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Model 459 Stainless / Aluminum
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A model 459 is a 2nd generation double stack 14 shot 9mm with an aluminum frame. In spite of the box, I don't think there is actually a Model 4590. Any way you look at it that's a nice gun.
It's an EARLY 5903, before there was a Model 5903. SCS&W says they were for the Georgia Highway Patrol but I know of at least one that went to the Texas DPS.
I suspect it's stamped as a 459 because that was the only full sized alloy framed pistol at the time and 4590 is on the label because they were into the 3rd gen, 4 digit model numbers then.
You'll notice it has "C" for finish instead of "S" like the 5906 and 6906.
...have you noticed the trigger yet or do you have any other S&W pistols to compare it to?
I suspect it's stamped as a 459 because that was the only full sized alloy framed pistol at the time and 4590 is on the label because they were into the 3rd gen, 4 digit model numbers then.
You'll notice it has "C" for finish instead of "S" like the 5906 and 6906.
...have you noticed the trigger yet or do you have any other S&W pistols to compare it to?
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3rdgenfriend
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Are you sure they didn't mean 659 and 669? The 559 has a blued carbon steel frame and there was no 569, only the 469 and 669.
3rdgenfriend
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my mistake 559 and 659 steel frame variants .
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There were a small number of transitional pistols between Gen 2 and Gen 3 and they had four-digit model numbers. If I recall, they were shipped to RSR, a Smith & Wesson distributor. It looks like the box shows the Model number as 4590, while the pistol is marked 459, unless I am reading it wrong, which is possible. I would certainly letter it.
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stansdds
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Given that it has all the features of the 3rd gen S&W 9mm pistols, but bears a 2nd gen 3-digit model number, and is stainless steel with a silver-gray anodized receiver, I'd say it is one of the early production 5903's that were listed as Model 4590.
