Do you carry a 39 series?

[Cal44]

I'm coming up on CCW license renewal and need to list all the guns I can carry and qualify with them.

I'm mostly a revolver guy, but I'm considering my 3913LS as one of the three.

But I'm wondering about carrying a gun that's 25 years old.

Not sure why this worries me, as some of my revolvers are older than that.

So who carries a 39, 3913, or one of the other 39 series guns (or the budget versions of them).

Who carries them most days? Or just for nostalgia reasons a couple times a year?

 

[mike from st pete]

Should you ever have to use it for selfdefense you will lose it for some time. No one will take care of your pistol in the evidence locker like you do at home.

 

[18DAI]

During the spring and summer, I use to carry my 3914NL fairly regularly - off duty. These days I still carry it occasionally, but it has largely been replaced by a CS9.

As good as the 3914 is - and I think the entire 39XX series are the finest 9mm carry guns made, by anyone - the CS9 is just easier to carry and conceal, for me.

And I can drop the CS9 in a pocket when it has a flat based mag installed. Something I cant do with a 39XX. Regards 18DAI

 

[MidWesternBoy]

I do occasionally carry my 3914 or 469 when staying close to home (nostalgia) but most often it's the sig p938 or CZ compact.

I have zero concerns of reliability with any of those but as mike said, it would suck for one of my smiths to end up bouncing around an evidence locker for 2 years.

 

[Tyree1867]

I carry my 3913 often and have no concern about reliability. I completely agree with 18DAI about the 39 series. I also have a 3913NL.

 

[Ethang]

I have been carrying my 3913 since I bought it last summer. I tried to replace it with the 2.0 Compact, but it just does everything a concealed pistol needs to do.

 

[Xfuzz]

Bought this a few weeks ago and have
been packin it.
As I have aged the model 39-2 makes a lot of sense.
Safe to carry, packs well, and fits the hand.
Ez on the eyes.

 

[cougar015]

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.

 

[GaryS]

I carry a 3913TSW (pre rail) most days when I don't have to carry a pocket gun. Occasionally I'll carry a 457 and once in a while a 3914NL.

Guns don't wear out like say, cars, so I don't worry about the age.

There was an interesting article in a recent "Shooting Illustrated" regarding service life of pistols. The military keeps their guns for years and year and only replaces them when they are truly worn out. LE agencies generally trade their guns in far before they have become unserviceable. Non LE people should be able to get decades out a pistol or revolver provided they don't abuse it, clean and lube on a regular basis, and in the case of pistols replace recoil and maybe a couple of other springs on a regular basis.

 

[ladder13]

Bought this a few weeks ago and have
been packin it.
As I have aged the model 39-2 makes a lot of sense.
Safe to carry, packs well, and fits the hand.
Ez on the eyes.

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

 

[Don~Z~]

Carry my 3914 most days... no malfunctions yet... no worries


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[Jeppo]

Bought this a few weeks ago and have
been packin it.
As I have aged the model 39-2 makes a lot of sense.
Safe to carry, packs well, and fits the hand.
Ez on the eyes.

That there is at the top of my list. I'm envious!

 

[lhump1961]

Yes. 3913, 6904, 3953.

 

[nocents]

yes...3913NL everyday I'm not carrying a .45.....and I'm more likely to malfunction than the 3913

 

[KScessnadriver]

I occasionally carry my 3953TSW or my 3914DAO. But then again, I do occasionally carry the 59xx/40xx guns as well.

 

[NCBeagle]

I've been carrying a 3914 and 3913TSW recently (when not carrying revolver). Either in a Milt Sparks Executive Companion or TT Gunleather.

 

[RobertJ.]

Call me "old school"! I regularly carry a 39-2.

About 7 or 8 years ago, I acquired a beautiful 39, no dash. I carried it only once in a while, due to the nice finish and possible extractor problems.

Then, I found a 39-2 that was cosmetically challenged. It shoots great, and it's one of my favorites to carry. And no worries about the finish.

 

[merl67]

I do currently carry a 39 no dash, as it is very accurate

 

[JSR III]

I have carried my model 39 and I have carried its big brother the model 59 on occasion. Since the advent of the Shield line, I then went to the 9mm and now carry the .45.

With the move from the 39 to the 59 it was capacity, the move from the 9mm Shield to the 45 Shield was knock down power.

 

[That One Guy]

I usually carry an LCP pretty much everyday, just because of how light and compact it is. However, when I want to carry a 9mm, it's always my 3913. The only exception is when I'm at the farm. I usually have my 59 then.

 

[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.