I think I mentioned that I (is that too many I’s?) own a 469 here before. It was in good shape when purchased, but would randomly stop at the half cock notch. A google search led me to file the half cock notch off, and that solved the problem. The pistol has a firing pin safety, so the half Coke notch was kind of redundant anyway. I bought a S&W 6904 a year ago, and they eliminated the half cock notch from that pistol. Neither pistol has a rail, and that my preference. 👍👍👍👍
@@thedailydefender1408as a young L.E.O. back in the 80's I also grabbed one of these as soon as they hit the market....S&W & shooters immediately noticed that this Model was inherently more accurate than it's larger cousins and S&W identified the lack of a barrel bushing & new lockup system was the source...so they incorporated those changes into the following generations and by the time they got to the Gen 3's such as the 5906 they had worked out all the bugs and the result was an outstanding pistol...
It really is a neat firearm, took me a little by surprise after working with it and shooting it, I don’t know why I was thinking it would have a dated feel but it does not. Probably explains why you don’t see many of them I think people just hold on to them.
Well they didn’t until the late 90s / early 2000 when they did eventually stop production of their 3rd Gen guns. The low cost, light weight Glock took the LEO market by storm as we know.
@@joshuahawkins2743 totally agree and there are lots of comments and chatter wishing smith would bring them back, in some form or fashion. From what I understand, the original tooling was all destroyed or trashed, so they would have to start from scratch, and then cost. I doubt they would be a mainstream price pistol or even say what the Sig p series are right now. So is there a market for a $1200- 1500+ pistol of this type, I don’t know…..
I think I mentioned that I (is that too many I’s?) own a 469 here before. It was in good shape when purchased, but would randomly stop at the half cock notch. A google search led me to file the half cock notch off, and that solved the problem. The pistol has a firing pin safety, so the half Coke notch was kind of redundant anyway. I bought a S&W 6904 a year ago, and they eliminated the half cock notch from that pistol. Neither pistol has a rail, and that my preference. 👍👍👍👍
I bought one when they first came out. Super accurate and reliable.
Thanks for the comment, glad to know your long term experiences seem to match my initial observations.
@@thedailydefender1408as a young L.E.O. back in the 80's I also grabbed one of these as soon as they hit the market....S&W & shooters immediately noticed that this Model was inherently more accurate than it's larger cousins and S&W identified the lack of a barrel bushing & new lockup system was the source...so they incorporated those changes into the following generations and by the time they got to the Gen 3's such as the 5906 they had worked out all the bugs and the result was an outstanding pistol...
It’s older but timeless. Cause it could be made now and would fit right in
It really is a neat firearm, took me a little by surprise after working with it and shooting it, I don’t know why I was thinking it would have a dated feel but it does not. Probably explains why you don’t see many of them I think people just hold on to them.
Subbed! Any chance we can get a CS9 review?
This was my dads duty gun for plane cloths detective. He invested burglary’s.
Thanks for the comment, hopefully you guys still have the firearm in the family.
I always wanted i think it was 4506 was the model it was 45 cal
Correct the 4506 was a full size , even large, .45 ACP.
Why did smith an Wesson stop making this style pistol ive always liked them and from what i understand they are reliable why stop
Machinery wore out.
Well they didn’t until the late 90s / early 2000 when they did eventually stop production of their 3rd Gen guns. The low cost, light weight Glock took the LEO market by storm as we know.
@@thedailydefender1408 i get that makes sense but that kind of pistol and quality it was there would be a market for the pistol today for sure
@@thedailydefender1408 makes you wonder when they will come out with clones then like the barreta 92
@@joshuahawkins2743 totally agree and there are lots of comments and chatter wishing smith would bring them back, in some form or fashion. From what I understand, the original tooling was all destroyed or trashed, so they would have to start from scratch, and then cost. I doubt they would be a mainstream price pistol or even say what the Sig p series are right now. So is there a market for a $1200- 1500+ pistol of this type, I don’t know…..