dandyrandy
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Any of the 9mm autos! I think S&W makes probably the best in that caliber.
What is your favorite S&W auto pistol? Why?
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I know this seems to be geared toward older guns, but I've never shot a Smith I like as much as my SD9VE. That is after some trigger work. It is 100% reliable, no matter the ammo. It is more than accurate enough for it's intended purpose. It's comfortable, aims naturally and is easy to shoot. It's my standard carry gun, and I don't know another gun I'd want to replace it with.
My 3953 thank you
3913. A good compromise on all key metrics. Close to ideal in size and weight. Good practical and mechanical accuracy, and a good pointing handgun. And, if we go back to the future, it might have the ideal # of rounds, if there is another "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994" passed.
Brendan2904
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My 5946 is my favorite I have had it for 18 years. I have the same feelings as the OP about the gun.
gnappi
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If I haven't mentioned it already....
5943 - eats anything, reliable, good trigger for a DA, accurate and a great shooter. I like the aluminum frame, makes it just hefty enough not to kick much with full power cartridges.
The Shield has the best DA trigger on anything that I've tried. It's close to feeling like a single action.
5943 - eats anything, reliable, good trigger for a DA, accurate and a great shooter. I like the aluminum frame, makes it just hefty enough not to kick much with full power cartridges.
The Shield has the best DA trigger on anything that I've tried. It's close to feeling like a single action.
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For me it's the 1006. I have big hands and I love the 10mm. I have slowly sold or traded all of my other 3rd gens but the 1006 will stay until the end. I would also buy another one if I found a good price. I don't own one but the 4506 would be up there too since it is the same size as the 1006.
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Rick1967
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I have a full sized SW1911TA. It has the rail. I put on a set of pearl grips with the S&W emblems on it as well as a Wilson Combat Slide stop and Ambi Safety. I am a lefty. I also did a mag well. I use it for CDP at IDPA.
BigCityChief
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5946 - no question. It saved my life.
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I agree with Engine49Guy, The Shorty 9 (and Shorty 40) are about the sweetest ... out of the box ... S&W Semi-autos I've ever shot. I also have a 5906 and 3913 that were tuned a bit that pull a close 2nd.
I only wish I could get a .357 Sig barrel for the Shorty 40.
I only wish I could get a .357 Sig barrel for the Shorty 40.
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I need to add one that I aquired since my previous responses.
The CS9. In spring and summer it has become my most carried pistol. It is the smallest pistol I own. 3rd gen reliability and it is an accurate little gun. 380 sized with 9mm ballistics. And it is a joy to carry.
It may become my favorite carry gun. But Im going to wait and see how the stainless example CS9 I just won off the auction board works out. I think I am going to find a single sided safety/ decocker - in stainless - and send it to BMCM for installation.
The stainless may hold up better in the heat and high humidity here. Especially when carried IWB. Regards 18DAI
The CS9. In spring and summer it has become my most carried pistol. It is the smallest pistol I own. 3rd gen reliability and it is an accurate little gun. 380 sized with 9mm ballistics. And it is a joy to carry.
It may become my favorite carry gun. But Im going to wait and see how the stainless example CS9 I just won off the auction board works out. I think I am going to find a single sided safety/ decocker - in stainless - and send it to BMCM for installation.
The stainless may hold up better in the heat and high humidity here. Especially when carried IWB. Regards 18DAI
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I have to say it's my 1076. Really like the way it handles the 10mm.
James&theGiant1911
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My shorty 40 is my favorite although my 1076 is also my favorite
So I have two favorites and I don5 pla6 favorites
So I have two favorites and I don5 pla6 favorites
The Shield 1.0 9mm with an extra mag. I carry AIWB and this gun is the perfect size for this. It shoots X ring at 7 yards, has decent recoil and fits my hand well. I sold all other pistols and just have the one.
I also have a snubnose revolver with hammer that I carry as another option from time to time with 2 speed strips.
Be SAFE and shoot often!
I also have a snubnose revolver with hammer that I carry as another option from time to time with 2 speed strips.
Be SAFE and shoot often!
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I gave up all my Model 41s for just Model 46s, plus a few Colt Match targets and my High Standards.
The 46 is every bit as (or more) accurate as a model 41, make no mistake about it. The model 46 was originally produced for the Army Marksman Unit.
It would be a hard call to determine which of the S&W Model 46s, High Standards, and Colt Match Targets are more accurate. They all pull very tight groups at 50 yards with match ammo. The Giles High Standard within 3/4" in Ransom Rest.
The 46 is every bit as (or more) accurate as a model 41, make no mistake about it. The model 46 was originally produced for the Army Marksman Unit.
It would be a hard call to determine which of the S&W Model 46s, High Standards, and Colt Match Targets are more accurate. They all pull very tight groups at 50 yards with match ammo. The Giles High Standard within 3/4" in Ransom Rest.
Easy for me, as at this time I only own one Smith & Wesson semi-auto. That is my model 41 which was manufactured in 2007. I have owned 3 of them in my lifetime. The other 2 were older pistols and more nicely finished, but my current one shoots exactly the same and I feel very fortunate owning it.
batman4706
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For the range it'd be my 52-2, for carry it's my Performance Center Shield 9MM.
My favorite S&W auto pistol is my 40 Shield. I purchased it in response to numerous repeated and reported hot spots of neighbors letting their guard dogs out to run at large to sic themselves on pedestrians on the street in my daily six mile single family residential neighborhood walk. Sure enough, after announcing to all concerned that I am no longer unarmed, it (my 40 Shield) saved from a 99% certain severe mauling when two dogs, a Chow and German Shepherd, ultra short range ambush charged at me full bore from ten feet away. I had a fraction of a half of a tenth of a second to spare in drawing and cerebellar pointing and yanking the trigger from four feet away. I think the 40 Shield is the ultimate common sense no-frills concealable moderate-power self defense sidearm, until S&W figures out how to stuff a few more rounds into the unused grip width space, sort of the way P365 has done so.
As soon as I was done making my post located immediately above this post, I exited the office and proceeded on a lah tee dah basis to do my first of three daily two mile walks in my nice, quiet single family neighborhood. Twenty-seven (27) minutes after the time stamp on my post above, ten blocks from my office, a medium size dog runs full across the street to 12 inches from my ankle to overtly and energetically and agitatedly register its manifest displeasure at my ankle suddenly being one quarter of one tenth of a second from its gnashing teeth. The nice lady at 1707 or 1719 Chestnut Drive hurried across the street to nervously scoop up her canine threat. Rounded off to the nearest reasonable fraction of an inch/nearest reasonable fraction of a second, it came within zero inches/I came within zero seconds of clearing leather and stopping the threat. I explained to the nice lady and local police that I have only one ankle to support a full one-half of my body for the rest of my life, and I will defend it to prevent any injury to it or to any proximal or distal portion of my body; no matter how unimportant they think that portion of my body is to them. By the way, when I phoned the police, the desk person could not hear me due to strong wind. She repeated this three times while I was attempting to phone in my report. I blurted out "That is why I don't carry pepper spray."
medic15al
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My favorite is a 5904 I just picked up, but lusted after one since 1991 when starting as a armed security guard to moonlight as a rookie paramedic. When I could afford one I couldn't find one. Finally everything aligned And I now have one. I like the LW aluminum frame and prefer blue/black guns over stainless.
My EDC is a M&P 2.0 4in Compact 9mm.
My EDC is a M&P 2.0 4in Compact 9mm.
Tanners Owner
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I deeply regret selling my Performance Center shorty fourty mk3s, probably my favorite so far. My only SW auto currently is my 4505 blue steel .45. I don't sell guns anymore (see my first sentence) and I'm looking for a Model 36-2 or 639. That rounds out my list.
cjtraining
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Model 3953 or 3954. Point and shoot. I have one of each. The 3953 for dress up and the blue 3954 for dressing down.
Mine has to be the 2nd Gen 645. I do not like and do not own the chopped down 3d.Gen. guns as they are very uncomfortable and hard to hold. I have large hands and I wish they made the 645 with a double staggered magazine so the grips would even be larger and even more comfortable to hold. I liked my first one much, I had to get a second.
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