If you bought a new S&W recently and love it... tell us!

Bought a 686+ Pro in April as a self retirement gift. Great balance, great fit and finish. Excellent accuracy. LOVE IT!

Bit on the S&W rebate bait in May and purchased a Shield 45 PC. Great balance of size and performance. Love It! ( ..well as much as you can love a plastic framed gun anyway.:-)

Saw a smoking deal on a 686+ Talo 3" in June. Took advantage of a period of a strong stock market (and weak self control) and picked it up. Just as sweet as the Pro but in a snubbie sort of way. Love it !
 
Not sure if I posted this before but my first s&w N frame purchase is a m58 in 41 mag. I never owned a s&w firearm before. After six shots let the love begin. I'm a longer barrel guy 5" to 6 1/2" is my area. The m58/4" handled awesome.
 
Love my new Model 629


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In the last month, I bought a new 642 Pro, a new/used 640 and yesterday a 69. All three outstanding in fit, finish and functioning. Have not fired the 69 yet, but should soon. That makes 13 S&Ws for me, new and old, all extremely satisfactory, and then some.
 
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Pretty much my feelings on the 69 I purchased.
Tried the Pachmeyer Diamond Pro grips and they were better but still not quite 'right'.
Bite the bullet and got a set of the X frame grips.
Happy with the way it shoots now.
Just wish they weren't so ugly.
Need to have a good looking set of wooden ones that feel the same.
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Try these 😉
 

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My 929 9 mm 8 shot. It quickly became one of my favorite revolvers. I added Hogue Big Butt grips and cylinder release, a C-More Sight on an Allchin Mount and an Apex hammer to get the trigger down to 5 lbs double action.
 
Model 69 2.75". Looked great fresh out of the box, trigger very good at the first pull. Shot 15 magnum rounds and the gun cleaned up routinely, actually there was very little residue for wax lubed bullets.

My third MIM and lock gun and have enjoyed owning and shooting all of them.
 
Well they tell me they don't make them like they used to so I went for an older S&W. I started this quest of learning about the Model 52 back in May by starting a thread on the Semi Auto forum titled 'I need an education on the Model 52' and it took off like wildfire with excellent input..................Well the passion continued and here is the 52-2 that I just acquired, built approximately 1979 and have now found out one of our forum members was the builder of my gun at that time!

Here is my little gem:
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Just got it, haven't shot it but I will tell you that the trigger is incredible!

Karl
 
I have a 4" 686-6 that I picked up brand new for $690 out the door during the Louisiana 2nd amendment tax holiday last September. It's my first revolver and I'm absolutely in love with it. I understand that the older generations may be of a higher quality and lack one certain feature but for the price I paid I am completely satisfied. It also has no trouble ringing an 8" gong @ 100 yards.
 
Airweight m37 and new 15-22. Mbus had to be upgraded with red dot but now it's crazy fun
 
My new R8.... Super smooth double action, crisp break and so beautiful...... Sporting an RMR and a set of G10 grips from Hogue..... Funny thing... I looked for a year and a half until I found this one at a random, first time stop at a gun shop I'd never been to before.... Was there again this past week and saw 2 more... One new and one used..... Almost went for the used one.... Love this pistol!
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My last two purchases/trades were a LNIB, 2012 Model 41 (see pic) and a NIB, Model 642 without the IL (which I made an even trade for of a Shield 9mm-see pic). I also picked up a model 52 for my Bullseye club...very accurate.

Let me explain the trade. I had 3 Shields, one was NIB and I don't know why I bought it. Got a very good price and the rebate. Another gentleman wanted the Shield, I wanted the 642, so we made an even trade. Both of us were happy with the transaction. I am even going to give him the two mags that come with the rebate and I will keep the other stuff.

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Bought about spring 2016 360J Airweight snub 38+P. No QC or IL issues. Shoots great. Had it out about 10 times. Only changed grips to S&W boot grips for better concealment. Fall 2017 new m41 not so reliable
 
My most recent purchase was a model 69 2.75" .44 magnum. It's beyond what I expected. Very accurate and solid. Will use it as an edc with only .44 special ammo. The only thing I didn't like was that it was advertised with white outline rear sights. Not the case. I ordered a set from S&W and they said that they are on back order and no date given when they will have them. I bought HIVIZ fiber optics for the front.
 
I only own 2 newer smith revolvers, one being a model 69 and even if it aint as pretty as my old smiths, its my favorite 44. Easy to pack and it shoots as good as i could ever hope for.

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Grabbed a new 442 and 45 Shield Performance Center last week during the Smith and Wesson sale at my PX. The 442 in my pocket allows me to stay in good graces with my better half, she gets her LCR back full time now. The PC 45 Shield was an impulse buy at the price. After 280 rds of fmj and assorted hollow points, I purchased a couple holsters for it to compliment my 686+ as my edc. Somewhere after Christmas I'll spring for the Wright Leatherworks iwb Holster for the Shield that I have for my 686. The 45PC is way nicer than the original 9mm Shield I had before the price crash. It's that little bit bigger that fits my hand better, and the improved grip is nice too. Free mags and ammo are just a nice touch for down the road
 
Most recent was 18 years ago for me. A CS-9. Can't wait till their selling for $1000!!!
 
I purchased a Shield 9mm. It isthe second Shield that I have owned. I sold the first one. I had issues with the slide locking up due to the guide rod being very particular about how it must be aligned. I replaced it with a one piece guide rod from ssguiderods.com. I also added Talo wrap around rubber grips and put Pearce grip extensions on all of my magazines, even the 8 round. I'm happy to say that i have the "bugs" worked out and the pistol feels great in my hands with the 8 round mags and grip extensions. I am very confident that the Shield will make an excellent and reliable ccw piece. This coming from a die-hard "no tupperware" revolver guy.
 
I suppose you meant NIB when you said, "NEW" as opposed to New-to-me.
Is so, too bad, because this one's close.

a 5" 629-6 with all accessories. I suspect, like many .44 mags, the owner made it through a box of ammo, if that much, then sold it. Very clean and very nice. I put a couple 100 rounds through it and then sent it to Mag-n-Port. Am working on new grips for it now. I may load up some .44 spl and run it in competition just for the fun of it.
 

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In the 3 months it took to get the required paperwork to buy a handgun here in Canada I was all over the map with trying to decide what to buy. Eventually I kept coming back to S&W because the only other handguns I have owned, 3 in number, were all S&W revolvers.
On Friday I finally made a decision and put a deposit on a Model 327 TRR8 at the local gun shop. I even got a very good price on it that is the same as the MSRP in USD. Next time you are complaining about the price of guns check out what we pay in Canuck Bucks.
 
I bought my first ever NIB S&W revolver a few weeks ago. A 4"617. After taking about five pounds off the DA trigger with a trigger job I could not be happier.
 
How many of you who are happy with your new ones, own old ones to compare them with?
 
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