Do you carry a 39 series?

[BAM-BAM]

Been carrying some version of the 39xx since they were introduced... in 1990/91...........for the past 20+ years it's generally a 3913NL in "The Burbs of the Burgh"........



I've got backups to my backup..........

 

[Amp]

3913 is my truck/house gun.
J frame goes where I go.
Plastic guns are in the safe.

 

[BrianE]

Best looking semi auto they ever made, Nickel, imo.

I'm with ya there ladder13!

 

[BAM-BAM]

25 years old ........ doesn't mean it's had 25 years of use!!!!!

Was at the NE Ohio S&W Bunch last weekend.......consensus was that my Registered Magnum has never been fired since it left the factory in 1939. There is barely a mark on the recoil shield........ it was per the "Letter" it was sighted in at the factory for 25 yds w/ a 6 O'clock hold

My "back-up" 3" 66 I bought in 1988 ( for $270 OTD) has only had 6 rounds fired since leaving the factory................ cleaned up and put away.

 

[growr]

Carry a 3913 daily in a Kramer IWB holster (horsehide), it has never failed with any ammo. So, in MY world it is still the King of Concealed Carry!!

Randy

 

[Dave_n]

3914 is my normal one. Dave_n

 

[ladder13]

I'm with ya there ladder13!
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Those nickel 39's are special.

 

[TercGen]

I carry a 39xx gun (or another TDA S&W 3rd Gen) 98% of the time that I carry. Right now I have an early 3914 on the hip, and I will probably switch it out for a 3913TSW pre-rail for the Summer months. My around the house gun is currently a 5906.

Almost all of my 3rd Gen collection was purchased to use rather than collect. They are safe to load&unload as well as to carry, affordable, accurate, and are extremely reliable with a wide variety of ammunition. It's everything I'm looking for in a pistol.

I'd imagine that if I ever actually have to use my 3rd Gen in a defensive situation, I'll have bigger concerns than the potential loss of that gun to evidence. And like BAM-BAM, I have backups to my backups (a good reason to collect more 3rd Gens ).

 

[max]

I carry my 669 almost every day. Other days I carry the 380 Bodyguard.

 

[Remmark54]

My wife and I carry 3953's, with 6946's for back up and car guns and 5943's for backups to the back ups.

 

[stansdds]

I have, on occasion, carried my 439. Mike from St Pete makes a good point about defensive shootings. Odds are it will be confiscated and held as evidence, uncleaned, no one caring if it rusts, gets dropped, scratched, etc., until the investigation has ended and no charges can be brought against you. I have also heard that weapons held in evidence are sometimes lost and never seen again. That does concern me with carrying expensive or vintage firearms.

 

[vegasgunhand]

I have been known to carry my 3953 and I love it. I have a 39-2 and I love to take it to the range, but I don't carry it.

 

[URIT]

I've been carrying a 3953 since I bought it from a Forum member a couple of months ago. It replaced my Walther PPS40 while fashion will allow a compact vs subcompact pistol. I use a Bucheimer-Clark 14C-79 IWB holster for the 3953.

 

[jscott]

I have many Model 39's and would never use then for a carry gun for the simple reason you can't add night sights or a laser to them. Other than that, one of the best semi auto pistols ever made.

And there is no firing pin safety. Familiar with a police shooting where an officer tried to get compliance from the driver of a get away vehicle, by tapping on the driver's door window. Gun discharged and killed the driver. Not judging the tactics, but the gun has an old style inertia firing pin.

 

[jscott]

MAX

18th MP Brigade. Combat MPs. I salute you.

 

[rct269]

FOR SURE AND CERTAIN!!

And there is no firing pin safety. Familiar with a police shooting where an officer tried to get compliance from the driver of a get away vehicle, by tapping on the driver's door window. Gun discharged and killed the driver. Not judging the tactics, but the gun has an old style inertia firing pin.

So an inertia firing pin struck a primer with sufficient force to fire the cartridge due to the force created by "tapping on the driver's door window". Now that right there is one for a physics case course, for sure an certain!! WOW!!!

Ralph Tremaine

 

[les.b]

Xfuzz, that is a spectacular pistol you have there. About 2000 later than my serial #, and mine shipped in June of 1976, so about the same vintage. That nickle is beautiful!!!

Keep thinking about carrying this one that I found last fall, but I haven't been able to work up to shooting it yet!! I believe it to be NIB. I had one back in the middle 70s that I loved to carry, and I will probably carry this one sometime in the future, they first the hand perfectly, light weight, good looking, and have a lot of historical significance. What's not to like?!?

Came with all the goodies!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Jeppo]

I have a solution ;-)

Keep thinking about carrying this one that I found last fall, but I haven't been able to work up to shooting it yet!! I believe it to be NIB. I had one back in the middle 70s that I loved to carry, and I will probably carry this one sometime in the future, they first the hand perfectly, light weight, good looking, and have a lot of historical significance. What's not to like?!?

Came with all the goodies!!

Best Regards, Les

I'll trade you straight across for one you won't think twice about shooting...and I'll even pay the shipping both ways.

 

[Richard M]

I sometimes carry a 6906, its fatter twin. As long as the gun is reliable, accurate, you have functioning magazines for it, and it shoots your ammo of choice, why not carry it? Unless you want to keep it as a collectable and in top condition.

 

[Smith357]

I used to carry my old 39-2 regularly, still do on occasion.