accessbob
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Bottom line SD9VE is still an SD.
Has S&W discontinued the SD9/40?
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How is that it lacks the finish and the sights S&W no longer makes the SD you can call it what ever you want but the fact remains you can no longer but a new manufactured SD.
Now I hope Smith & Wesson doesn't come out with an OD or FDE framed SD9 VE. That means another SD9 will be discontinued and the SD9 will have to be reintroduced as an SD9, which is of course a complete different gun (as in different color frame).
accessbob
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By your logic, Glock no longer makes the 23 because a Glock 23 Gen 3 had a rail added and thumb indentations on the frame which changed the look of the gun considerably. So what in the blue blazes is a gun named the Glock 23 existing still and now it has gotten WORSE - as they was no longer the Glock 23 and then the Gen 4 added the textured finish, replaceable backstraps, dual recoil spring assembly, enlarged mag release and reversible, slide and barrel resized and front portion of the frame enlarged to support the dual recoil spring assembly.
Yes, I think you have failing logic and an SD9VE is STILL an SD so they ARE making the SD LINE.
Can we call the new line the SD gen 2? Which means they are no longer producing gen 1. Would that characterization satisfy everyone?
If someone asked me if the "new" SD's were the same as the "old" SD's, I'd say yes except for the finish and sights. And they make small changes on all the time on different models. Take a look at all of the dashes on the different revolvers. Did they discontinue one model and introduce another model just because the new ones aren't pinned and recessed?
I do agree with MLK18 that really it's all semantics. In the end, does it matter?
If someone asked me if the "new" SD's were the same as the "old" SD's, I'd say yes except for the finish and sights. And they make small changes on all the time on different models. Take a look at all of the dashes on the different revolvers. Did they discontinue one model and introduce another model just because the new ones aren't pinned and recessed?
I do agree with MLK18 that really it's all semantics. In the end, does it matter?
