Recent content by Sevens

My guess would be late 1994 to maybe middle of 1995. You can send an e-mail to S&W and they will typically answer this within a couple of days.

We had a thread here years ago where most posters all chimed in and agreed completely that Duracell is AWFUL. I remember that discussion and nodded my head because I knew every leaking trashed alkaline I’d had was damn Duracell. Exactly this. Amazon had a whopper of a sale on decent electronic...

Wow that example is the epitome of clean! I have never heard any suggestion of production numbers for the 3906. However, I have either some good news or bad news for you! 🤭 If you choose to be a total “completist!” kind of collector then your chase for 3906’s is thusly expanded and you might...

I’m certainly no tech guru, and the info is rather vague. Even still, sounds a little ridiculous. I will put it another way… The FIRST TIME that these records were “unavailable due to server issues” and then were able to be accessed later is precisely when someone in charge of the S&W internal...

Later production 52-2, looks nice. Tagged price isn’t horrible but if it has some extra magazines included, it could be a fantastic price. The 945 is definitely one of the more scarce example, I agree it is one of the Camfour exclusives. If that were one of the more common 5-inch 945’s, I would...

I truly had no idea this was the case!

I have some buddies who find the 80% guns to be fun projects but this seems like an odd avenue for ole Smith & Wesson.

Typically difficult to get that particular one back but there are lots of these on the market today to scratch that itch if it’s still itchin’ ya!🤣

Most definitely a very oddball serial prefix — not just for a 5906 of that vintage, but it’s just not a typical serial prefix that S&W has used for anything mainstream. I believe your theory about it being a run for a specific LE contract makes the most sense. Other ideas that seem reasonable...

That’s compelling, I admit that I have not ever considered this before, but I definitely see the argument. Very interesting!

This is a silly argument for me to undertake on the S&W Forum but the S&W 5906 is a much better handgun than the Beretta 92F or 92FS and I would think anyone without a preconceived bias would agree. I certainly do have a preconceived bias, so all I can do is make my argument, but at least admit...

The “WonderNine” term came in to vogue probably in the 1980’s when the larger share of LE departments were transitioning from 6-shot .38 Special revolvers to 9mm handguns. I believe the qualifications are double action and double stack hi-cap magazine and 9mm chambering. As it was introduced...

I totally love that you followed up on this — so many never do and this is now great information logged here to be tapped in to by anyone in the future. Furthermore, I have never in my entire life seen a picture of that rare, short-lived extractor, and that is a very cool addition to the forum...

There are also similarly marked 4006’s out on the market, the emblem with the bear is awesome but all the 4006’s are the adjustable rear sight guns and, well, yeeesh.

I will agree with the consensus so far and add some of my own. It’s been my experience that most every 1st Gen 39/59 has a really very nice single action trigger break. The DA is typically quite heavy but smooth. The 2nd Gen guns seem to be hit or miss and I have owned a few. My 469 has a...