5906 PPC Auto Loaders

[colt_saa]

I have been looking around the web without any conclusion.

The 5" 5906 PPCs that I have seen all have straight slide serrations.

The 6" 5906 PPCs that I have seen all have scalloped slide serrations.

Now all the 5" guns had serial numbers lower that the lowest 6" guns that I have seen.

So here is the question . . . . Have these always been different on the two slide lengths? Or is there some point where the straight serrations changed to scalloped on both lengths?

 

[CALREB]

There were a few 6" PPC 9s made with the shortened dustcover, however you describe it like the first 5"PPC 9s. I dont believe those had the fishscale type of cuts. I do not believe any of the 5" PPC guns had it.
I think the first gun I saw with the scallops was a 945, and then it came out on the heavy slide type 6" ppc 9s when they were made. The first 6" guns were handed out by S/W to the top shooters Pride, Cobb, Hemphill, probably Tippet also dont know any others . So I dont have any idea how many were made. I know a few years later Pride and Cobb had gotten rid of theirs for the heavy slide version, or 1911s. Some other shooters were shooting them and then I lost track of the 2, I saw around. I think they would have to be pretty rare to find.

 

[4T5GUY]

“CALREB”, now I can see what you were saying about ambi’s being installed on them. (Either requested from the PC originally or changed out after.)

I mean I can see it BIG TIME.

I’m keeping the ambi that came with mine but happy now with the single side/over size one I found for it.

Oh, 5”, shortened dust cover, straight serrations not scalloped. Late 1998.

Jim

 

[Sevens]

There was an EXTREMELY interesting variation that ended last Sunday on Gunbroker, it had European proof marks and was marked on the right side of the 6-inch long slide as “9mm Target Champion” which we know has been the model name used for the European market for PPC-9 pistols.

Interestingly enough, unlike most of the European marketed PC semiauto pistols, it did not have a WIS serial prefix (for WISCHO), it had a BEM-serial prefix.

This is the first long slide PPC-9 or Target Champion I’ve ever seen with the 5-inch style PC slide contour, and it also had the fish scale rear serrations.

Final bid was $5,100. This pistol is a stunner.





This is the only 6-inch long slide PPC-9/Target Champion that I’ve ever seen with the 5-inch slide profile and finish work.