[Juna]

Anyone have any experiences with this pistol? I found a pretty good deal on a S&W 915 with hi-caps and was wondering what you all think of them (if you own one).

[Moonclip]

It will be serviceable, but being a "value series" gun it will not have Novak sights and will have an inferior finish.

What price and condition are we talking about? I have passed up value series guns like the 411 and 915 used at $300 but that would actually be a fair price.

[Juna]

I'm not overly concerned with the finish since I likely won't be carrying it any time soon, but what are Novak sights and what is the difference between those and whatever kind of sights the 915 has?

[Pilot]

I had a 915. I even bought a few hicaps for it as that was right after the previous hicap ban. I did not like the gun, although it was reliable out of the box, the accuracy was poor relative to my other 9MM's. Could have just been that gun, but I didn't like it so sold it pretty quickly.

[Mad Magyar]

Actually, I have a more positive response to the 915. I purchased n.i.b. a few years back and I found any inaccuracy on the range was my own doing. I fire it consistently and can honestly say, not like some I know with some expensive pistols, that it hasn't FTF: not once. It is reliable....

Juna, the only Novak sights I'm familiar with is a low-profile, 3-dot sight..The 915 has a drift-adjustable square rear notch and the front sight is a drift-adjustable white dot blade.

[CA2005]

They are indeed reliable, so-so on accuracy. The 915 was my first ever 9mm, wish I'd kept it. I shot the pistol often, thousands of rounds and never a malfunction. I bought mine in early '95...this is when they were including only one 15 round mag.

I really wish I'd kept the thing.....

[LynnMassGuy]

I have one. Unreal reliability. Accurate. Not a target pistol but accurate. It has taken 1000's of rounds of different kinds of ammo and never ever ever so much as hiccuped. Don't believe me? Don't care.

Regards
John

[Big Mike]

If you're buying it to shoot it, that's exactly what it will do, and more than likely pretty well too.

[SouthpawShootr]

I don't have the 915, but I do have the 457, another member of the value line. I've found this gun to be every bit as good as my 4516 and as reliable as any 3rd generation S&W auto I own (& I have 7 of them). I'd rather have a steel frame than aluminum, but that's really just a irrational bias on my part. Couple things to be aware of: you probably noticed that the safety is not ambi & the sights (as already pointed out) are plastic Novak style, but the cuts in the slide are NOT the same as for Novak sights - no problem really, I found some night sights specifically made for the value line guns.