Back in the late 80’s, I bought a 6450 for Duty use, I chose it because the only difference between it and the 4506 was the grip…The 4506 had a one piece Delrin wrap around grip held by a pin and I liked the two piece Grip secured with two screws on each panel better….They also had the Pachmayr rubber grips and I went with that option…
The Magazines came with Black Followers….I soon found out every time I had to pull a Mag out of the Carrier, the top round or two would jump out..I called S&W and they overnighted 6 New Magazines with Yellow Followers and a pre-paid label to return the black follower mags…A few years later, I bought a 4516-1 for off-duty and it too had a recall on the Black follower mags…. In the attached pic are both 6450/4506 And 4516-1 Mags….
Just a heads-up…The early one piece Delrin grip also had a recall…Simple to replace, just knock out the retaining pin and push up the Mainspring into the recess and press in place and replace retaining pin….Call S&W and advise the serial to see if Your’s is affected.
Edited to add…11-29-20, Originally Posted by Member Quikdraw67….post number 8….explains all the Mag revisions….
Last edited by Mike 139; 02-21-2024 at 04:55 PM.
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