Smith 469, you guys made me do it.

[Onisius]

All this talk of 469's, 6904's, 6906's, etc made me do it....
I went and got the 469 at my buddy's pawn shop.
It only cost me $300 and I got 2 spare mags for $50 more.
It's in good condition, some holster wear and it sports the Pachmayr grips. It's purdy.

I sold my first one to buy my G17 duty gun when I became a cop and financially challenged.
It's nice to have an old friend back in my handgun stable.

The serial number is TAC19xx.... what year would that make its birth date?

 

[CJKarl]

Any pics of it?

 

[RufusG]

TAC looks like 1984.

 

[cwo4uscgret]

It should look like this...

and hopefully, shoot like this:

I think I paid the same for mine earlier this year at the Birch Run (Frankenmuth) MI gun show late last year. It came in a plastic box (not original) and had 1 S&W and 1 Ramline magazine.

 

[Onisius]

Yup, mine looks just like that, except it has the plain aluminum colored frame, like a 669 would have had.
1984, thanks.

 

[CJKarl]

Looks vaguely familiar.

Wonder why your numbers are highlighted?

 

[cwo4uscgret]

probably

Looks vaguely familiar.

Wonder why your numbers are highlighted?

because the seller is one of those people who think it enhances the looks and value of gun by highlighting the numbers and letters with a contrasting colored media. If I had a hard plstic tool (something that won't scratch) I would probably remove it...