did have a later model too (with steel novak sights), the "Chief's Special" engraving appears to have been applied using a different technique (you can feel the texture on one but not the other), but besides that I don't know if there are any other differences.
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08-28-2020, 06:03 AM
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I got my dates of manufacture!
5906 - September 1998
CS9 - March 1999
Thanks for the replies.
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08-28-2020, 08:56 AM
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I currently have one 3rd gen, a recently purchased 1006. My first and only other 3rd gen was a 6906, circa 1989. I am not a big follower of Smith autos, but I wanted to round out my 10mm family. It’s definitely well made, but shoots low.
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sirius, Glad you got your DOMs. Have to admit that the closest I've got for most of mine are the general ranges shown in the SCSW. I did letter one of my PC guns since I ordered it direct from the factory, and wondered what the letter might say.
CH4, that is a very nice accumulation of 10MMs you have there. Reference the 1006 shooting low, I've changed front sights on fixed sight guns (S&Ws, Colts, Brownings, SIGs,etc.) many times to get the elevation to the POA/POI I wanted with the ammo I intended to use. Factory sights on fixed sight guns are ballpark. If I happen to get a fixed sight gun that shoots to the POA/POI I want at the distance, and with the ammo I'm using, Serendipity!
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