The Dark Side of 3rd Generation Autos
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M3914 - turned by the dark SLIDE
Congrats ! Everbody should have at least one.
I too was turned by the dark SLIDE ...once.
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My one & only black 3rd Gen.
S&W 3914
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Congrats ! Everbody should have at least one.
I too was turned by the dark SLIDE ...once.
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My one & only black 3rd Gen.
S&W 3914
(-09a)
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Besides being great guns.....
.....those 3rd gens are darn good looking guns.
.....those 3rd gens are darn good looking guns.
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I have two- a 3914LS and a 915...and of course, their grandparents, the 39-2 and 59.
It's hard to call the 3rd Gens "blued."
It's hard to call the 3rd Gens "blued."
I only own three 3rd Gens from the dark side... and they are all value line (or pre-value line) pistols: Models 908, 915 and 410.
Likewise, in 1st Gen, I have a Model 59 and a recently acquired Model 39-2.
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Nothing says cooool like a 3914 w/ checkered wood Hogue grips..........
and nothing says utility like a 915!!!!!!
Bluedot you need some Hogue grips for that baby.......
My 3914NL and 457 aren't blue. Both are more black, but the finish on NL is much better. As someone who has a 457 mentioned to me, "The value line finish seems to have been applied with a Sharpie."
Depending on how attached I was a a Value Line gun, I might "ruin" one by having it Ceracoated.
Depending on how attached I was a a Value Line gun, I might "ruin" one by having it Ceracoated.
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I Ceracoated a frame on one of my 915s that had a bad case of "ring rash" ...a stainless/silver gray to get a nice reverse two tone look!
I would be very hesitant to Ceracoat a 3rd Gen like my 3914NL. Or even my pre rail 3913TSW which is getting a "patina" from frequent carry.
OTOH, any of non stainless Value Line guns would be prime candidates. At that, even something like a 457S wouldn't be a candidate to have the frame done.
OTOH, any of non stainless Value Line guns would be prime candidates. At that, even something like a 457S wouldn't be a candidate to have the frame done.
Friends don't let friends *paint* their Smith & Wessons.
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I have a 4505 that I got a good deal on.
I also have an all black 5946. Still have no idea where it came from.
I also have an all black 5946. Still have no idea where it came from.
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Wow, there were very few black 5946s from what I understand.
I was concerned that TTSH might have a case of the vapors when he read my post. Still, I persisted!
Friends don't let friends *paint* their Smith & Wessons.
It could be the best Earl Scheib paint job in the world... and it would still make me physically ill just thinking about it.I was concerned that TTSH might have a case of the vapors when he read my post. Still, I persisted!
Paint belongs on houses and vehicles... not on Smith & Wessons. 
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That isn't a reverse two tone, that is a proper two tone. Dark over light.
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Ironically, both the 3914 and the 915 have been touched up with a Sharpie more than once!
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Let's see it! I'm thinking of cerakoting one half of my own and I'd love to see a finished product.
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I'd love to find a 5905 to go with my 5906.
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They look great! I have the same model and era it looks like with the square trigger. The finish is really flat, no reflective surfaces.I'm a bling type of guy though so I do wish it were a nice deep blue.
I like the look of the square trigger that yours and mine have but I wish I could find square trigger holsters for it a little easier.
Great find!
I like the look of the square trigger that yours and mine have but I wish I could find square trigger holsters for it a little easier.
Great find!
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