3913 356TSW ???

[BLUEDOT37]

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Bluedot37,
Gun is 3913. SN is VcZ 71xx
Haymatt has posted link to 25 photos from GB.
Guide rod is .236" in diameter.
Please give me contact at Briley.
Thanks.
Les

LOL, I missed that what you bought was what ACEd was referring to.

From the GB pics it appears that:

It has a standard 3913 barrel (not a Briley) that someone obviously reamed to 356TSW & re-stamped the barrel's hood.

To shoot 9x19 all you need is a 3913 barrel (unmodified) of the same vintage that's been checked for the proper fit.

It also was obviously converted from the standard (.290") guide rod to the thinner (.237") guide rod by adding a bushing in the slide to reduce the diameter for the guide rod to ride in.

The dual/nested recoil spring is likely just a regular factory set.

You could remove the guide rod reduction bushing & use a standard (.290") guide rod & its single recoil spring if you wanted to with the 9x19 barrel.

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[Les Greevy]

S&W 3913 in .356TSW

Thanks BD,
I have been shooting it with 5 different bullet weights from 90gr. to 124gr. Function has been 100% and accuracy excellent. I am a revolver guy at heart but have 4 other 9mm semiautos all done by Jim Garthwaite so I will probably just let it the way it is.
Thanks all for your help.
Les

 

[ACEd]

Guide Rod / double spring setup looks to be same as 4013TSW/4053TSW and late 4013/4053 and 4516 retrofit parts.

If you choose to convert to standard 9mm, suggest you go for a complete 3913 slide, barrel, recoil spring, guide rod set - frequently found on EB or GB. (May be same as 6906?).

Keep the 356TSW set intact.

Just replace used recoil spring with new from Midway or any of the other common sources.

 

[Les Greevy]

S&W 3913 in .356TSW

Guide Rod / double spring setup looks to be same as 4013TSW/4053TSW and late 4013/4053 and 4516 retrofit parts.

If you choose to convert to standard 9mm, suggest you go for a complete 3913 slide, barrel, recoil spring, guide rod set - frequently found on EB or GB. (May be same as 6906?).

Keep the 356TSW set intact.

Just replace used recoil spring with new from Midway or any of the other common sources.[/Q

ACEd,
Taking your advice I found a 6906 slide assembly complete with 9mm barrel on ebay.
It arrived today. I cleaned it up and put it on the 3913 receiver and took it to the range. It works like a charm.
Thanks.
Les

 

[s537]

Congrats on your find!

Those two digits hand engraved in the barrel (& slide) are normal markings that the assemblers in the S&W Performance Center put on these finely hand fitted pistols.

All of the 3566 Limited's (I guess that's what you bought?? Need more info ) have their barrel stamped that way on the hood.

I don't know what's up with the double recoil spring setup? Either someone made their own "replacement recoil spring" (because the exact PN# for the factory recoil spring is unknown, though I've posted what will work in its place) or it was a early/later mod by the factory?

What is your SN#, minus the last two numbers if you don't want to reveal them?

You probably can still get a 9x19 barrel from Briley for a 3566 Limited. Make sure you get it fitted from them. Let me look up who you need to contact for that, if you're interested? Five years ago when I got mine they were $300.

PS: Can you measure the exact diameter of your guide rod? As far is I know the 3566's only had a single recoil spring on a .290" dia guide rod. Guide rods that were designed to work with double/nested recoil springs (like the 4013TSW etc.) had a skinnier guide rod that was .237" in dia.

The factory barrels are closely fitted but should slide out at the proper angle.

We don't know what you have exactly because to haven't shown up the whole pistol & you piggy-backed on this thread of a unknown model. S&W made several variations of 356TSW pistols. You need to post more pics & details if you want the proper answers.

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FYI, the 3566 compacts and SD 356's have the dual recoil springs as standard in order to better manage that cartridge.

This 3913 is likely a "one-off" and due to the dimensions it logically would have the same dual spring setup. There are more than a few "special" models out there made for friends by Paul when he was running Performance Center.

All the PC pistols from that era had to have separate matching internal markings on the frame, slide, and barrel because they were produced small batches and hand fitted.

Briley makes those barrels for me so if you need another one let me know. Claudio set them up to be drop-in functional so only about 2 percent have needed fitting in the last ten years.

Scott Sullivan