Your first 1st & 2nd & 3rd Gen!

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Prolific forum poster TTSH shocked me in another thread when he said his first 3rd Gen pistol came to him in 2014! Certainly later than I would have guessed for an addict.

So when was your first? Or better yet, your first in each of 1-2-3 Gens and which models, why?

My first was 1994... my 1006. This is a pistol that my buddy bought after picking my brain in 1992, his first handgun. His then-new wife thought it was too dangerous in the house (!) and he knew that I loved it. And except for four boxes of factory ammo... I had handloaded all it's ammo. I think he paid around $575 for it new in '92... $400 to me in 1994.

My first 1st Gen was my clean 39-2, I wanna say A7xxxxx or so, but I would have to look. No box, 2 mags, but extremely clean. Snagged that from a show in 2012 I think.

My first 2nd Gen was my non-IPSC Model 745, a Gunbroker snag in the Spring of 2014. I remember it being not as low priced as I had wanted but I have had a total blast hammering steel plates with this pistol, no regrets.

Plenty of others but those were my first in each series.
 
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My first 1st gen was a 39-2 that I bought out of the academy. It wound up getting traded for a 60 that I carried as a backup.
Don't currently have any 1st or 2d, but my LGS has a 745 that is in good shape, for a fair price, that I think would match nicely with my 4506-1, my 4566, 4516-1, 5906, 5903 and 6904!
That's not counting the various K-frames that I have!
 
My first was a 2nd Gen 669.... 198something..... felt like a 2x4 in my hand and was soon gone.......

Got a 6906 1st year..... transition sights and square trigger guard.......followed by a 3913 1st year 89/90.....

1995/96 I bought a "used" SD-9 off a shooting buddy/ gun shop manager.... when he wanted to "upgrade" to a Shorty 40 the shop had gotten in

That early 6906 got traded for a PC Shorty-9 in 95/96..................

been accumulating ever since. Factory and PC guns...... 3913/14/NLs. 6906/04, 915s, 5906s and 45xxs.

Have had 'several" 39-2s over the years....... bought and sold.... missed and bought another......................

Gun Shop rescued a pre-39 about 10-12 years ago ...... a former sock drawer gun it was anib...... sold it for 4Xs what I paid for it about 4/5 years ago.
 
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First 3rd Gen was a 915 bought in '91 maybe? Sold it, and left the Smith autos for quite sometime, until I bought a 3913 as a CCW piece. Then they started multiplying.

A mint 39-2 with box and goodies fell into my lap around 2013 for 3 bills.

No second gens in the stable.
 
Interesting thread Sevins, thanks for posting.

I started with a 1st Gen in 1985 with an unfired Pre Md 39 which was already 30 years old.

I totally missed all of the 2nd Gens and it wasn't until the late 1990s that I bought a new 4516-2 which I still have and love.

Then came this forum in 2013 and all of you enablers led me to my all-time favorite semi, the 4506. And after that, well, several others.

And finally, I have recently purchased a 2nd Gen, Model 745 ANIB with tools, docs etc. Pictures and text coming soon.
 
Still only have just the 1076 I picked up in '11. I will add in a 39 and an 439 for sure, then who knows what. Currently all is on hold as a work on a career transition, but if all goes well, 2-3 years from know I'll be set to start checking off my wish list.
 
Bought a 659 in 1985, my first 2nd Gen, then sold it.

Picked up a 559 a few years ago, then a 39-2, then a 3914 & a 915, another 39-2, finally got a 59 last year, then the 3rd Gens really started to show up.

Now
1st Gens
39-2
39-2
59

2nd Gen
559
669

3rd Gen
3914
3913 NL
909
5903
5904
915

LOL, but I'm primarily a revolver guy.
 
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Hummmm....

First 3rd gen - Nov 2014 (3913tsw)
First 2nd gen - 2016 (469)
No 1st gen

But from Nov 2014 - present purchased 73 3rd gens...yes I'm an addict!!!

I'm currently in rehab!!

Cheers!!!
David
 

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Never was an automatic guy before..

Kinda funny, I grew up shooting revolvers only & didn't decided to buy my first centerfire automatic, a 1911, until the early 80's. (Many years before that I shot briefly on the Air Force pistol team & had to borrow a 1911 to compete in the 45 Class at each event. :p)

So my next auto, & first S&W 3rd Gen, didn't come until 2013 when I spied an incorrectly tagged S&W 45 Auto in the corner of a display case, upside down, & with no model number stamped on it.

Turned out to be a 845 Limited. It's finely fitted action won me over immediately & I made a nice deal on it, starting me on the road to more additions than I expected.

Since then I've bought about a dozen more 3rd Gens, mainly 40's & 45's, along with a few 9mm's.

I was just too busy working & raising a family to notice these guns when the came out in the 90's, but I'm trying to make up for it. :D

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I can't believe you guys can remember what guns you bought and what year you bought them. I can barely tell you what I have now. .[/QUOTE

The worst part is remembering what you've....... sold or traded away......

like a nib 4505, 4516, or a 4513 TSW or a 581..... or a 3" 586........ stop me now....please!!!!!
 
My first 1st gen was a 39-2 in the late 70s. Traded it and twenty plus years later a man came into my office and gave it back to me.
The first 2nd gen was a 469 bought new when they came out. In the end it felt too blocky, like a 59, and it went down the road. After I started to collect S&W semi autos I found a twin in excellent condition and added it to the accumulation.
In 1997 when I became Chief in a small community I wanted to carry a full size 9mm like the other officers and the town bought a 5906 for my use. After we traded for SIGs a year later, I bought it.
I started to collect S&W semi autos after my retirement in 2008 because I felt that they were mostly undervalued and available. It seems like neither is true today and yet I still buy. Oh, I'm back to buying S&W revolvers too.
 
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Call me a curmudgeon but my first Gen. was in 1968 (Highway Patrolman). My second Gen. was in 1982 (Model 659) and I refuse to own a third Gen. model!
 
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My first was my first handgun ever, a 915 I bought in 1993. I recently sent it to Novak, had three dot sights installed and then I installed KSD grips. Maybe I spent more than makes sense but I don't really care. It's been 100% reliable and I'm keeping it.




My second was a custom 559. It has a 659 slide, S&W accessory arched back strap, Altamont grips, trigger job and polished feed ramp. I foolishly sold it last year, immediately regretted it and was able to buy it back yesterday :-)

Third is a stock 4506, PD marked that I bought last year

And lastly, I had a CS9 but decided to sell it as I don't carry concealed
 
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A new in box 39-2 that I traded 2 extra Super Bowl tickets for in 1982...in 1982 SB tix were about 40 bucks a pop;)....no 2nd gens. then about 95 or so a 5906;). But back then I was more interested in SW and Dan Wesson wheel guns..Then one day about 5 years ago 3913's and 45xx guns started showing up:D
 
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