Every time someone brings up the scarcity of the 3914NL, I'm reminded of the blind squirrel finding an acorn nature of my purchase of a 3914 back about 10 years ago for $300.00 plus tax. Not only that, but the FFL didn't seem to think it was much considering what he sold it to me for.
Here's a side by side picture with a 3913 to demonstrate the difference,
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Originally Posted by BAM-BAM
Got a 3913 , two 3914s and three 3913NL's ........ never seen a 3914NL in person.........just a handful of pictures here!
"Interesting" to a guy who's got one....... for those of us that don't it's just
d--- frustrating. 
These guns were introduced pre-internet ..... so unless you read the 'gun rags" of the day or picked up the annual S&W catalog........ the blue guns could pass you by with their short production life.
The introduction of the 39xx's coincided with "hey day" of the "Wonder-9" ......if it didn't have 15 up the butt no one seemed to care...........
Another strike against the single stack.....by mid-93 the AWB was about to go into affect and everyone was rushing to get a stockpile of hi-caps and magazines!!!!!! By the time the AWB went into effect Smith had almost stopped making the blue 3914; and the 3914NL was only made for one year....... 1991 |