5906 PPC

Dino44 said:
colt_ssa, Thank you Sir, for the additional information. I now have a different problem. While I was contemplating the magazine issue here in CT. This afternoon, I came into possession of a beautiful 945-1. Now I have to figure out how to fund the PPC. I will start a new thread to show off the 45.
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Dino,

I could always buy it for you Brother and just hang onto it until you can fund it. Of course I'd have to make sure it was all working correctly before you took possession.:D
 
Taj said:
When I was working there....and being an old PPC shooter, several of us where trying to get them to make a 6" version of the PPC 9. At that time they did not have the machinery with the capacity to make a slide that long. Right after I retired one of my buddies that still worked there said they now could make a long slide, but unfortunately I was never able to get my hands on one. I am very jealous! I do have a Super 9 and it is a great pistol, but it is not a Performance Center built gun.
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I am not sure what years you are referring to, but in 1992 Team Smith & Wesson had Model 3566 Limited pistols with both 5" and 6" slide assemblies. Paul Liebenberg built them

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Paul made the ugly magazine extension himself for his 3566 Limited
 
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4T5GUY said:
Another question that I've wondered about is the PPC9's acceptance targets.

Did all of the three different PPC9's originally come with acceptance targets? (5 rnds, 1" @ 25 yrds.) The few 5" short dust cover examples that I've seen have acceptance targets done by Tom Gordon. Mine is dated 12-22-98 but I copied two from 1997.

Jim
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All PPC 9's were supposed to come with targets, but the early ones didn't always have them. I have copies of every PPC 9 I ever built, the original was always shipped with the gun. The short dust cover was done to enhance slide velocity, later determined to be not required.
TG
 
TomG1965 said:
All PPC 9's were supposed to come with targets, but the early ones didn't always have them. I have copies of every PPC 9 I ever built, the original was always shipped with the gun.
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Guess I'm slow sometimes TomG1965.

I kept thinking about it and it finally came together.

Jim
 

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TomG1965 said:
I have copies of every PPC 9 I ever built, the original was always shipped with the gun.
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Have you ever counted your total number of various configured PPC 9 targets? That would be an insight into the PPC 9 production numbers.

As I've said here before, the only name associated with any of the PPC 9 acceptance targets I've seen were by Tom Gordon. Was there anyone else crafting/test driving these?

Appreciate your input.

Jim
 
When the first 6" PPC 9s were given out to the best PPC shooters they were built exactly like the 6" pictured by Colt SAA. John Pride got one, I believe Mark Cobb, probably Tippet and for sure Phil Hemphill. I do not know how many were made. After seeing John's several of us got on the line to the P/C and ordered 6" guns. Most of us were shooting 6" 1911s (Springfield Customs) but wanted a backup that didn't cost near what a 1911 did. When ours came, a month or so later, they had the full dustcovers. I have tried to chase down one of the earlier models, but it had been sold several times.
 
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Love these guns and thank you to Tom for being an integral part of bringing these to us.
 

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PPC 9

4T5GUY said:
Have you ever counted your total number of various configured PPC 9 targets? That would be an insight into the PPC 9 production numbers.

As I've said here before, the only name associated with any of the PPC 9 acceptance targets I've seen were by Tom Gordon. Was there anyone else crafting/test driving these?

Appreciate your input.

Jim
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Hi Jim,

I've never counted them and didn't designate 5 or 6 inch - which would have been a good idea. Glad you have your target and I hope the gun is still running well.

Builders of these guns were Paul Liebenberg, Tom Gordon, Roland Provost and Jim Dalton

TG
 
colt_saa said:
I am not sure what years you are referring to, but in 1992 Team Smith & Wesson had Model 3566 Limited pistols with both 5" and 6" slide assemblies. Paul Liebenberg built them

3566-6.png


Paul made the ugly magazine extension himself for his 3566 Limited
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I was there then and do remember those guns. It's my understanding that Paul built all of those slides on a manual machine. Paul was an extremely talented guy. I saw a number of "one of's" he built. When you got him and Tom Gordon together there was no telling what they would conjure up.
 
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Bill, the guy I mentioned up above or maybe in a recent thread, he also has a 6-inch long slide 4006 Limited, another slick 1-of-1.
 
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