That is a nice 39-2 . I have a FBI 459 with fact matt finish and dull black grips , I did see a 39-2 nickel like new for 399 left with out it went back and was gone . I also have a mint 5946 ,they are to nice to carry any more . nice ones are going up all the time .
I never really had much experience with the older S&W semi-autos, and hadn't thought much about them until recently. There have been a few threads on here lately discussing them, which kinda piqued my interest, and today I actually got to shoot one for the first time. It belonged to one of our range board members who is a long-time bulls-eye shooter...a model 52 in .38 special. Man was that thing sweet! The fit and finish was perfect, the action felt like a Swiss watch, and the fact that it feeds full-wadcutter .38s is just plain cool.
I know I can't afford a 52, but now I'm looking at the Model 39 and 59 with a lot more interest than I did before. If I can find one for a decent price I may just have to pick it up. There's some great eye candy in this thread that sure isn't helping my resolve to save money!
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Admittedly I haven't shot it much in the past couple of years. I've only owned it for about five years; I decided that I needed to see what all the fuss was about after reading about these metal S&Ws for so long here on the forum and elsewhere. I would've preferred blued but this nickel version was had at a decent price. This example has a great DA trigger and at the time of acquiring this Greg Cote has had plenty of mags for it.
-MG
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