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I have loaned a specific M&P .38 to my sister one time (lasted 6 or 10 months), and my dad one time (lasted a year or two). Couldn't have done anything to the finish. Sister never shot it, but it made her feel safer. Dad put a couple hundred rounds through it, and carried it quite a bit. I was...

1-Go to corneredcat and read. Have her go there and read. She has advice on manipulating and choosing guns. 2-The woman is an adult. She picks her own guns.

No idea on real numbers, but certainly over 2k. Bought January 2004.

I have probably got all the third gens I'll be able to justify: a 3913 (early production) and a 3913LS (late). Same for the other Smiths I have: 642, 13-3, and c.1930 M&P. What more does a guy need? Yeah, need has nothing to do with it, unless you have a budget to keep to. Got a kid in...

I have a 4" 1930 M&P in about that same condition. Still runs very nicely.

I would have bought it, and hope to find one similar if I ever get serious about having a .45 again. I have a 3913LS that has a couple of tiny frame edge marks, and just traded into a more worn and older 3913 that will probably start to get carried instead to prevent wear on the LadySmith.

A 4506 is one of the few .45 pistols I would consider actually buying. And if I ever do buy one, only dire finances would get me to part with it.

Shield .40 I shot got old quick. I don't think I made it through a whole box, and I was done with it sooner than I actually quit. I've had a pocket 9mm, full size, and compacts. I've had a full size plastic .40, and a compact. I usually carry a 3913 and/or a 642.

A coyote going after my Brittany. A crippled deer on the side of the road. Flipped my coat loose of the gun once (not displaying, just clearing the coat) when I was about to get cornered by a pair of guys - who recognized what I'd done and peeled off.

Paid $500 for a 13-3 3" a few years back. My favorite revolver.

I've shot a Shield. I bought a 3913, Trijicon sights, had them installed, and have since bought 4 magazines (for a total of 6), and wouldn't sell or trade it for any polymer single stack I've ever seen. This is my daily packing buddy. I've wanted one since the first time I saw one, and the only...

Those are all very good reasons to keep an AZ CCW.

Have a 642 that I carried as my sole/main carry gun from Jan 2004 to Dec 2014. Then I bought a 3913. I can't really pocket carry it, but it holds 9 rounds vs 5, slick little 8 round mag sits next to my wallet for the reload, has a tremendously good trigger, Trijicon night sights, disappears...

Pocket carry = 642 since 2004. Belt carry has varied, but is, for the foreseeable future, a 3913 for concealed, SIG for open when I'm more interested in capacity, 13-3 when I want a .357. I think about a tiny .380, especially when they go on sale, but ... Will it actually work? The 642 will...

When I started carrying, I had one gun, so that was what I carried. There was no rotation or option - if I carried, it was my gun, or a pocketknife. Years ago, I added a 642 to my battery, and it became the gun I carried most all the time. I have worn most of the finish off it, and holes in a...