Polished 5906 project.

[OneSevenDeuce]

I got a police trade in 5906 from Bud's recently. It was pretty dinged up and showed a lot of holster wear. I decided that it would be a good project to try and "pimp". Now, I understand that shiny guns aren't everyone's cup of tea. To tell the truth, they aren't really mine either. But I figured why not, it couldn't look any worse than how it came to me. I'm not done with the polishing, and I have some hardwood stocks on order to replace the worn factory grips. But all in all I think it is coming along nicely. In the process of this project I also fully disassembled and cleaned the weapon, and replaced all the important springs with Wolff replacements.

 

[ljnowell]

I'm not generally a fan of such things but it does look nice.

What was your method of polishing??

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Thanks, and I generally don't go for it either but at least it was a project to keep me busy. I started out sanding the bead blasted surface with 220 grits sandpaper, moved up to 400, then 1000, and finished with Mother's Mag and a polishing wheel on my bench grinder. Took about two days to get it to this point, in total.

 

[Hometeached1]

First off, Welcome to THR!

Not crazy about "shiny" pistols, but it looks good and I love S&W 3rd gens!

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

They are great little (big) guns, and honestly if it had shown up in better shape I probably wouldn't have done it.

 

[horsemen61]

Looks nice

 

[StingRayRay]

Looks good! I've got the exact opposite to yours. The 5905 all blue. Love it!

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

That's awesome! I wish I could have had this thing blued. Stainless may be more resistant to corrosion, but there is just something about a deep hot blue.

 

[StingRayRay]

Do you have a holster for yours? I want one but I haven't found one I like yet.

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Not yet, been thinking of trying to find an old school police rig just to kind of complete the nostalgia aspect of it.

 

[StingRayRay]

I actually have an Uncle Mikes nylon that holds it well but really is not comfortable to wear.

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

I would imagine. I have an aversion to nylon of any kind.

 

[StingRayRay]

Yep! That was a "freebie".

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Haha, they usually are these days.

 

[jhb]

Wow...looks good. Nicely done. My 5906 came pretty beat up. I bought mine as a truck gun though and it's perfect for that task.

I like a polished gun...not so much for carry......but it's hard not to appreciate polished steel. Plus these 3rd gen guns are so good. Put the two together and you got a winner. Thanks for sharing...that is a beauty to me.

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Thanks. These 3rd gens are just tanks. Perfect truck guns.

 

[RustyShackelford]

Wow!.....

That's a Miami Vice special, .
I was told to buy some Mother's polish to clear up a few dings & scuffs on my Ruger GPNY.

I too am not a big fan or supporter of bright nickel or shiney surfaces but that 5906 pistol is impressive.

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Well, I guess everyone has to have ONE shiny gun, eh? lol At least I do, apparently.

 

[Scarpia]

Nice job! I've polished my Sig P238, S&W 64, Rossi 88 and Taurus PT58. I passed up a 5906 locally and have been kicking myself in the butt ever since.

 

[OneSevenDeuce]

Pain in the arse, isn't it? I don't think I will be doing this often.

 

[Scarpia]

Well, I've got the time and fortunately it doesn't cost too much. My latest project is making holsters. I found a leather supply house locally with all the tools and materials I need so I'm having fun with that.

 

[cc-hangfire]

I have a S&W 5946, DOA, so this is a really dumb question (I'm away from home for a few days, otherwise I'd look in the gun safe). Is the frame SS or an alloy?

 

[4v50 Gary]

Great polish job and I agree with everything except replacing the springs. Springs are factory engineered to be reliable under most circumstances and with the widest variety of SAAMI spec ammunition.

 

[bannockburn]

OneSevenDeuce

Nice polishing job. I have a couple of stainless revolvers that I have done the Mothers Mag Polish treatment to and they've turned out looking great. And contrary to some folks here I like having a few shiny guns in my collection.

 

[RustyShackelford]

New grips.....

It might be the camera pic or image, but the S&W 5906's grips look rather worn & run down. You might want to add some slick wood grips or nylon/rubber from Hogue.
I doubt Smith & Wesson still sells factory third generation pistol grips & other than Hogue, I wouldn't know who might sell or design 5900 series grips.

To answer the other posted ?, I think S&W used a alloy frame on the 5906 but a few were produced with steel slides, steel frames. I remember seeing the pistols in the early 2000s era product catalogs but I don't recall the model #.


Rusty