S&W 5906 for $220
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MedWheeler
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Awsomepossum writes:
This. It's how I look at potential firearm purchases now. I buy what I think I'd like as long as I know I could get most, if not all, of my money back if I found out I didn't like it after all (though that has yet to happen.) It's one of the good things about buying guns as opposed to many other recreational items; most retain value pretty well if wisely selected and priced.
This. It's how I look at potential firearm purchases now. I buy what I think I'd like as long as I know I could get most, if not all, of my money back if I found out I didn't like it after all (though that has yet to happen.) It's one of the good things about buying guns as opposed to many other recreational items; most retain value pretty well if wisely selected and priced.
While some might think there are better pistols, put that in it's niche - what other all stainless 9mm's are on the market - at that price?
OP, have you bought it yet? Even I would have, and taken the guff when I got home. It would look just fine next to the 4566TSW I got online for $465. There's your price point - are you still sitting there reading this? Last gunshow I went to had 9mm's running $350.
OP, have you bought it yet? Even I would have, and taken the guff when I got home. It would look just fine next to the 4566TSW I got online for $465. There's your price point - are you still sitting there reading this? Last gunshow I went to had 9mm's running $350.
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I've got 4. 2-Per.Ctr. PPC-9's, a Super-9, and a garden variety 5906.
I'd use it as a parts gun. It would add to my nearly 2dozen mags, too.
I'd have left with it!!!
I'd use it as a parts gun. It would add to my nearly 2dozen mags, too.
I'd have left with it!!!
MachIVshooter
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Like what?
The 3rd gens are absolute tanks, reliable in the extreme and quite accurate. The only legitimate gripe with them is the trigger, which is really not that bad once you get acclimated. They have a reputation for being hefty, but in reality are within an ounce or two of any similarly sized steel frame gun.
As for service, they're no more difficult to work on than any other TDA autoloader. People are just spoiled by the ease of end user service with the Glock and AR.
Min
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It’s still at the store as of today. Price lowered to $203. I don’t know, what do you think?
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Where is this store so I can buy it?!?
Seriously though, call them NOW, leave a message on their phone telling them you'll take it. Or show up at opening time and try to talk them down ten bucks or get a box of ammo thrown in if that's your style...
But that gun is a steel for that price! Or... Maybe it's a stainless? If you are worried about wearing it out... Take a look at the locking lugs and if you can't tell they've been battered (not mildly used, battered), you are fine.
Seriously though, call them NOW, leave a message on their phone telling them you'll take it. Or show up at opening time and try to talk them down ten bucks or get a box of ammo thrown in if that's your style...
But that gun is a steel for that price! Or... Maybe it's a stainless? If you are worried about wearing it out... Take a look at the locking lugs and if you can't tell they've been battered (not mildly used, battered), you are fine.
WestKentucky
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If I could drive to Houston, legally buy it, and convince the wife not to use it ON ME...oh well. I expect to see pictures of it joining the rest of the family any day now.
huntsman
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Price wise that seemed decent enough.
about a year ago I was at a gun show and I could have bought a 5906 with two mags for $280.(LEO trade in) but I passed because if I go with a DA/SA 9mm I want a 92FS compact.
about a year ago I was at a gun show and I could have bought a 5906 with two mags for $280.(LEO trade in) but I passed because if I go with a DA/SA 9mm I want a 92FS compact.
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Different strokes for different folks. The DA/SA configuration is one of the big reasons I like this pistol and others of its ilk.
SwampWolf
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My agency went to Third Generation Smiths when transitioning from revolvers to autos and my experience with them over several decades has been stellar in the extreme; especially in terms of reliability and toughness. When dressed in "plain clothes", I chose the Model 6906. You are the first person I ever heard say they had an adjustable-sighted Model 6906 issued to them. Not saying you didn't, just saying I (who is no "expert") never heard of a factory Model 6906 coming with adjustable sights. Learn something every day, I guess.
Riomouse911
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It may have been a 5906, it was stainless and had the protective wings on the sides of the sight. We also had issued the level III "practically Un-drawable" Safariland holster as well.
I went from a Robar-tuned Sig 226 that I carried pre-service in the academy to being issued that brick when I got hired five weeks in. Every range session I had after that I suffered some malfunction, and the trigger was absolute mush. No matter what was tried, the gun was a lemon.
At the final pass-or-you're-out, 6-round, shoot-no shoot night qual (some places still issued revolvers), I had a failure to extract/ double feed that completely tied up the gun AND prevented the mag from dropping because the fresh round was half-in and half-out of the feed lips and stuck against the unextracted case so it wouldn't drop.
As I kept racking and trying to drop the mag I looked at the unsympathetic RO standing over me with the stopwatch running. I was literally seeing 18 weeks of my life wasted because of this gun, so I smashed it against the mail box I was using as concealment. (I'll be honest. I was trying to break that POS completely). The impact freed up the stuck round by popping it out of the mag, allowing me to clear the un-extracted casing and finish with a 5-of-6 (the one round that popped out was a miss). I was scored a 100% though by the RO because I didn't quit and solved a complex jam under stress to finish the course.
We had so many guys who hated these guns the admin authorized us to buy and carry Beretta 92/Sig 226 for duty about four months after I graduated. I was the first. All but the cheap and the apathetic switched within a few weeks.
You may have had better luck, and I do own a 4013 single-stack I bought new in the early 1990's so I am not all that biased against G-3 Smiths...but that gun I was issued was such a terminal POS that after almost 28 years I have tried to block every memory of it out of my mind.
Stay safe!
I went from a Robar-tuned Sig 226 that I carried pre-service in the academy to being issued that brick when I got hired five weeks in. Every range session I had after that I suffered some malfunction, and the trigger was absolute mush. No matter what was tried, the gun was a lemon.
At the final pass-or-you're-out, 6-round, shoot-no shoot night qual (some places still issued revolvers), I had a failure to extract/ double feed that completely tied up the gun AND prevented the mag from dropping because the fresh round was half-in and half-out of the feed lips and stuck against the unextracted case so it wouldn't drop.
As I kept racking and trying to drop the mag I looked at the unsympathetic RO standing over me with the stopwatch running. I was literally seeing 18 weeks of my life wasted because of this gun, so I smashed it against the mail box I was using as concealment. (I'll be honest. I was trying to break that POS completely). The impact freed up the stuck round by popping it out of the mag, allowing me to clear the un-extracted casing and finish with a 5-of-6 (the one round that popped out was a miss). I was scored a 100% though by the RO because I didn't quit and solved a complex jam under stress to finish the course.
We had so many guys who hated these guns the admin authorized us to buy and carry Beretta 92/Sig 226 for duty about four months after I graduated. I was the first. All but the cheap and the apathetic switched within a few weeks.
You may have had better luck, and I do own a 4013 single-stack I bought new in the early 1990's so I am not all that biased against G-3 Smiths...but that gun I was issued was such a terminal POS that after almost 28 years I have tried to block every memory of it out of my mind.
Stay safe!
Min
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Okay I have a dilemma. Pawn shop also has a W German Sig P226 bi-tone (black frame, nickel slide) for $375. Which one now which one? They also have a LINB Ruger Single Six .22 with faux ivory grips and vacquero style fixed rear sights for $280. I put the 5906 on layaway but could transfer the money to another item if I do it soon.
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I would stick to the S&W. Personally.
Sauer Grapes
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I'd probably buy both....LMAO.
I get the impression that all of us don't the luxury of snapping up deals whenever they become available.
I remember the days when I wanted things I could not afford to own.
Nowadays, it makes the hunt even more interesting and the score exponentially more savory.
Unfortunately my roots in frugality keep me from buying some items today that I should just buy. I'm learning, but the cheap gene runs deep in me!
Buy both if you can, you can consider it money in the bank.
I remember the days when I wanted things I could not afford to own.
Nowadays, it makes the hunt even more interesting and the score exponentially more savory.
Unfortunately my roots in frugality keep me from buying some items today that I should just buy. I'm learning, but the cheap gene runs deep in me!
Buy both if you can, you can consider it money in the bank.
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I'd still get the S&W.
I paid $315 for my P226, so that price is repeatable. $200 for a 5906 isn't, not anywhere near what I've seen them go.
The 5906 is stainless steel frame and slide, the W German Sig is carbon steel slide and aluminum frame. Both guns, you can find used parts if needed, and neither are "new" and being made (I discovered this when I bought my Sig; the decocker spring has changed, and so has the grip fit). The older Sigs have a tendency to rust on the slide; mine had some pits, yours might have been refinished due to that.
Any cosmetic problems with the 5906, short of VERY deep gouges, is pretty easily addressed. If you have access to bead blasting, you probably can take it back to as-new with just a quick blast, no further treating. If you don't, a green scotchbrite pad done carefully will come very close. And as said above, you could pimp it out with some Mothers polish.
Cosmetic issues on the Sig- you can cover frame scratches with Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black if they are small, you likely would need to paint it for anything more. Not much you can do with nickel if there are problems.
I have a 915 (aluminum frame 3rd Gen S&W), and the P226 (among others). The Sig is a very nice pistol, and they have some street and internet love. That said, I wouldn't say it's any better than the Smith is. These weren't crap, they were discontinued because the market went elsewhere.
Riomouse911
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OMG, I just had coffee spray outta my nose reading this! Too funny!
Ya, I was surprised myself.
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