My SW 59 in the 70's.

[jhcii]

I brought home to the ranch my first center fire auto and it was in 9mm double stack magazine. Unfortunately it jammed frequently and I passed it on to get an SW 19 with Goncalo Alves 6" barrel.
I knew the SW39 was popular and to me that was fine I like the 39 whenever I can see one. The 59 story soured me and left me out of the SW realm for about 10 years and then I got my first S 41 and everything sour went to extremely sweet.
I guess I can say I had a bad story about one gun and never owned the same model again. I was really young then.
I confess I have Colts too but that's because I like the Colt in Single Action Army and I like the Smith and Wesson Double Action in 29 best.
Add the SA pull of the best DA revolver (29) then there's no way Colt can win every time.

 

[shotgun693]

I'm always amazed by people who buy a new gun, have trouble with it, then just dump it. They don't do that with a Car or Computer or house or washing machine. Why not let the maker fix it?

 

[murphydog]

I would guess you could now find a well-sorted model 59 or later variant that would feed everything - your old one may have had an ammo or magazine issue.

 

[triaxle]

That was a long time ago the 59 had a problem but they worked it out . I have a 459 FBI gun with the matt finish and its flawless . The first ones did jam with the 59.

 

[loc n load]

59

I bought my first 59 in the mid 70's....I still have it. I have owned several 59's, shot thousands of rounds through them over a period of years, primarily hand loads with lead bullets. I never had any issues with any of them. I also had the opportunity to handle, shoot, maintain and instruct officers on hundred's of 2nd gen and 3rd gen S&W DA/SA's over a period of years.....I have also had the same opportunity with Sig's, HK's, Berettas and Glocks. I learned not to judge a particular firearm based on one example, I occasionally encountered one that was a "problem child", might be one out of 30 or 50 or 100 guns....I have also seen many occasions where a pistol would not run well with one shooter, then somebody else could pick it up and shoot it and it would run flawlessly.
There are a lot of variables when working with pistols: tolerances, ammo, mag's, shooters technique, new gun needing to be broke in, etc.

 

[jimbo728]

A few of my 1st and 2nd Smith 9`s had problems. Ammo changes, more power, cured them.
Jim