Small world. I stumbled across that thread late last night after posting this question. Something here directed me to Midway with a closeout on single-stack mags(thanks for that btw)and from there I saw mention of the 3946(hey,...what's THAT?!?)while picking up some spare recoil springs. A little googling for "S&W 3946" led me right back here to that thread. And almost no other mention on the web. Except for the possibility of one or two test pieces it doesn't look like the model actually exists. At any rate I don't think I'll be expending much effort in a search for one or for the 3983 that gets mentioned in the same thread. I'm not looking for a one-of-a-couple collector piece,.......I want it as a shooter.
So I guess I need to look a little deeper into the self-manufacturing angle. I can see where the TSW DAO parts can be easily fitted to any 39XX or probably even to the X39 Gen2 guns but I really don't want the TSW style DAO. I WANT the early style DAO with the round firing pin retainer(clenching my little fists and stamping my little feet).
I've got complete parts sets from both a 3953 and a 5946. If I use the trigger/hammer and slide assembly from one of these kits, what can I do/what will I end up with? I know the rear of the slide will overhang any available frame(I think I remember seeing a pic of such a combination posted here in the past). If I recontour the rear of the slide to match up with the frame that will leave the partially cocked hammer visibly exposed, but since this is strictly a CCW experiment I don't think that will matter. I'd like to use a 39-2 as a donor frame, but that won't work with the firing pin safety,....right? I guess I could maybe remove the FPS but I don't like that for a host of reasons. A 439 might make a better starting point, but 1), I haven't got 439s laying around like I do 39-2s, and 2), I definitely don't want to start with a square trigger guard frame.
Looks like it's time to do a little bit of Frankensteining in the lab,..................mwuahahaha!
