Help me choose my next 3rd Gen!
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915
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I'm going to have to concur with most, 4506 is my vote with the 5906 being a near second!
Big Shrek
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Get the 4506, and have it converted to 10mm 
If you are gonna be a nut, might as well freak
the squirrels out!!!
If you are gonna be a nut, might as well freak
the squirrels out!!!
The trend is obvious...
Well, it doesn't take an accountant or spreadsheet to assess the votes and see that the Team 3rd Gen clear choice is the Model 4506-1. And so it shall be. That is an out-of-state gun, but I found a local dealer who is willing to do the import. There is still a slight logistical problem to work out (the foreign dealer is not big on out-of-state sales & shipping), but I am confident that my dealer will handle it for me.
Thanks to everyone for your help!!!
Well, it doesn't take an accountant or spreadsheet to assess the votes and see that the Team 3rd Gen clear choice is the Model 4506-1.
And so it shall be. That is an out-of-state gun, but I found a local dealer who is willing to do the import. There is still a slight logistical problem to work out (the foreign dealer is not big on out-of-state sales & shipping), but I am confident that my dealer will handle it for me. Thanks to everyone for your help!!!
JohnHL
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Congrats on your decision!
Now tell us where to find that 5906TSW LNIB!
John
Now tell us where to find that 5906TSW LNIB!
John
Ha!!!!!!!
Oh no, I am keeping that a top secret until I manage to pull off the 4506-1 purchase. Like I said, there are "issues" to be resolved before I can pull off the 4506-1 purchase and, I gotta tell you, I am somewhat less optimistic this afternoon after conversing with the selling dealer this morning than I was before. Let's just say that some dealers thrive on foreign sales while others have little to no interest. I happen to be dealing with the latter in this case. 
Bottom line: If I'm going to be jerked around a whole lot by the shop selling the 4506-1, I might just have to punt and get one of the other two guns instead.
Besides, that 5906TSW comes with 10-round crippled magazines.
Why on earth would any of you folks in a free state want moonbat state 10-round magazines?
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If all three were in front of me, and I could only afford one,....... I'd put all of them in lay-a-way! LOL! Seriously, if I could only have one, it would be the 4506. Just one opinion, as requested. Good Luck!
The trouble with lay-away is that pesky 60-day limit to come up with the money.
I hate that part! I can only sell so much of my ancient watered-down blood and pick-up only so many cans and bottles for the 5¢ deposit. 
Now, if they would give me 6 months...
... I'd be all set! I would buy them all. I'd use some CDs or even the pistols to collateralize the loan obligation. I'd rather have these "bucket list" guns now at a reasonable price rather than save and pay more money for them later if they can still be had. You might even save money by paying interest to your friendly banker.
For the record, none of these three pistols are on my "Bucket List." There is only one gun remaining on my "Bucket List" after that K-22 Masterpiece I bought and it is a pristine perfect BHP in 9mm with a really, really nice trigger.
No, I don't think it exists either. These three pistols are just normal "Want List" guns that will help complete my 3rd Gen collection. In fact, they are all newer versions/upgrades to 3rd Gens already in my collection. If I kick the bucket without obtaining any of them, I'll still be okay with it.
But that still leaves the question of which one to go after first since I can only swing one of them before the end of this year. I'm sure one or both of the local ones will be gone if I don't jump on it (or them) fast enough.
nocents
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I will surprise you TTSH and vote for the 4506-1 R3.
18...I don't think anyone was surprised by that pick
.........TTSH since you already picked the 4506-1 I will unabashedly concur with that choice....only because I have no interest in 40's and a plain vanilla 5906 was my first 3rd. Gen. and was my least favorite....blasphemy I knowHa!!!18...I don't think anyone was surprised by that pick
No, not a surprise. I had 18DAI down for the .45 even before I decided to start this thread! On the 5906TSW, you must understand that I lost out on an opportunity to buy an ANIB Model 5903TSW (w/fixed sights) back in early-2014 and never really got over it.
I've talked about it before so I won't repeat it here. My psychiatrist thinks I'm over it, but I ain't! I've been looking ever since. That local 5906TSW (also fixed sights) is the closest thing to an exact replacement for that 5903TSW that I will likely ever see, at least locally, in my very few remaining "good years." Yes, I have an adjustable sights Model 5906 (non-TSW) and I've even got multiple Model 5943 fixed sight pistols and Value Line versions, but it's not the same. In fact, I've never been entirely happy with my Model 5906 so here is an opportunity to upgrade and eventually replace my current Model 5906 if it works out well.
In other words, it won't be the end of the world if the 4506-1 falls through and I'm left with the 5906TSW (or the 4006TSW CHP) instead.
Big Shrek
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Pick up a part-time job delivering pizzas for Domino's
They ALWAYS need help on Fri Sat Sun...
They ALWAYS need help on Fri Sat Sun...
Oh brother!Pick up a part-time job delivering pizzas for Domino's
They ALWAYS need help on Fri Sat Sun...
I don't even like Domino's Pizza! Tastes like cardboard to me! I think if I were going to try for a part-time job, it might have to be as an Uber driver because I have so many family obligations and medical visits that working a normal job these days would be damn near impossible.
I'd probably get fired the very first week! Monday, I start a new series of tests with my cardiologist. Things aren't so good lately with the old ticker and I can't go driving around or doing much of anything else useful hooked up like the bionic man with wires coming off me everywhere.
Been there, done that... definite pain in the butt! I had to jump back in here tonight after getting a chance to examine and dry-fire a different Model 52-2 pistol earlier today... and I can tell member Sevens that it was night and day different from the Model 52-2 I referred to above. I don't know why the first one was so disappointing but the one I got to play with today was simply magnificent... exactly what one would expect of a vintage high-end target pistol.Remember when I had the chance to buy a damn nice Model 52-2 for $700 out the door and passed?
If I had the money it would have taken to buy it, I would have. Only problem (beside the cost): No box, no tools, no nothin' but the gun and 3 magazines. ++++++++++
Update on the Model 4506-1: The out-of-state seller and I are still not seeing eye-to-eye on several aspects of the sale & transfer and I don't think it's going to happen before sometime next year, if at all.
But stay tuned. Things could change quickly... but then again, maybe not. 
Tagged at a grand plus tax. It's a consignment gun. The shop didn't know if the owner would be willing to take less.
I must admit it... I was tempted.
TNZ71
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Tagged at a grand plus tax. It's a consignment gun. The shop didn't know if the owner would be willing to take less.
I must admit it... I was tempted.
Get a CHP 4006TSW. You won't regret it. Some nice ones out there.
In my (retired old man's) life, everything is a matter of cash flow, timing and priorities... and in some cases that means jumping on what is doable (or what needs to be done) right now vs. what can be put off without blowing the opportunity entirely.
In the case of those nifty CHP guns, I think they fall into the latter category when compared to desirable guns that are local and might "get away" from me if I don't act fast enough to at least put them on layaway, where possible. In other words, what can wait must wait while what can't wait must be acted upon.
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