Fun Thread: What are your top 5 unicorn/rare 3rd gens?

[SVT28]

I'll go ahead and start us off.

1. 3914NL
2. 1046
3. 3904 with Novaks
4. 3913 two tone
5. Any Lady Smith that is mint


Discuss
Vince

 

[4506517]

My vote would be for the WVSP 4566.

 

[Denver Dick]

Here the ones I got lucky and found in 95%+ condition . . . and bought:

4014 (only 550 made)
4576 (only 1,386 made)
1066 (only 5,067 made)
1076 (only 13,895 made)
1006 (only 26,978 made)

. . . and honorable mention goes to the 4506-1 with factory adjustable night sights; they're hard to find.

FWIW

 

[mbliss57]

That I own:
1076 FBI lettered to quantico 1990
1086
4566 Melonite
4513TSW pre rail
Tie 5904/3904 lNIB

Ones I am looking for:
1046
Shorty 45
Shorty 40
45QCB
PC 45 RECON
SIG 210

 

[vigil617]

When you say "your top 5" do you mean "that you own" or "that you would own if they weren't rare and expensive as unicorns"?

Since this is a fun thread, I'll opt for the latter. These are the ones I would own if I could find and/or afford them, and covering the entire S&W caliber range:

1. 3566 Compact (I am proud to own one of these)
2. 3913TSW (by popular acclaim on this Forum!)
3. 4014 (a truly rare bird)
4. 1076 (verified FBI model)
5. 45CQB (18DAI reminded me of these)

 

[18DAI]

That I own?
Prototype PC 45CQB 4563 used in the 2001 American Handgunner article on the model.
Melonite 4566.
PC Stainless 4566 45CQB. Thanks Grinder!
4516-3
Rail free 7-round late production 4513TSW. Thanks Martya!

That I am looking for?
4503. Aluminum framed 4506 prototype.
Rail free, spurless hammer, decock only 4563TSW.
PC 4516.
KSP 4566TSW
WVSP 4566TSW

Regards 18DAI

 

[MgoBlue]

a Performance Center 45 Recon would have to be on the list

 

[James&theGiant1911]

I see you all list the 45 caliber Smiths but for some reason those do not impress me that much, in a 45 I need a 1911. The Smith 1911s are nice but the rarest 3rd gens would have to be the 40 and 9 series TSWs and Performance Center Shorties as well as the special distributed models from Horton.

 

[pharmer]

I'd sure like to find a 5903 with a round trigger guard and a "bobbed" hammer. Joe

 

[MgoBlue]

I see you all list the 45 caliber Smiths but for some reason those do not impress me that much, in a 45 I need a 1911. The Smith 1911s are nice but the rarest 3rd gens would have to be the 40 and 9 series TSWs and Performance Center Shorties as well as the special distributed models from Horton.

You obviously haven't shot a 45 Recon!

 

[Bartman3562]

Ones I own
4563 CQB
Shortly forty
4003, lnib non police, full hammer,
Ones I used to own
4563TSW
945 5 inch
1013
And the one i miss the most, 945-40

 

[BMCM]

These I have already:
4516-1
4566TSW
4566TSW no rail & clean dustcover
PC Shorty 45

These I'm on the lookout for:
PC 4566CQB
4513TSW no rail 7 shot mag version
Another 4516-1
4516-2

And the next one I'm gonna make:
4596TSW or uhh maybe I'll call it a 4566TSWSSV?

Cheers
Bill
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[James&theGiant1911]

You obviously haven't shot a 45 Recon!

Your right, just my Colt Special Combat, a Nighthawk, Wilson Combat and a Les Baer custom.

I had two Novak custom Browning Hi Powers (still own 1 of them and will never sell it) . I mean, I am a third generation lover but you have to keep them into perspective.

There is not a 3rd generation made that feels as good in your hand, as accurate or better to shoot than some custom pieces worked on by craftsman. I was almost crying at times shooting my guns once I get them back from Novak's. It is like the bullet goes where you want it to go down to the mm.

 

[Badkarma 1]

What? No 10mm?! For shame doc!
1086
1026
1046
1066
4567
4553
PC4013 (built on a 6900 frame)
And one I like to build, 3903
And one dream gun, 5006, 4506 chambered in 50GI.
Fun thread SVT28, thanks!
Dale

 

[J. W.]

For me a 4013 TSW or 4513 TSW. Either of these two would quickly become off duty guns. I'm also interested in some of the various full size .40's and .45's. particularly the melonite versions.


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[smithscott]

Here are mine (all in 9x19) in no particular order:

1) M952-2 with six-inch slide and barrel (does this count as a 3rd Gen pistol?)
2) M5946 (love the all-stainless, 9mm, early DAO action)
3) M5944 (same as above with blued slide and alloy frame)
4) M3906 (single-stack goodness)
5) M3913NL (even more single-stack goodness)

 

[finesse_r]

4513TSW No rail
3913TSW No rail
4013TSW No rail
5906
4003TSW No rail

 

[MgoBlue]

Your right, just my Colt Special Combat, a Nighthawk, Wilson Combat and a Les Baer custom.

I had two Novak custom Browning Hi Powers (still own 1 of them and will never sell it) . I mean, I am a third generation lover but you have to keep them into perspective.

There is not a 3rd generation made that feels as good in your hand, as accurate or better to shoot than some custom pieces worked on by craftsman. I was almost crying at times shooting my guns once I get them back from Novak's. It is like the bullet goes where you want it to go down to the mm.

Bravo for your collection . . . you've got above-average 1911s. Probably I'd be more drawn to the Brownings, however, or my P210. But, my point still stands. The 45 Recon is most certainly not like any 3rd generation you've fired.

 

[James&theGiant1911]

Bravo for your collection . . . you've got above-average 1911s. Probably I'd be more drawn to the Brownings, however, or my P210. But, my point still stands. The 45 Recon is most certainly not like any 3rd generation you've fired.

Your right that would belong to my 1076 Novak trigger job Smith and Wesson. It is smooth as silk and a cannon of a firearm. I realize the ones owning the 45 Smiths are the ones singing their praises. Smith and Wesson is a master of the 40 and 10mm calibers and really they should have left the 45s to 1911s hence why they only make 1911s in 45s today.

 

[ladder13]

Anything without a front bumper aka rail, built in or bolted on.