3913NL I think I need one.

[equin]

I got my 3913 as a LE trade-in a number of years ago. It's a great little gun. I added some Hogue wood grips to it, which makes it look pretty nice, but they do add a tad bit more width to the grip. It's a shame S&W stopped making mags for them.

 

[quikdraw67]

I sold my 3913NL

Because I found a 3914NL that I liked better

I shot it and my 3914DAO yesterday.


The 39xx series is the finest CC semiautomatic pistol IMHO.

 

[rosewood]

I think maybe the new CSX was poor attempt to rekindle the 3913, but I think they missed the mark. They should just break out the old blue prints.

Rosewood

 

[squidsix]

I like mine.

 

[GerSan69]

Around 1999 or 2000, a coworker offered to trade a 3913NL straight across for my 6906. I hesitated at first because I'd owned one a couple years earlier and didn't like it, but he convinced me that it was a good deal, so I did it. I had trader's remorse for quite a while until the comparative "lightness" (not that much, but noticeable when you carry it 8 to 12 hours per day) and the quarterly superior scores at the range vs. the larger gun started adding up. (I still don't know what my problem was with my first one - maybe I didn't take enough time to adjust my grip from the fatter 6900-series?) I still have it, going on 8 years into retirement, and still take it with me for every range trip. I've since acquired a couple more 3913s, a 3914DAO, and a Zanders 908, all documented here on the forum. It turned out to be a great design for me.

 

[18DAI]

Thanks all! For the coments and info. I go back on duty tonight, for the next 7 nights. I also have lessons scheduled for Thursday afternoon. I will be carrying my 3913NL this week. That way I will also get a chance to shoot it some more too.

I still have my original 3913 and a 3914NL. I had a NYPD 3914DAO, but didn't care for the trigger and sold it to a friend. I also had one of the 3914 "prototypes" mentioned in the SCSW 4th Edition, but sold it to a co-worker who had a need and very little funds. I will probably pick up another 3914 at some point. But I am set for now.

I am still getting "comfortable" carrying 9mm pistols after decades of 45 use. But as a friend pointed out last week while we were shooting some drills last week, "That pistol likes you! You put two of those RA9T in them, like that, and they won't know it wasn't a 45."

It is easy to shoot quickly too. Follow through is natural and follow up shots come quickly. Those attributes, combined with the natural pointability make it a very easy to use defensive piece. Weight is negligible. And the thin profile makes it easy to conceal. Great carry gun! Regards 18DAI

 

[quikdraw67]

. I had a NYPD 3914DAO, but didn't care for the trigger and sold it to a friend.

I find the trigger on my 3914DAO to be as good as my 686's or Highway Patrolman in DA.

But, to each his own.

I bought my 3914DAO on a whim, and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[nocents]

....shares daily duty with a 6906 and HK 45c...with the nod to the NL

 

[Jeppo]

I had a NYPD 3914DAO, but didn't care for the trigger and sold it to a friend.

Regards 18DAI

And I will never sell that treasured gun. RIP John.