What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W PC semi-auto pistols?

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What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W PC semi-auto pistols?

What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W Performance Center semi-auto pistols including Product Code numbers?

Thank you.
Kind regards,
David McNulty

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

1046; don't know the specific product number. 10mm pistol, 3rd gen., only 151 made.

Sam

 

[cherrypointmarine]

I'm thinking you might want to break it down into calibers . You have your basic , 9mm , 40 and 45 . But then you also have .356 , which is a story all on it's own . It might be easier if you pick up a copy of the Standard Catalog of S&W , 4th edition . There's a section on PC guns , both semi and revolver . Is there any certain one you are looking at ?

 

[squidsix]

I totally ruined one of the rarer ones recently (according to some folks):
Performance Center Recon 45 with some squidsix mods.
603 total supposedly.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Where did you see that number Squidsix ? I have 2 of them , going to new homes soon . Scoring some 945s and 2 other PC guns . A Recon9 , one of 212 , and a SD40 , one of 207 or 217 . Ten might have been sent to Europe.

 

[squidsix]

Basing it on a poster telling us, in my thread above, "that one's ruined, at least there are 602 left" or something close to that.
No real idea honestly. I love the thing, and love it even more now.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Preformance Center "Stocking Dealer" guns

SD- 9mm..... 179 of the +500- of the Stocking Dealer Guns from 1993/94.... the others were split between .40S&W (over 200) and .356S&W (IIRC about 100)

 

[18DAI]

Squidsix I want a "ruined one" just like yours! Regards 18DAI

 

[murphydog]

I am venturing out of revolver land again, but I don't think there were any 1st generation PC guns built and marketed as such. Agree with consulting a copy of the SCSW for the most complete information, even though it may be lacking certain details.

 

[toddcfii]

From info I gleaned from a different thread recently:

1. PC did some full custom guns at the beginning. Those will be basically unique and one of a kind. So most rare?

2. 1046 is super rare but not a PC gun.

3. Model 44 is even rarer? But I don't think the PC made those either.

4. The SD guns are also rare.

5. The PPC 9 guns are hard to come by because they were only sold to Law Enforcement but do pop up now and again for sale. The 6 inch version was selling recently for ~$8000 but has come back down to ~$5000 for a nice one.

6. The 952-2 6 inch Masterpiece Wishco variant is very rare in the US as it was made in small numbers for export but a handful remained in the US.

7. There is a black and silver variant of the 952 6 inch made in very small numbers.

OR JUST LOOK ON THIS THREAD: The Complete 3rd Gen PERFORMANCE CENTER Model List

 

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Thank you, Sam!

 

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Thank you, cherrypointmarine!

 

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Thank you, squidsix!

 

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Thank you, BAM-BAM!

 

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Thank you, murphydog!

 

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Thank you, toddcfii!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I understand they only made 1500 of these 5903 SSVs. Does that make it a 3rd Gen scarce gun?

 

[BAM-BAM]

You said "1st-3rd Generation"

So add to the list two 1st Gen guns

927 Steel frame 39s ( built in the mid-60s) though the frames actually date to the 50s

What many call the Pre-39.... aka "Smith and Wesson 9mm" 1600 made 1954/55 to 1957

Overall IIRC about >300,000 39s ,mostly -2s were built over abut 25 years

 

[BAM-BAM]

LOL a very, very rare gun is the "6915" only two known to exist.


A CCO ( Colt's "Concealed Carry Officers model" 1911 .45; built with an "Officer model" frame mated with a "Commander" upper) configuration of the 5906.

Squidsix has one .....I've got the other!!!!!!!

 

[squidsix]

Haha yeah!