Let's see your 3913s!

[PALADIN85020]

This 3913NL is my favorite 9mm carry gun. Slim, accurate, and totally reliable. The NL-suffixed guns indicate that they were made without the "Ladysmith" logo, to better suit us red-blooded males who like the little gun with its sloped dust cover, but don't want to have to explain the logo. Here's a couple of shots of mine, left and right. It's equipped with tritium sights.

Show us what ya got!

 

[Denver Dick]

Okay, here's my group shot:

Here's a close-up of one of the three "regular" 3913 pistols above:

And here is a close-up of my little 3913TSW pre-rail, also included in the group shot above:

 

[j38]

Here's one I purchased new in 1993 and is one of my favorite semi's. It's everything it's cracked up to be - and more.

Regards,

Jerry

 

[Mortech]

Heres mine , I usually open carry mine during the summer

 

[84CJ]

Just happen to have this one handy

 

[JimK62]

S&w 3913tsw

My S&W 3913 Tactical

 

[WaterburyBob]

Here's mine -

 

[johnchamp]

hey bob thats nice different from all the rest bob how do you post pictures?

 

[WaterburyBob]

hey bob thats nice different from all the rest bob how do you post pictures?

I still do it the "old" way - upload the picture to Photobucket or some other free photo hosting site and then copy & paste the IMG link into your post here.

I believe the new forum software lets you upload the photo directly, but I haven't looked into that yet.

 

[Forsmithers]

OK, I know this thread is for the 3913 but I wanted to talk a little about the black sheep in this family. I purchased a 3914 (carbon steel slide Vs. stainless like on the 3913 and black finish instead of silver) back in 1993 for my wife. I was thrilled with the pistol until I saw a project my local custom pistolsmith was working on...

Karl Sokol of Chestnut Mountain Sports (now in West Rutland, VT.) was enamored with the ASP conversions on the earlier M39's and he wanted to tweak a 3913 to look like an ASP. Of course the Guttersnipe Sight that the ASP is famous for would be a huge undertaking there were a number of frame, slide and lever modifications that could be done that would enhance function and give the 39 a new look. The first project gun was for a former LEO and firearms instructor in Ohio and gun writer, Dave Spaulding. My wife's 3914 was the second go around for this project and Karl has produced several more.

In addition to the standard action and reliability jobs Karl also machined the front of the slide to enhance reholstering, speed up slide speed due to a slightly lighter slide and it have it an ASP/Browning HP look. Karl also reduced, rounded and bobbed the grip tang, relieved the area of the frame where the trigger guard meets the grip frame and he reduced the size and rounded the ambi safety and slide lock and rounded and smoothed the finish.

After all of that work the pistol was beadblasted and then hard chromed. The stock Novak's were also switched out with IWI(PT Night Sights) with a green in the front and two yellow dots in the rear. My wife who likes to shoot enjoys the look and feel of her custom pistol and it shoots like a DREAM. It is 100% reliable and shoots everything from reloads and ball ammo to Speer Gold Dots and Federal Hydrashocks accurately and the recoil is not bad at all with the Hogue grips installed. I've never shot +P or +P+ rounds through this one so I can't comment on those.

If anyone would like to see close up photos of the custom features or needs info for Chestnut Mountain Sports just let me know.

LONG LIVE THE 3913 and it's brothers and sisters.

 

[ShelbyV8]

This is my early 3913 with his fat brother the 6946

This is NL3913 with a 4053

 

[01deuce]

I just got this last friday. I wasnt really looking, but could not pass it up. looks like it had been fired but but could not have been verry much at all.not a mark on it and came with the original box and all paper work

 

[Zebulon]

No longer mine, but both have found new homes recently....I love the way they photograph.......Zebulon

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I don't have one. I bought my son a Beretta 92 when he was in the Marines. He said he'd rather have my 3913. I made him a holster for it. I tooled some of his tatoos in it. He love's that flat little gun.

 

[TMann]

No longer mine, but both have found new homes recently....I love the way they photograph.......Zebulon

Zebulon: Did you do some finish work on the side panels of the 3913s? They have a "brushed" finish in your photos.

TMann

 

[Zebulon]

TMann...Yes, just a little cleanup with a Green Scotchbrite pad....Nothing fancy...I just removed the typical S&W Stainless handling marks.....Zebulon

 

[C/O]

I put this in another thread, but wanted to get it in with all these other great 3913s. IMHO, These are the perfect CCW.


3913NL

 

[ldp4570]

Here's mine.

 

[JamesArthur60]

 

[Center Villian]

A little on the used side

Here's mine a little worse for wear. It was a bargain however