Ignition Override
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This is Such a long ‘thread’ for an ‘outmoded’, ‘impractical’ series of gun relics.
It’s hard for me to understand.
It’s hard for me to understand.
Probably need to get your hands on one, to understand.
I even bought an extra set of the plastic grips if they ever break, the only weakness, maybe.
W.E.G.'s gun is like all the 915s I saw. Not sure what it is, but smooth, very black, and much more wear resistant than I'd expect from a value line finish. Anyone know what it actually IS?the 915 . made in 1992. all metal 3rd gen. "Value series" finished in the worst black krylon paint you could imagine, but it works great.
This is Such a long ‘thread’ for an ‘outmoded’, ‘impractical’ series of gun relics.
It’s hard for me to understand.
These DA/SA pistols are not outmoded, and are not impractical. They are labor-intensive to manufacture, with a high/numerous part count, so, S&W would much rather sell us Shield and M&P pistols, made of polymer, and fewer parts, that can assembled by lesser-skilled workers. Among the end-line users, fewer folks, today, are familiar with long-stroke double-action trigger operation, or the DA-to-SA transition. The Third-Generation pistols, themselves, are superb. I favor the compact 39xx-series, which is comparable to a Glock G48, in size, but S&W was making these compact single-column-mag pistols more than three decades ago; a glorious moment in time.
In my experience with the 3913 at least, the weakest point is the plastic magazine baseplate, which has a tendency to fatigue crack horizontally along the internal groove starting at the back and working toward the front where it slides over the flange on the mag body, and eventually the baseplate can split at the groove and dump your rounds out of the bottom of the magazine. I’ve replaced two split baseplates in 25 years and a few thousand rounds (the second one I caught early before it broke). Just periodically examine the sides of the baseplates at the back to make sure no cracks are developing, and have some spares on hand (they are a couple bucks each from S&W or parts houses IIRC).4006 TSW is certainly a keeper for me ! I even bought an extra set of the plastic grips if they ever break, the only weakness, maybe.
Belt and suspenders heavy all stainless steel S&W 639. No one's ideal carry gun but it is so soft shooting with full powered 9mm.