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Thread: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 3rd Gen S&W

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    I really like the 3rd Generation 9x19 S&W guns, but logistics make it a struggle to use them seriously. My daughter is a huge fan, carrying a 3913 and using a 3906 as a HD pistol. My wife has a 3914 she likes. But logistics continue to get harder. Even the Xenoy grips and magazines have become hard to find. Many of the parts are no longer available, and S&W has all but dropped factory servicing of the guns. I have learned that the best and least expensive way to get spare parts is to buy spare guns as the various firing control parts are really sets (example: do not use MIM sear with forged hammer as the sear nose geometry is not identical). Used samples can still be found for about $300-$400, which is much less expensive than buying just a slide and a barrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by farscott View Post
    But logistics continue to get harder.
    Yup. That's why my 3953 is stashed away for hard times.

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    I never really cared for the 3rd gen smiths but that 10-8 setup is pretty damn cool

    Sent from my VS876 using Tapatalk

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    That's a nice pistol the OP has. I'm on the lookout for a nice 6906 myself and hope to find one soon before the prices go up even more. Rather have a 3rd Gen S&W than any M&P plastic, mushy trigger excuse for a Glock.

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    If anyone gets into a real bind I still have a few 9mm extractors, and the gauge, stashed away.
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    For a while there, WV State Police, Kalifornia Highway Patrol, and perhaps a few other agencies, were holding S&W's feet to the fire, saying they didn't want no steenkin' M&P and if the firm could not supply them with 3rd Gen pistols, they would go elsewhere. I was told S&W grudgingly agreed, but moved all the tooling to the Houlton, ME facility.

    Wonder if that is still the case?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LSP972 View Post
    For a while there, WV State Police, Kalifornia Highway Patrol, and perhaps a few other agencies, were holding S&W's feet to the fire, saying they didn't want no steenkin' M&P and if the firm could not supply them with 3rd Gen pistols, they would go elsewhere. I was told S&W grudgingly agreed, but moved all the tooling to the Houlton, ME facility.

    Wonder if that is still the case?

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    I know that CHP just bought new 4006s awhile back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LSP972 View Post
    For a while there, WV State Police, Kalifornia Highway Patrol, and perhaps a few other agencies, were holding S&W's feet to the fire, saying they didn't want no steenkin' M&P and if the firm could not supply them with 3rd Gen pistols, they would go elsewhere. I was told S&W grudgingly agreed, but moved all the tooling to the Houlton, ME facility.

    Wonder if that is still the case?

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    NYPD was one of the holdouts with the 5946 as one of three authorized duty guns but last year they replaced it with the. G17 Gen4.

    CHP has recently acquired M&P Compacts in 40 for their Plainclothes personnel to replace their issued 4013's. They are looking pretty hard at the M&P 40 FS as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post

    CHP has recently acquired M&P Compacts in 40 for their Plainclothes personnel to replace their issued 4013's. They are looking pretty hard at the M&P 40 FS as well.
    Guess they finally caved… or S&W said "we ain't doing it no more".

    I seem to recall reading where WVSP went with another brand recently; but cannot remember where I read that.

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    Came across a beautiful 5906 today. No holster wear, but the barrel wear suggests it's been shot a bit. I swear I don't need it, but there's a part of me that wants it anyway. A lot.

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