Model 5906 Question

Thank you all for the inputs It has been very helpful.I haven't bought yet, My friend is telling me try it to see if I like this gun. I did shoot it and really enjoyed that but my shots was all low. I was using the "american eagle" brand 115 grain bullets. Can the front or rear sight be change out to adjust? How hard is this to be replace? :confused:
 
Ctgrizzly2hunt said:
Thank you all for the inputs It has been very helpful.I haven't bought yet, My friend is telling me try it to see if I like this gun. I did shoot it and really enjoyed that but my shots was all low. I was using the "american eagle" brand 115 grain bullets. Can the front or rear sight be change out to adjust? How hard is this to be replace? :confused:
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Those sights look like Novak low mount fixed sights. Before you give it up I would have someone else...the owner or another experience shooter try it and see it shot low for them.
It's always possible it's the operator, especially with a new gun.
I know mine shot dead on as soon as I picked it up. I got mine used from another forum member. AS you can see from the pic I posted last night I have the old style adjustable sights. I assume you can have the sights changed out but I would leave that question to a more experienced 5906 guy.
But 1st check out whether it's the op or the gun. I have had several others that it took me some time to get used to and my patterns would be tight but off. After some time with the gun they straightened out. MY CZ75B was that way as well as my 3913NL.
Mike
 
How far should I be away from the target to be starting out? Any advise on the way to shoot? I was told that my main sight is to look at the front sight toward the target. I do have a RWS air pistol that looks like a 1911, that I do practice with. Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks
 
Questions are good!

Two possible solutions:

(1) make certain your front sight covers the target rather than having the target "sitting on top".

(2) Pick up a box of 124 grain ammunition and the point of impact will come up. This is because the heavier bullet takes longer to get through the barrel and the recoil raises the muzzle during this process.

I see several on Gunbroker.com with a BIN in the $350 neighborhood. By the time you add fees, you're looking at four bills.

Offer $350. If he says $400 take the gun.
 
CDNN sells these for $300 every day of the week. Select with box goes for $340.
My local gun store sells them for $400.
If I had to, I would spend $500 for one before I bought a plastic gun.
 
You guys are great, Thank you all for the information,
I was using #1 for the sight. I'll try the #2 & #3
next time at the range. :)
 
5906 question

Okay all you 5906 guys I am looking at a S&W 5906 9mm 4 FS
I only have two questions what does the "4" stand for in the discription. 4th gen maybe? Can the date of manufacturing be decoded by serial number on these guns?
Please forgive me if it looks like I tried to hijack this thread but since we are chatting 5906 I thought I would ask these questions. We can all learn.
 
the 5906 is'nt the best full size 9mm for CCW.
the 03 model alloy frame is better suited. the 06 is built laike a tank, very safe pistol and more than accurate enuff.
also the squared off trigger guard is a skull-cracker if needed. try that w/a plastic pistol
 
5906fan said:
the 5906 is'nt the best full size 9mm for CCW.
the 03 model alloy frame is better suited. the 06 is built laike a tank, very safe pistol and more than accurate enuff.
also the squared off trigger guard is a skull-cracker if needed. try that w/a plastic pistol
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When you say 03 and 06 you are referring to the 5903 and 5906?
Both of those had square trigger guards in the early production. SW stopped making the square trigger guard and 14 shot mags in 1991-1992 on the 5906 and 1991 on the 5903. For some reason the 5903 always came with a 15 shot magazine..as did all other variants of the 59xx series except the 5906 that started with a 14 round magazine until about 1991-1992. The blued 5904 is also an all steel frame but are much harder to find. (At least for me) Especially in very good condition.
Mike
 
mbliss57 said:
I think it's just an extra letter meaning of for sale. 4 sale, FS, 4S, 4 FS...
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I don't know the answer but also don't think this is it either. The listing is on a gun store web site so naturally one would know it is for sale. The exact listing is S&W 5906 9mm 4 SS FS
I would interpet this as Smith and Wesson, model 5906, 9mm caliber, 4 this is where the question comes in, SS would be stainless steel and FS would be full size.
Any other ideas??
 
What HCH said. I've got $250 in mine. It's an old police trade that was stratched up when I got it. Mechanically it's fine. It came with one mag and no box or docs. It polished up real nice. I bought $90.00 worth of extra mags. So I've got $340 (luckily I didn't have to worry about shipping or a transfer fee) in it now and would have had more if I paid the fees and guns usually sell a little cheaper in my state than some others. Bottom line is: if you can't get it cheaper than $500 in the condition you described, go ahead and buy it. "You never pay too much for a gun, you just buy it too soon."
 
timowen1 said:
I don't know the answer but also don't think this is it either. The listing is on a gun store web site so naturally one would know it is for sale. The exact listing is S&W 5906 9mm 4 SS FS
I would interpet this as Smith and Wesson, model 5906, 9mm caliber, 4 this is where the question comes in, SS would be stainless steel and FS would be full size.
Any other ideas??
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SS = Stainless Steel

FS = Fixed Sights
 
FS could be fixed sights but this guns front sight is a removable dove tail sight and the rear is adjustable windage and elevation is adjustable on just certain models. I guess this one elevation is not an option. Going to buy it.
I just can't find anything on S&W web sight to clarify this. I looked for an owners manual in the archives with no success.
The owners manual is for various model of all steel pistols but the pics look like the 5906
 
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