I admit that I am a Smith & Wesson brand loyalist who is a big Gen3 fan. I have limited my accumulating to 9mm and .40 S&W with several models in each of the 3900, 4000, 5900, 6900 series. I avoided the .45 ACPs because there were so many nice models available that I'd have to buy another gun safe. My wife told me last year at this time that I might need a twelve-step group soon. I vowed not to buy any more in 2019, but that resolution failed before January became February and I had a nice model 3913LS in hand. A couple of months later, I saw a CS40 at a give-away price and snap it up. I enjoy shooting all my Gen3s - TDA and DAO semi-autos.
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Hated giving up my 3rd gen guns because they worked and DASA made sense to me. Shot and carried 3/4 of them with this 1988 5904 in IDPA and on duty. This gun, wearing RoGard and NP3, was in one of the first batches sent out to PD's or so I've been told. Shot a preproduction of this gun that had a mix of 459 and 5904 features...one extractor replaced, one ejector. When one goes, replace them both.
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FYI, as per an NYPD MOS friend of mine, the S&W 3rd.Generation 5946 and it's off duty iterations (3914, 3913, 3954 etc) are no longer authorized, but grandfathered in. This is the current authorized lineup: On Duty- Sig P226, GLOCK 17 and 19; Off Duty- S&W Shield, Springfield XDs, GLOCK Gen 4/5 and Sig 239 DAO.
My trips into NYC reveal plenty of 5646s still in the duty holsters of officers, although as time goes by that will change.
Yup. The Glock 17 was added when S&W ceased even limited production of the 5946. Fun fact - NYPD mandates their G17s be carried with 15 round magazines to match the capacity of the other authorized duty guns. I’m thinking this is mostly for admin purposes like ammo issue and range quals. With 40,000 cops most of whom aren’t gun people I can see why they might do something like that.
Re: off duty I thought only the DAO iterations (3953/3954) were authorized.
Joining late.My father was Idaho State Police from 73-94. ISP transitioned to autos in 1991 when the organization went the 4586. Dad purchased a 4516-1 a year or so later just because. When he retired ISP gifted the pistol to him. Dad passed away in 2016 and I inherited both the pistols. A few days ago I picked up a 4513TSW (pre-rail) at a local auction (the photos of 4513 are from the auction company's site). I like the 3rd Gen pistols. I don't carry them and I only shoot them occasionally so I'm not worried about parts. Dad was a madman for magazines so I have plenty of those. My "real-world" gun is a GLOCK 19 (Gen 4) which accompanies on duty and off-duty and parts aren't an issue. So I am free to collect whatever grabs my fancy.