Finally got a Model 41 today

[scatterguy]

I'm afraid that if I ever bought one of these, I'd stop loving my other .22 pistols.

 

[corgiS&W]

What is involved in the qualification? Georgia doesn't require any qualifying for a Weapons Carry License, but I would not object to such a thing. I wonder what the general consensus of forum members would be?

Congratulations on the purchase of the Model 41 and it's ironic because I had to do my re-qualification for my conceal carry permit today and the pistol I used to qualify was my Model 41. In Arkansas if you qualify with a semi auto you can carry anything but if you qualify with a revolver you can only carry a revolver.

 

[fyimo]

What is involved in the qualification? Georgia doesn't require any qualifying for a Weapons Carry License, but I would not object to such a thing. I wonder what the general consensus of forum members would be?

You meet with a licensed instructor at a range that can certify you and what they do vary I'm sure by the individual. The one we had had two purposes to his certification routine. The first is to see how you handled the gun you are qualifying with in terms of gun safety. Gun always pointed down range when not aiming and on the firing line. Gun handling during shooting a set like the slide locked open and mag out between the sets you are asked to shoot. The second thing is at 7 yards they had a 6x6 inch piece of paper on a larger target and they required that all you shots were on the paper somewhere. We had to fire a set of one round, two rounds, 3 rounds at slow pace up to you, and the last 5 rounds at rapid fire.

 

[rdarledge]

Back to the SN and date of manufacture - my 41 has SN #TAC3460 - any idea what the date of manufacture is?

 

[824tsv]

Hello and Welcome to the forum,
Your Model 41 has a ship date of sometime in 1984. They are lovely pistols.