What is your favorite S&W auto pistol? Why?

[Miles Away]

I have always been a wheel gun fan and shot one in PPC for years. I owned an original model 39 back in the day, but was never comfortable with it. I now have a M&P Shield 9mm and love it. Shoots good, very accurate and is an easy carry.

 

[N4KVE]

My 645 is my favorite S&W. Upgraded with the 4506 safety levers, so they won't fall off. My daily carry is a 3913 which now has a 5906 hammer, so I can cock it for a single action 1st shot. Next would be my 4516 no dash. Still looking for a 4506/5906 hammer for that one. I've carried Glocks for many years, & while I work for the largest FFL in Florida, & could have anything, it's the metal S&W's I like to carry now. At the gun shows, I work the Ruger, & Springfield section, so I sell lots of XDs, & LC9 guns, as well as Shields too. My house gun is a HK USP 45. It's a tie between that, & my 645 as my favorite gun. GARY

 

[Gamecock]

I'm with 824tsv:

Performance Center 1911.

Why? Did I mention it's a 1911?

 

[kaveman]

I'm with the OP,.........5946. It's just my favorite shooting S&W and perfect as a 'house gun'. Also a very good understudy for the 3953,.......the perfect 'carry gun'.

 

[Slufstuff]

I have to say my favorite out of over 20 I currently own, is my 4506-1. Best shooting 45 I own, including a pair of 1911's.

 

[Rockettom]

The first thing I thought of was my 39-2. Damned accurate, great lines, feels *just* right in the hand.

The second was my 15-3. I love the look, and people like to come over to take a peek at it when I have it out. I married it to an old-school black holster and it completes the retro law enforcement look.

 

[mopareg]

My favorites are my 1000 series 10mm's. All steel, great shooting. The only thing I do not like is they are single stack magazines.

 

[Barrie]

My favorites are my M41 and M46 at this time but my all time dream gun is the model 627 with the wood grips on it. Sorry its not a auto but a wheel gun but it holds 8- 357's at the same time. Very beautiful gun to even look at.

 

[timn8er]

I would agree with 18DAI with a slight variation: First would be the 4513TSW, than the 4506-1, then the 3913TSW.

 

[tlawler]

Having just bought my first S&W auto, a 1006, I have to say it's my favorite. I've shot a lot of friends 9mm Smiths, but I just love the way this one fills my hand. I'm going out to shoot it for the first time this weekend, but I already know I'll love the way it shoots. I've been looking for a nice one for some time, and this one came up locally. It will make an excellent companion to my 610, which was starting to feel lonely, I think. I'll post some pictures of the pair in a new thread tonight.

 

[Ozark Marine]

My 915. Sold all my other 3rd gens. Bought 3 new Mec-Gar mags and recoil spring. It's not my CCW. Just a nice feeling gun in my hand.

 

[Ed333]

The 952 long slide I let go...

 

[DRYHEAT]

Over the last 40+ years I have had many S&W semi-autos. Today I only have one left, and it is a fairly new one. The others (incl. an M41*) I collected and shot occasionally. One by one they were sold for another pistol or rifle, mostly for older S&W revolvers. The one that is still with me:

I carry this one and I shoot it better than any other CCW handgun I have had in the last 30+ years. My M642 is a good second but the flatness and higher number of rounds of the Shield 9... well there's that.

*OK, the selling of the M41 was a BIG mistake. I regret that one still.

 

[Dave_n]

"Penultimate" is a 25-cent word that means "next to last." So while I hope you come up with a fantastic pistol, I -really- hope it is not the next to last S&W pistol ever.

My easy pick is my 845, but I don't think that's fair because the 845 is very rare and basically hand-built. And that would make me want to defer to my Model 52-2, but that one is pretty much the SAME way. Both of these pistols are, well, ridiculous.

In the spirit of the thread, I'll take a production S&W pistol as my favorite -- it certainly was before I got those two above.

My S&W 745 fits that bill. It's a later model, non-IPSC Anniv pistol, shipped with a fixed rear sight that a previous owner swapped out for an adjustable. It runs flawlessly, it's extremely good lookin' and it's all grins on a range day.

Can not agree more. I have two 745s with the adjustable rear sights. One has over 30,000 rounds through it and it is "just broken in"!! Dave_n

 

[Old cop]

I only have two; an M&P .380 and the M&P .22C and of the two the twenty-two is my favorite range gun. Both are totally reliable.

 

[300whispertc]

1013 started life as a 4013

 

[rt11002003]

I'd have to go with the Model 41. My dealer contacted me a few days ago saying he had just received a new one from the distributor. S&W must have done a recent production run. I now own two of those beauties!

 

[Bastogne71]

The only S&W auto I have is a Model 41. Reasons I love it are 1: It's the most accurate handgun I own. 2: Interchangeable barrels. 3: Outstanding fit and finish.

 

[Camster]

My 41. Followed by the 952-1,which I also owned,and the 52-2,which I wished that I had the experience of owning for a while.
The rest of them frankly don't catch my attention.

 

[Worthless]

There is no doubt in my mind that my favorite S&W is the SD9VE. Well it is the only S&W I own so it was an easy choice.