What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W PC semi-auto pistols?

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What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W PC semi-auto pistols?

What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W Performance Center semi-auto pistols including Product Code numbers?

Thank you.
Kind regards,
David McNulty

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

1046; don't know the specific product number. 10mm pistol, 3rd gen., only 151 made.

Sam

 

[cherrypointmarine]

I'm thinking you might want to break it down into calibers . You have your basic , 9mm , 40 and 45 . But then you also have .356 , which is a story all on it's own . It might be easier if you pick up a copy of the Standard Catalog of S&W , 4th edition . There's a section on PC guns , both semi and revolver . Is there any certain one you are looking at ?

 

[squidsix]

I totally ruined one of the rarer ones recently (according to some folks):
Performance Center Recon 45 with some squidsix mods.
603 total supposedly.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Where did you see that number Squidsix ? I have 2 of them , going to new homes soon . Scoring some 945s and 2 other PC guns . A Recon9 , one of 212 , and a SD40 , one of 207 or 217 . Ten might have been sent to Europe.

 

[squidsix]

Basing it on a poster telling us, in my thread above, "that one's ruined, at least there are 602 left" or something close to that.
No real idea honestly. I love the thing, and love it even more now.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Preformance Center "Stocking Dealer" guns

SD- 9mm..... 179 of the +500- of the Stocking Dealer Guns from 1993/94.... the others were split between .40S&W (over 200) and .356S&W (IIRC about 100)

 

[18DAI]

Squidsix I want a "ruined one" just like yours! Regards 18DAI

 

[murphydog]

I am venturing out of revolver land again, but I don't think there were any 1st generation PC guns built and marketed as such. Agree with consulting a copy of the SCSW for the most complete information, even though it may be lacking certain details.

 

[toddcfii]

From info I gleaned from a different thread recently:

1. PC did some full custom guns at the beginning. Those will be basically unique and one of a kind. So most rare?

2. 1046 is super rare but not a PC gun.

3. Model 44 is even rarer? But I don't think the PC made those either.

4. The SD guns are also rare.

5. The PPC 9 guns are hard to come by because they were only sold to Law Enforcement but do pop up now and again for sale. The 6 inch version was selling recently for ~$8000 but has come back down to ~$5000 for a nice one.

6. The 952-2 6 inch Masterpiece Wishco variant is very rare in the US as it was made in small numbers for export but a handful remained in the US.

7. There is a black and silver variant of the 952 6 inch made in very small numbers.

OR JUST LOOK ON THIS THREAD: The Complete 3rd Gen PERFORMANCE CENTER Model List

 

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Thank you, Sam!

 

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Thank you, cherrypointmarine!

 

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Thank you, squidsix!

 

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Thank you, BAM-BAM!

 

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Thank you, murphydog!

 

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Thank you, toddcfii!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I understand they only made 1500 of these 5903 SSVs. Does that make it a 3rd Gen scarce gun?

 

[BAM-BAM]

You said "1st-3rd Generation"

So add to the list two 1st Gen guns

927 Steel frame 39s ( built in the mid-60s) though the frames actually date to the 50s

What many call the Pre-39.... aka "Smith and Wesson 9mm" 1600 made 1954/55 to 1957

Overall IIRC about >300,000 39s ,mostly -2s were built over abut 25 years

 

[BAM-BAM]

LOL a very, very rare gun is the "6915" only two known to exist.


A CCO ( Colt's "Concealed Carry Officers model" 1911 .45; built with an "Officer model" frame mated with a "Commander" upper) configuration of the 5906.

Squidsix has one .....I've got the other!!!!!!!

 

[squidsix]

Haha yeah!

 

[toddcfii]

I thought the op asked about PC guns.

 

[Erocksmash]

The recon/shorty variants of the 3rd gens as well as the PPC guns and .356 guns as well as the DPA5906 I have 1 of 420

 

[BAM-BAM]

What are most sought after & scarce/rare 1st-3rd Generation S&W Performance Center semi-auto pistols including Product Code numbers?


'.......1ST-3RD Generation S&W......"

The Performance Center did........ not... exist before 1990 so ..... not sure what he's looking for; as all PC guns would have to be from the 3rd Gen era.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

The Performance Center did exist before 1990 so ..... not sure what he's looking for as all PC guns would have to be from the 3rd Gen era.

I'm sure you meant to say "did not" exist before 1990.

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[BAM-BAM]

I'm sure you meant to say "did not" exist before 1990.

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Correct, thank you...................

Bought a few in the 1990s...... 2 Shorty-9s, an SD-9 and a DPA 5906. There was a short period when PC guns were "cheap" around here in the $500-650 range.... used but sill un-fired in their boxes. Wish I'd bought some more at the time; I passed on a Recon-45, a CQB-45 .... and a third Shorty-9. IIRC all were in the $500-600 range.

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

I thought the op asked about PC guns.

He did indeed; I completely overlooked the Performance Center qualification of the OP.

 

[18DAI]

There was one gun, Jim Rae's 45 "Super Gun", that was made from two model 52s.

It was a one of one custom make and while the Performance Center didn't exist, at the time, Jim Rae later led the Performance Center. Regards, 18DAI

 

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Thank you very much Smith & Wesson Forum members!
Kind regards,
David McNulty

 

[the big guy]

To me, rare is what I don't have yet. Looking for that two tone 952, and a 952-3. Still need a 6" PPC. Need a LNIB 52 no dash, seem to keep getting stuck with examples with shortcomings, to say the least. I think there is a PC 52, don't have it yet. Also having trouble landing a 639. Many others I don't have, but my collection centers on 9mm family and 45 semi autos. I am pretty good on a lot of models considered rare, but these continue to elude.

 

[Arm]

Lew Horton 5967 less than 500 made...this one is new.