So I was perusing the LGS yesterday, and came across what I think is a NIB unfired SW9F. She's got the original case and one 10 round magazine, and also appeared to have all the original documentation with her as well. The reason I think she's unfired is that she's spotless. No marks on the white mag follower to indicate that she's had ammo inserted and not a single speck of fouling inside or out, she is meticulously clean. The only marks on her seem to be some light finish abrasions, I think from where the slide sits in the case on the plastic standoffs, but that's it. My suspicion is that she was purchased around the time of the Glock lawsuit by somebody banking on the series to be discontinued and value to someday climbing as a collector's piece, but here we are 27 years later, and they really haven't done well in that respect. The LGS for example has it priced at $250.
So, all that said, I put it on layaway because I'm extremely tempted to add it to my collection, and I of course have every intention of shooting it too. I've never owned a SW9F before, in fact, not sure I've ever seen one for sale before either, just the SD9VE mostly, which I have shot and didn't particularly like that much. On the other hand, the one I've shot belonged to a buddy of mine and had something wrong with it, it could not shoot remotely straight at any distance, so that's tainted my opinion on the series a little.
I have no obligation to buy the SW9F, and I could put the layaway credit towards something else if I so choose. The question for the group here is: Do I buy it as a curiousity mostly because these days an original SW9F is a bit of an unusual find, and I like unsusal guns, or do I let it pass by in lieu of something else because there's a reason the model only lasted 3 years in production?
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So, all that said, I put it on layaway because I'm extremely tempted to add it to my collection, and I of course have every intention of shooting it too. I've never owned a SW9F before, in fact, not sure I've ever seen one for sale before either, just the SD9VE mostly, which I have shot and didn't particularly like that much. On the other hand, the one I've shot belonged to a buddy of mine and had something wrong with it, it could not shoot remotely straight at any distance, so that's tainted my opinion on the series a little.
I have no obligation to buy the SW9F, and I could put the layaway credit towards something else if I so choose. The question for the group here is: Do I buy it as a curiousity mostly because these days an original SW9F is a bit of an unusual find, and I like unsusal guns, or do I let it pass by in lieu of something else because there's a reason the model only lasted 3 years in production?
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