6906 Performance Center price?

[Dukesamson]

Good Luck with it, the 6906 is not that special and regular models sell for 300-500 dollars all day every day most performance center models for 150-200 dollars more than that.

Most of the ones responding to you are the ones owning the gun, I own a 3913TSW non rail and have not seen another for sale since the two years I have owned it but that does not make it a 2 grand gun.[/QUOTE]

No disrespect but to say any PC gun is not special is just ludicrous. They are so far and above the regulars it might as well be from another separate company. I have a ransom rest the SVI and PC guns are the most accurate semiautos ever made by ANYONE period i get better rest groups at 75yards than the wilson and bear at 25yard. and not IMO its a proven fact. Just got back from germany over in europe they have figured this out already the NIB unfired target champions are trading at 7000-8000 euros. I wouldn't sell mine for twice that. Those that are lucky enough to have a peace of the era of peak of gun manufacture should never sell it. They will never make them like this anymore all new innovations are for cost cutting. PC guns are the only to ever leave the factory with ZERO slide frame gap the two are actually touching. All things peak and we have seen it here.

 

[James&theGiant1911]

Good Luck with it, the 6906 is not that special and regular models sell for 300-500 dollars all day every day most performance center models for 150-200 dollars more than that.

Most of the ones responding to you are the ones owning the gun, I own a 3913TSW non rail and have not seen another for sale since the two years I have owned it but that does not make it a 2 grand gun.

No disrespect but to say any PC gun is not special is just ludicrous. They are so far and above the regulars it might as well be from another separate company. I have a ransom rest the SVI and PC guns are the most accurate semiautos ever made by ANYONE period i get better rest groups at 75yards than the wilson and bear at 25yard. and not IMO its a proven fact. Just got back from germany over in europe they have figured this out already the NIB unfired target champions are trading at 7000-8000 euros. I wouldn't sell mine for twice that. Those that are lucky enough to have a peace of the era of peak of gun manufacture should never sell it. They will never make them like this anymore all new innovations are for cost cutting. PC guns are the only to ever leave the factory with ZERO slide frame gap the two are actually touching. All things peak and we have seen it here.[/QUOTE]

ok so you would take your 2-3 grand and buy a 3rd gen performance center model over a Novak custom, Nighthawk et. al. Is that what you are saying?

are you sure that your are sane?

 

[lhump1961]

The PC Shorties are the best Smith ever did in TDA autos. They took there proven production design and made it as well as it could be made. IMHO there isn't a better TDA in these calibers. To say the PC's are only $200 better than the standards isn't accurate. I have 6904's and 6906's...not the same guns. I also have a pre-rail 3913TSW...love that gun but it ain't no Shorty 9!

I wouldn't compare them to Baers or Browns or the other custom guns but those cost at least 2-3x the price...plus you can go buy those guns any day of the week...the Shorties are done.

 

[James&theGiant1911]

The PC Shorties are the best Smith ever did in TDA autos. They took there proven production design and made it as well as it could be made. IMHO there isn't a better TDA in these calibers. To say the PC's are only $200 better than the standards isn't accurate. I have 6904's and 6906's...not the same guns. I also have a pre-rail 3913TSW...love that gun but it ain't no Shorty 9!

I wouldn't compare them to Baers or Browns or the other custom guns but those cost at least 2-3x the price...plus you can go buy those guns any day of the week...the Shorties are done.

I own a Shorty 40, it is nice but I think I hold my Sig P228 Swiss Police gun to a higher standard than it though and would probably sell it before I would the Sig. I guess it is all in what you like but I do not see the big deal in them. I mean your not talking an original 1881 Colt SAA, 64 Sweet Sixteen, early Model 12 Winchester or a one off custom gun. Sorry but I will take and keep my custom Novak's Hi Power Practical over any 3rd gen I have ever shot and they includes the shorty and the tsws. I love Smith but I also own and appreciate a lot of different firearms and some of you all drink the blue kool aid a little too much.

 

[lhump1961]

I own a Shorty 40, it is nice but I think I hold my Sig P228 Swiss Police gun to a higher standard than it though and would probably sell it before I would the Sig. I guess it is all in what you like but I do not see the big deal in them. I mean your not talking an original 1881 Colt SAA, 64 Sweet Sixteen, early Model 12 Winchester or a one off custom gun. Sorry but I will take and keep my custom Novak's Hi Power Practical over any 3rd gen I have ever shot and they includes the shorty and the tsws. I love Smith but I also own and appreciate a lot of different firearms and some of you all drink the blue kool aid a little too much.

I can appreciate and respect your opinion.

I would love to have an original Colt SAA or some of the other guns you mention...that's one of the great things about guns...endless variety and something for everyone!

As for the kool aid...yeah maybe...but I like other colors, too!

I only own the guns that speak to me, so when the day comes to pick up that next special piece I won't be selling or trading...only adding! If your Shorty 40 doesn't mean that much to you...that's ok...the upside is that it will to someone else and you can turn it into your next grail gun.

 

[BAM-BAM]

The cool thing about PC guns is that they are/were only purchased and built once..............

In the 90s people were buying guns for $400-700 (plus tax) ; Colts, Browning's, Smiths' etc., then sending them off to be "rebuilt"...... and often times refinished....... for another $1000 to 1500(plus shipping 2 ways) and a 3-12 month wait.

......the PC took raw frames and parts and built the gun from the ground up..... "right" the first time......and selling them for $800 to $1000; saving the buyer 50% or more over buying and customizing.

Also given Novack's input on the 3rd gen guns......... my guess is that the PC guns are what Novack would have built as a "custom" vs. commercial/police duty weapon.

While I like my Shorty 9s......... my PC SD9...... is/ and will always be the only "steel framed" 4.25 inch barreled gun....... built on the 6906 pattern. That's about a custom as you can get..... in my book!!!!

I need a drink........ pass the Kool Aid....... oh h--- it's 5'oclock somewhere........ pass me a beer! LOL

 

[wlp624]

Whew, that was close! For a while there I thought this thread was going to generate some heated responses...

 

[BAM-BAM]

wlp624......... ROTFLMAO...........

PC guns always bring out the worst....... from those who don't have them!!!!! LOL

The other thing is not many know how good PC guns (at least the early years) are.....most I've seen for sell used over the past ...wow... 20 years; have never been shot......I've got 2 like that!

I got my first Shorty 9 and the SD9 in the mid 90s and shot them in USPSA and as a CCW...........they are sweet shooters!!!!

 

[James&theGiant1911]

I like the Performance Center pieces and the Shorties and Tacticals are very nice. I am not a hater especially since I own quite a bit of 3rd gens. I did not really realize that there are so few TSW and Shorty 9s out there and while I do like the 39xx series, the 69xx series did not fit me well. It would someone else just a little too snappy and small for my hand makes it uncomfortable. The only statements I disagreed with are the comments about how Shorty Performance Center models being as good as or worth as much as or more than custom house models.

Everyone would love for their 500-800 dollar gun to be worth 1500-2000 dollars but that is not always the case. The 3rd gens are still out there and while some few bring big money most are gonna sell in that range even for TSWs and Shorties. Sometimes a person will ask a premium price and get it for one but those are not the norms usually.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Value is determined by the market.

I think the "premium market" for PC guns is small....... it's why I was able to buy mine new and used cheap in the 90s ($500-$750).......... even today in most LGSs I think a PC gun would/might only bring a few hundred more than a regular production gun.

But I think PC guns (at least the early years) are a good as "a custom house guns"....in their performance .... at a fraction of the price.

As I said earlier you didn't have to buy the gun at retail send it off for weeks or months and sink another $1000 to $1500 into it. You didn't have to have a gun with a perfectly good finish reblued, bead blasted or hard cromed after a couple of sharp corners or edges were "melted"

PC guns were great value for what you got!!!!

 

[lhump1961]

Everyone would love for their 500-800 dollar gun to be worth 1500-2000 dollars but that is not always the case. The 3rd gens are still out there and while some few bring big money most are gonna sell in that range even for TSWs and Shorties. Sometimes a person will ask a premium price and get it for one but those are not the norms usually.


I pretty much agree. But my LNIB Shorty 9 at $900 is as good or better than other $900 guns...as long as you like the platform.