S&W 3rd Gen Semi Autos

[1775usmarine]

45 Recon looks like this... 45 Recon - 603 made, ½ with black slide ½ with silver. This example is NIB unfired.

I seen and handled this bad boy in person. I would stake my name that it's clean and unfired.

 

[Will317]

Ive always wanted a 3rd Gen since I got to shoot my buddies 669. Finally found a early 6906 in great shape to add to my collection. So happy to finally have one.

 

[1775usmarine]

Ive always wanted a 3rd Gen since I got to shoot my buddies 669. Finally found a early 6906 in great shape to add to my collection. So happy to finally have one. View attachment 89445

Welcome to the club. A 4506-1 my first gun purchase back in 2012 took me down the 3rd gen collecting path.

 

[88E30M50]

I’ve never seen the appeal of an unfired gun. It’s a curiosity but is also a waste. Guys pay a high premium for them but cannot use them or that premium evaporates. It’s like seeing a beautiful woman that’s been married 20 years and her husband bragging that she’s still a virgin.

The appeal of an unfired gun goes against my basic philosophy that everything we buy should be to enable an experience or enable a relationship. That puts an unfired gun in the category of just stuff. Cool stuff sure, but still just stuff.

 

[Plinker556]

Welcome to the club. A 4506-1 my first gun purchase back in 2012 took me down the 3rd gen collecting path.

My first was a 457, that thing feels PERFECT in my hand.

 

[paddling_man]

I’ve never seen the appeal of an unfired gun. It’s a curiosity but is also a waste. Guys pay a high premium for them but cannot use them or that premium evaporates. It’s like seeing a beautiful woman that’s been married 20 years and her husband bragging that she’s still a virgin.

The appeal of an unfired gun goes against my basic philosophy that everything we buy should be to enable an experience or enable a relationship. That puts an unfired gun in the category of just stuff. Cool stuff sure, but still just stuff.

This is the way. (Applauds.)

4506-1(3), 4553TSW, CS45, 5906 and 3913 in the house. All experienced and loved.

 

[WebSnyper]

I’ve never seen the appeal of an unfired gun. It’s a curiosity but is also a waste. Guys pay a high premium for them but cannot use them or that premium evaporates. It’s like seeing a beautiful woman that’s been married 20 years and her husband bragging that she’s still a virgin.

The appeal of an unfired gun goes against my basic philosophy that everything we buy should be to enable an experience or enable a relationship. That puts an unfired gun in the category of just stuff. Cool stuff sure, but still just stuff.

Agreed, I don't get it. I was checking out a model and make specific gun forum and one of the guys there was talking about a common polymer pistol that he had and that it was manufactured in 2016 and had not been shot, and whether he should send it in for voluntary upgrade program... I just could not understand the logic behind a plastic pistol from 2016 not having been shot.

A collector's item is a different thing, but I'm not into those at all.

 

[1775usmarine]

I’ve never seen the appeal of an unfired gun. It’s a curiosity but is also a waste. Guys pay a high premium for them but cannot use them or that premium evaporates. It’s like seeing a beautiful woman that’s been married 20 years and her husband bragging that she’s still a virgin.

The appeal of an unfired gun goes against my basic philosophy that everything we buy should be to enable an experience or enable a relationship. That puts an unfired gun in the category of just stuff. Cool stuff sure, but still just stuff.

I think it depends on the factors. Who made it, the caliber, if still manufactured, and If made in a small number that high premium remains as the years go by due to that pool getting smaller from various reasons. I'd look at something like that recon 45 as an investment item.

 

[1775usmarine]

Agreed, I don't get it. I was checking out a model and make specific gun forum and one of the guys there was talking about a common polymer pistol that he had and that it was manufactured in 2016 and had not been shot, and whether he should send it in for voluntary upgrade program... I just could not understand the logic behind a plastic pistol from 2016 not having been shot.

I don't believe plastics will ever increase in value once manufacturing ends.

 

[doddg]

I’ve never seen the appeal of an unfired gun. It’s a curiosity but is also a waste. Guys pay a high premium for them but cannot use them or that premium evaporates. It’s like seeing a beautiful woman that’s been married 20 years and her husband bragging that she’s still a virgin.

The appeal of an unfired gun goes against my basic philosophy that everything we buy should be to enable an experience or enable a relationship. That puts an unfired gun in the category of just stuff. Cool stuff sure, but still just stuff.

totally agree!
It’s in the antique car worldand/or just nice sports cars that people buy and don’t drive?
I bought my present sports car about 10 years ago and it was six years old and had less than 9000 miles on it.
someone might have Bought it and just put it in the garage.
I have about 98,000 miles on mine, thank you very much!
People do that with this on the S2000, though, And every once a while when we’ll come up for sale with just a few hundred miles on it and they’re wanting $60,000 for it

 

[1775usmarine]

Forgot to post pics of this bad boy last friday from whitleystu after buying his 6906 last tuesday. 457s with original box, papers, 2 mags, and fired casing. NIB and after careful examination have no reason to believe it was fired other than at the factory. Chipped in a few extra bucks over the already killler asking price.

 

[Plinker556]

Forgot to post pics of this bad boy last friday from whitleystu after buying his 6906 last tuesday. 457s with original box, papers, 2 mags, and fired casing. NIB and after careful examination have no reason to believe it was fired other than at the factory. Chipped in a few extra bucks over the already killler asking price.

You don't see those very often do you? That's nice looking!
So you bought both the 6906 and 457?

 

[1775usmarine]

You don't see those very often do you? That's nice looking!
So you bought both the 6906 and 457?

Yeah originally was buying the 6906 and then he said he had a few others for me to check out. I said oh boy you're going to get me in trouble, but the after explaining to the wife and using the knowledge I've gained here and from the S&W forum was able to convince her the 457s was a wise buy.

 

[drillsgt]

I came across these 5906's today being sold by Buds as new/used/display guns. They have front slide serrations and what look like slide ball cuts on the front. A poster on another forum said they called Smith and was told a production time of 2009. Anybody know what these are?

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/411559454/smith+&+wesson+5906+9mm+10+1+sts

 

[1775usmarine]

I came across these 5906's today being sold by Buds as new/used/display guns. They have front slide serrations and what look like slide ball cuts on the front. A poster on another forum said they called Smith and was told a production time of 2009. Anybody know what these are?

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/411559454/smith+&+wesson+5906+9mm+10+1+sts

There was a thread on the S&W forum that these are just plain jane new 5906's someone found in a warehouse that may of been display guns or shot show guns.

The thread from smith
5906 STS - Forward Slide Serrations

 

[drillsgt]

There was a thread on the S&W forum that these are just plain jane new 5906's someone found in a warehouse that may of been display guns or shot show guns.

The thread from smith
5906 STS - Forward Slide Serrations

I found that this afternoon, the pic of the one someone posted looked pristine.

 

[1775usmarine]

I found that this afternoon, the pic of the one someone posted looked pristine.

I'd assume that the rest look the same. If they came with 2 15 rounders I'd be tempted just to have an extremely nice 5906 to put up like the 6906 and that 457s I bought.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Forgot to post pics of this bad boy last friday from whitleystu after buying his 6906 last tuesday. 457s with original box, papers, 2 mags, and fired casing. NIB and after careful examination have no reason to believe it was fired other than at the factory. Chipped in a few extra bucks over the already killler asking price.

Is that a smooth frontstrap? I thought I remembered my old one having serrations on the front.

 

[mcapo]

I found that this afternoon, the pic of the one someone posted looked pristine.

Yea. That’s a pretty cool piece of Smith & Wesson.

They are pretty good at production irregularities. I’ve seem more than a couple wheel guns that shouldn’t exist. I also figure that more more than a few are built out of parts bins.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I came across these 5906's today being sold by Buds as new/used/display guns. They have front slide serrations and what look like slide ball cuts on the front. A poster on another forum said they called Smith and was told a production time of 2009. Anybody know what these are?

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/411559454/smith+&+wesson+5906+9mm+10+1+sts

At first I thought that price was high, but the more I think about it is not bad. There gonna be pretty hard to find nib and unfired, even if it doesn't have the front serrations.