I ordered the 5906 9mm 3 days ago and it showed up today. CDNN had them as a Police trade in for $299.99 in Stainless on page 21 of their on line catalog. I tore the gun down for inspection and I could not see any wear or baked on crude anyplace. The barrel rifling was there but to me looked light/maybe worn? I am used to looking at different calibers so in all honesty it could be normal for this gun.
It came with Hogue grips, night sights, and a match barrel! Gotta love law enforcement weapons!
I only had 50 rounds of 9mm with me so I will be waiting on my large order of 9mm to arrive sometime next week before I do anymore shooting with it.
For those who are not familiar with the pistol I am sorry I do not have a picture to post but like I said Pg 21 of their CDNN online catalog has a better picture than I could do.
The pistol does have the ambidextrous/safety decocker and comes in stainless with a 4" barrel. Being familiar with a single action 1911 it was rather unique for me to experiment with the 5906 double action and the decocker. I do like it's versatility already.
The mag holds 15 rounds in a double stack configuration and therefore the grip is not small or thin. I have big hands so to me the gun fits nicely in my shooting grip.
First three shots were taken at arms length waiting for the thing to blow up!! Very smooth recoil and no problems so I went to my normal point, aim, shoot and tried hitting some knock down targets 30 yards away. These targets are 4" wide and 7" tall. Three shots and one hit
OoooKKKK. Tried the double action for three shots just getting the feel with no hits at 30 yards which was expected for me. I like the trigger in both double and single action. The sights *for me* had the rounds impacting about 4" high but on line for POI.
I finally figured out where to aim to get the round on target and started knocking some of the plates down buy the last few rounds.
So far I am happy with my purchase and have not found anything I need to change or work out with the pistol. I am pretty picky about hand guns and think I have a keeper here. The slide spring has a lot of tension and is a bugger when trying to hold the slide back and remove the take down pin...1911 is easier to remove the pin because the spring tension is gone. In truth though the weapon and my hands had a nice coating of Breakfree CLP which did not make the tear down any easier. Yes I tore it down once and lubed and inspected it. Tore it down again after putting it together just to see if I could do it easier than the first time....Answer was no....need to work on it a bit! Suggestion; remove all lubricant from hands and exterior before trying this!
If something breaks later on or I want to replace a part either S&W should have the parts or I will call Numrich 866-686-7424 which seems to have something for everything!! Someone else have any ideas I am all eyeballs!!
P.S. I know beat me with a spoon for no pictures; sorry!
It came with Hogue grips, night sights, and a match barrel! Gotta love law enforcement weapons!
I only had 50 rounds of 9mm with me so I will be waiting on my large order of 9mm to arrive sometime next week before I do anymore shooting with it.
For those who are not familiar with the pistol I am sorry I do not have a picture to post but like I said Pg 21 of their CDNN online catalog has a better picture than I could do.
The pistol does have the ambidextrous/safety decocker and comes in stainless with a 4" barrel. Being familiar with a single action 1911 it was rather unique for me to experiment with the 5906 double action and the decocker. I do like it's versatility already.
The mag holds 15 rounds in a double stack configuration and therefore the grip is not small or thin. I have big hands so to me the gun fits nicely in my shooting grip.
First three shots were taken at arms length waiting for the thing to blow up!! Very smooth recoil and no problems so I went to my normal point, aim, shoot and tried hitting some knock down targets 30 yards away. These targets are 4" wide and 7" tall. Three shots and one hit
OoooKKKK. Tried the double action for three shots just getting the feel with no hits at 30 yards which was expected for me. I like the trigger in both double and single action. The sights *for me* had the rounds impacting about 4" high but on line for POI.I finally figured out where to aim to get the round on target and started knocking some of the plates down buy the last few rounds.
So far I am happy with my purchase and have not found anything I need to change or work out with the pistol. I am pretty picky about hand guns and think I have a keeper here. The slide spring has a lot of tension and is a bugger when trying to hold the slide back and remove the take down pin...1911 is easier to remove the pin because the spring tension is gone. In truth though the weapon and my hands had a nice coating of Breakfree CLP which did not make the tear down any easier. Yes I tore it down once and lubed and inspected it. Tore it down again after putting it together just to see if I could do it easier than the first time....Answer was no....need to work on it a bit! Suggestion; remove all lubricant from hands and exterior before trying this!
If something breaks later on or I want to replace a part either S&W should have the parts or I will call Numrich 866-686-7424 which seems to have something for everything!! Someone else have any ideas I am all eyeballs!!
P.S. I know beat me with a spoon for no pictures; sorry!
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