What does the TSW stand for?

[heavyjim]

Stopped on a little shop near me and he had 3 mags marked TSW. Two 7 round 3913tsw and 1 8 round 4503tsw ( I think). He also had two boxes of 356tsw ammo.

I was not familiar with them?

He also had a bunch of 3913 standard 8rounds, a cs45, a 39 and a59 mag.

The39 and 59 look the same to me?

Thanks for any insight

 

[824tsv]

TSW:
Tactical Smith & Wesson

 

[GaryS]

The 39 is a single stack, the 59 is a double stack.
I don't know that there is any real difference between a 7 round TSW magazine and a 7 round CS9 magazine. I've owned both guns and the magazines are identical except for the wedge shaped base plate on the TSW magazine. Those base plates are interchangeable with the CS9 baseplates.

I'm pretty sure that the 3913TSW shipped with two magazines, one with the CS 9 style baseplate and the other with the TSW baseplate.

 

[heavyjim]

I guess the 59 mag was mismarked as it was definitely a single stack.

The baseplates on the 3913 tsw 7 round mags were very wide. Almost twice as wide as the "normal" 3913.

I bought the 3913's and the one 4013 he had, but left the rest as I wasn't sure what they fit.

I may go back and pick up the rest as they were reasonably priced and it doesn't look like we will see any new ones anytime soon.

Thanks for the info

 

[TercGen]

Those 7-round 3913TSW mags won't fit in a regular 3913, just a pre-rail 3913TSW w/ grip cutout or a CS9. They are still making brand new regular 3913 mags at the moment, and you can find them around the net for around $35.

 

[GaryS]

That's the TSW base plate. Regular 3913 magazines are always marketable. There are new ones out there, but they are not cheap as a rule. When I buy used ones, I routinely take them apart, inspect and clean them, and put in new springs.

The 7 round TSW magazines are always saleable. They go pretty quickly when they are listed in the classifieds here.

I guess the 59 mag was mismarked as it was definitely a single stack.

The baseplates on the 3913 tsw 7 round mags were very wide. Almost twice as wide as the "normal" 3913.

I bought the 3913's and the one 4013 he had, but left the rest as I wasn't sure what they fit.

I may go back and pick up the rest as they were reasonably priced and it doesn't look like we will see any new ones anytime soon.

Thanks for the info

 

[CA Escapee]

The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd edition, says TSW was also an abreviation for Team Smith & Wesson. The team was a factory sponsored team of professionals with members including Brian Enos, Jerry Miculek, J. Michael Plaxco and Judy Woolley. The team coach was Roy Jinks.

TSW also refers to a cartridge, .356 TSW.

Bill

 

[GaryS]

My early (no rail) 3913 TSW has "Tactical Smith & Wesson" on the slide. My later (rail) 3913TSW has "9 Tactical Smith & Wesson" on the slide.

I know that TSW also refers to "Team Smith & Wesson", but I always thought that was related to competitive shooting.

I will say that the SCSW is a bit unclear on the differences between the early and later TSW guns.

For instance, while the section on the later gun makes it clear that the frame/slide rails were machined as a set, it doesn't say that about the earlier guns. I don't know that they were, but the frame/slide rails on both of my guns are thicker than on the standard 3913 that I have.

The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd edition, says TSW was also an abreviation for Team Smith & Wesson. The team was a factory sponsored team of professionals with members including Brian Enos, Jerry Miculek, J. Michael Plaxco and Judy Woolley. The team coach was Roy Jinks.

TSW also refers to a cartridge, .356 TSW.

Bill