TTSH's 3rd Gen Question Du Jour

[Slufstuff]

I would love to find a decent 4505 at a good price. I would also jump on a nice 4567.

But honestly, I would buy just about any bargain priced 3rd gen in 9mm or 45acp if in presentable condition. I do not care to collect the .40S&W models, just not my cup of tea.

 

[GaryS]

If I came across a 3914DAO, pre rail 4513TSW, or 457D, I'd be interested. Other than that I have pretty much what I want and would be just buying duplicates.

 

[18DAI]

PC 5906, Melonite finish please.

But I will settle for a 4596..........or a 45 Recon. Regards 18DAI

 

[lhump1961]

Without reading all the other posts for me it's a 3914NL. Of course the unicorn 3954TSW pre-rail but no breathe holding on that one!

 

[JohnBTCB]

A 4506-1 1st choice.

Then a pre-rail 4513TSW 2nd.

Might be interested in a CQB in one of the 2 versions I don't have. I have the all black 4563CQB

 

[digiroc]

Desperately Seeking Smiths ...

My question for today... Which, if any, production 3rd Gen model that you don't own now and never owned in the past is highest on your active Want List?

Anyone can chime in but I'm mainly interested in members who consider themselves to be actively shopping or who are at least open to new acquisitions if the price is right... So what are you most seeking right now and why?

Well not desperately, but desirably coveting any Performance Center model with a Briley (sp?) Spherical bushing. A PC9 would be most welcome. A CS10 would complete my 10mm collection.

So TTSH ... I have your desired 6946! If you can extrapolate, it can be seen in this photo:

I swapped slides with the brand new 5906 (2014) out of the Houston facility because I could. Unfired in that configuration.

Here it is in it's natural state:

Maybe you should offer up a swap of some kind TTCH, just to save it from me painting it black.

digiroc

 

[4T5GUY]

At this point, I'm only looking for a pre-rail 3913 tsw. Should have got one "back then", but I thought 9mm's were worthless. I have since changed that view, and have nice representative examples of 2nd and 3rd Gen 9's.

 

[jimbo728]

A nice 5906, round trigger guard, any rear sight.
For second gen choice a nice round trigger guard 639, again any rear sight.
Jim

 

[nocents]

#1 would be a Shorty 45..but it's likely out of my gun buying wheelhouse....so I'd settle for a pre-rail 4513....or even a 457S if I became desperate

 

[BLUEDOT37]

S&W made so many unique models, most of which are priced too high to justify nowadays, that would be nice to own but seem to be harder to come across.

I've just been looking locally for a nice late model 4566 or 4566TSW, nothing too special.

I guess I'm also on the look-out now though for a pre-rail 4513TSW / 4553TSW or CS45 since I found some like new (6) round magazines at the last gun show, for a resonable price. Yeap, bought the magazines before the gun.

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[18DAI]

Interesting, to me, how many are looking for the CS9 and 3914NL. Great pistols that are still underated. Regards 18DAI

 

[Guevera]

Once I got a 3914LS and a 3953, I was pretty much done. Any more seems kind of silly and pointless at my age and stage.

 

[squidsix]

6926. I have never seen one and would buy the first one I see.
3904. Love the full size single stack. 952 for the same reason.
5" model 5906. I don't remember if that was a PC item only or not, but I want one.

 

[Old_Cop]

I am just not that organized, more of an accumulator than a collector. If I find something the I don't have, I'll consider the condition, price and my interest. Right now I am down on gunbroker, everything that I follow or bid on is more than what I feel is the value. Prices on S&Ws in this area are higher than many of the prices quoted by others in PA and even MA. I have drifted back to the revolvers for now but would be interested in any TSW which might appear. A CS9 would be nice, my grail would be a 5906 PPC gun.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Interesting, to me, how many are looking for the CS9 and 3914NL. Great pistols that are still underated. Regards 18DAI

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

 

[TTSH]

Right now I am down on gunbroker, everything that I follow or bid on is more than what I feel is the value.

Join the club. I've lost at least 12 auctions in a row. Probably set a new GB record.

 

[TTSH]

6926. I have never seen one and would buy the first one I see.

That would be really, really cool. I'd even take that over that long-sought 6946 I mentioned above.

 

[TTSH]

Interesting, to me, how many are looking for the CS9 and 3914NL. Great pistols that are still underrated. Regards 18DAI

Doesn't surprise me at all. I'm fortunate that I already own a couple pristine-perfect-in-box CS9's. Too bad for me that they are too pretty and too valuable (to me personally) to shoot! But still no "NL" in the collection so far. I took my best shot at one and failed. Maybe someday... but not on the radar screen for the remainder of 2017 and probably not 2018 either.

Once I got a 3914LS and a 3953, I was pretty much done. Any more seems kind of silly and pointless at my age and stage.

Well, I guess that depends on what else you've got in the collection/accumulation. And since I'm one of the oldest members of Team 3rd Gen (if not the oldest), I can tell you that age really shouldn't matter when it comes to 3rd Gen desires.

 

[TTSH]

I guess I'm also on the look-out now though for a pre-rail 4513TSW / 4553TSW or CS45 since I found some like new (6) round magazines at the last gun show, for a reasonable price. Yeap, bought the magazines before the gun.

Nothing wrong with buying your magazines before the gun. I've done the same... many times!

I don't think anyone would turn down a pre-rail 4513TSW or pre-rail 4553TSW if they stumbled upon one. One or both of them have got to be somewhere on everyone's Want List.

 

[GaryS]

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,

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