3rd Gen .45 advice

[HOUSTON RICK]

The third gen Smith 45's are all quality. accurate firearms and fun to shoot. Easily differentiated from the 1911 experience by the weight of the gun and other features. I have a few 45ACP 1911's and shoot the 4506 more.

 

[pmosley]

The 4516 versions are all steel, very well constructed and -1 and beyond iterations are highly dependable. Price for these models seem to have come down a bit recently.

 

[SmithNut]

All of the Third Gen DAO models are great....

My go-to version(s) are a pair of M4586's, shot one of them yesterday up in the hills, never get tired of hefting these solid autos....

Here's a pic of the three M45xx DAO models.

Enjoy......

 

[Dave Baird]

There's been a used 457 in my LGS now for over a year. It comes with the box and spare mag. Price has never moved at $450. It's not been abused. Looks kind of blocky to me, I know it's the budget style. Am I missing something or is that the going price nowadays? Wish I had the money for an 845 but...........

 

[ACEd]

There's been a used 457 in my LGS now for over a year. It comes with the box and spare mag. Price has never moved at $450. It's not been abused. Looks kind of blocky to me, I know it's the budget style. Am I missing something or is that the going price nowadays? Wish I had the money for an 845 but...........

To me $450 sounds OK to possibly on the low side today for a nice 457, especially in good condition with original box and spare SW mag. (Note the correct 457 mags are the late 7 rd with black follower.) If you bought it off GB, you would probably pay roughly that without original box plus GB fee and $50 shipping.

 

[Dave Baird]

Thank you!! But rats, now I need to go back and look it over real well. My wife was hoping the answer would be more towards the $450 being outrageously high. lol Now, if it was an 845 for that......

 

[Heymatt]

There's been a used 457 in my LGS now for over a year. It comes with the box and spare mag. Price has never moved at $450. It's not been abused. Looks kind of blocky to me, I know it's the budget style. Am I missing something or is that the going price nowadays? Wish I had the money for an 845 but...........

If it’s been in the case for a year. I’d offer $400 and it would probably leave with you.

 

[srsmyth]

I have a 645 from the 1st run, fixed sights and fun to shoot. I’m amazed that it will cycle a magazine full of empty brass racking the slide by hand. I recently thought it would be fun to acquire a 4506 but after reading the posts from the enablers on this forum I set my sights on a 945. First i had to decide on which variant I wanted, then wait. I found one last year, And like Sevens (Enabler) & GaryS (Enabler) said they aren’t cheap. I found one the seller said he bought in a large collection and he didn’t think it had been shot. I believe it.
What a fantastic pistol that is, I like Kimbers and Gold Cups too but WOW with the 945.