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3/2/2014 10:43:00 PM

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Section 8: Handguns
Subject: S&W 4566 TSW Msg# 879336

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Mark Freburg Forum Manager

Joined 4/3/2000

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Darryl Rogers (Read)

Joined 2/22/2004

Oh heck, I didn't mean to imply I could buy everything I want! Heck no. but I think about my younger days when I wanted a gun, it always meant trading something for something else, and I never had much of a "collection" because it was always something leaving for something coming in. I still have to be selective, and we'll be living on retirement soon enough. But there are guns I really like enough to make a center of my collection. 1911s of course, but S&W Third Generation autos are another I really enjoy--enough that I have four of them. Thumbs Up

Completely gratuitous photo time!!! This little aluminum-framed sweetie is a lightweight compared to the all-steel 5906 beasts some of you guys own! I got this on a trade at one of Jerry's favorite haunts, Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware Ohio:

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: S&W 5904
Image Info: The ultimate Smith & Wesson traditional double actions were the third generation models, and among the best were the double stack 9mms. While the all-stainless steel model 5906 was the most popular and the thus the most well known, this model 5904, which has an aluminum frame for weight-saving, makes much greater sense for a private citizen. It can be carried with ease, yet is a 15+1 pistol for those who haven't drunk the polymer Koolaid and still appreciate a safety on their pistols. Unlike the Beretta 92, SIG P226, and others, this flagship of the S&W line is really a fairly compact pistol.

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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
I am retired and I now have to. Extra money will probably never come my way that I can spend to satisfy all my wants and lusts.

There are many guns I'll never go without. I am pretty much down to those right now!

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