Making a list of 3rd Gen TSW Models with Integral Rails

CHP started getting rails on the ' d' series 4006tsw. They were riveted and crap ( rivets loose, breaking, only fit s&w light). Then went to integral rails. The 4013tsw didn't have rails
Thanks.

I wasn't involved in our orders, but if I'd been involved I'd have pushed for the 4513TSW, 4013TSW and 3913TSW runs to have come without those chintzy aluminum rails.

Turned out S&W offered to change the riveted rails to the machined rails half way through the runs of the 4006TSW & 4566TSW models we were getting, but the guy who took the call decided to stay with the riveted rails for the next runs. When I found out and asked him why, he said he thought it would be better for morale if all the weapons had the same rails, and half the weapons weren't equipped with the integral rails. :rolleyes:
 
Thanks.

I wasn't involved in our orders, but if I'd been involved I'd have pushed for the 4513TSW, 4013TSW and 3913TSW runs to have come without those chintzy aluminum rails.

Turned out S&W offered to change the riveted rails to the machined rails half way through the runs of the 4006TSW & 4566TSW models we were getting, but the guy who took the call decided to stay with the riveted rails for the next runs. When I found out and asked him why, he said he thought it would be better for morale if all the weapons had the same rails, and half the weapons weren't equipped with the integral rails. :rolleyes:
1. The 4013tsw was crap, had to destroy dozens because the frame cracked and all the 4006TSW with the integral rails started day one
 
1. The 4013tsw was crap, had to destroy dozens because the frame cracked and all the 4006TSW with the integral rails started day one
How many rounds were typically involved when the frames cracked?

My own early-production 4013TSW has maybe 4K on it, as I sidelined it for several years when shooting other .40's, including an issued 4013TSW. I only had the issued one for maybe a year, during which time it was only used for a week-long firearms instructor update class, in addition to my regular plainclothes assignment and normal range work. It didn't get worked nearly as hard as the early production 5903's and 6906's I carried at different times.

One of the 6906's I carried eventually racked up approx 45K rounds fired on the frame. One of the guys at the factory laughed when I told him how many rounds I'd put on that frame, and told me they'd never expected anyone to shoot those light guns that much. Granted, I replaced the springs more often than normally recommended, but that was because we were issuing some +P and +P+ duty ammo at various times, after so many years of standard pressure 147gr loads.
 
PC9 on a CHP4006 frame. Don’t think this counts, but still kinda cool.
 

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