I really think the 4 digit were the cream of the crop, especially the late third gen. I like the Glock platform, but I have never had the intense affinity for it that I have for my Smith 9mms through the years.

The same rep that brought us the tool room 469, later brought us a pre-import Glock 17 dealer sample. As a rangemaster I really liked it as an easy gun to transition wheel gunners to, and a good reliable LEO weapon. But it still wasn't a Smith....