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| A few have showed up on GB already. A little to high from me but I still would like one.
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| I would be hard pressed not to buy one if they hit the market.
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| There were 750 examples of those Melonite 4566TSWs sold to the WVSP. That was the order to fulfill the contract. Not sure if any replacements or further orders were made. Until recently those pistols were bringing $1K+ on the big auction boards. The price seems to be coming down some. If I run across one for a good price, I will add it to the herd. Regards 18DAI
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| Was able to pick one up a few months ago before prices started going crazy, though still paid more than I wanted to. The only odd thing I can find about it is that where the CHP4006 deleted the trigger play spring the WVSP4566 has two stacked. Hopefully that means it will be less prone to breakage. The rail area was also changed from some earlier stainless model that were made for other agencies. The original ones had no transition to the rail where the WVSP models look to be reinforced. Don’t have a pic available of the stainless model at the moment. 
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| I will probably buy one. I have been looking for a nice 4566TSW for a while now, and these should make them a little more affordable. These pistols are pretty much the last S&W auto pistols made that I’m interested in owning. It’s literally the end of an era and these are fine examples of what I believe are possibly the most underrated auto pistols made.
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| I believe they sold those off to individual troopers for $450 or so. |
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| There have been two or three examples for sale over the last two years on GB and Auction arms. They all went for over $1K. And one had some visible holster wear. I would like to find one. But they are currently priced a little bit too high, for me. Nice guns. Too bad the current company calling itself s&w won't make them anymore. Regards 18DAI
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| About 10 years ago, I brought a 4566 from a dealer of Police trade-ins in AZ. No rail. They were supposed to be recycled FBI or WVSP guns. Great guns, but heavy. 2 years ago, I traded it off and got all my money back and then some.
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