Smith 5904 serial 4549 wesson

Registration is free. Features incorporated in these pistols include a fixed barrel bushing, greatly improved trigger pull, 3-dot sights, improved wraparound grips, beveled magazine well and a double-stack magazine.

This cartridge was introduced along with the Luger semi-automatic pistol. The pistol and cartridge was first adopted by the German Navy in and then by the German Army in This cartridge has since been adopted by the military of practically every non-Communist power. It has become the most popular and widely-used handgun cartridge in the world. Performance wise, the 9 mm cartridge has somewhat more power than the. Toggle navigation.

Please Read Join Us Contribute! Selected Handgun Detail X. You must register and be logged in to rate guns and leave comments. Unfortunately, the gun only came with one magazine, and if you price factory mags — if you can find them, they are pretty spendy.

I found out that Mec-Gar magazines is making mags for the , and they can be had in rounds, rounds, rounds and round versions. I elected to go with the round version — and it has fed and functioned without any problems. Mec-Gar produces magazines for about 50 gun companies, so you know they make the best of the best when it comes to magazines. After a good inspection and cleaning — and plenty of lube, the gun was ready for the range.

My accuracy testing was done at yards, and if I did my part, I could get groups between 3. The nice folks at Black Hills Ammunition seint me a good assortment of 9mm ammo, to test in this gun. This Model brought back a lot of fond memories for me, as I was testing it. If you shop around, you can find a lot of models on the Internet as well as in many gun shops — as police trade-ins. Check one out, I think you might like this old fashioned 9mm pistol.

It is a solid, reliable gun. I have used it as a fun run entry in a couple of local matched and it went bang every time and consistently hit the target when I did my part. Pat, I hope you do not mind a short story time. You and I are old enough to remember and young enough to tell the tale.

I went through the police academy in The 39 was born. Bring a first generation it had a few flaws. It was first adopted byThe Illinois State Police for general issue in about When originally designed, all the ammo that existed was hard ball, full metal jackets.

When hollow points came into use they would not feed properly. The mod 59 was designed around the browning high power magazine. For a US Navy contract. But that is another story. These were the first generation. Then came along the second generation, product improved model. They still had a few bugs. These guns were all made with fitted parts.

No computers in those days. The early second generation had an ambidextrous safety, held on with a screw. It would come loose and become lost. Also the slide stop or release, what ever you prefer, was powered by a round with an angle cut. The round was staked in place. It could come loose and cause malfunctions. Then came along your model. You might call it a transitional second generation. The slide stop was changed to a spring steel type and the safety was held on by a dovetail, detent, and spring.

This was a good pistol until the plastic generation came along in the s. Who could possibly want a plastic gun? The rest is history. It just took a while to get here. He cannot run with the big dogs, but can get off the porch and bark from time to time. Thanks Pat for remembering. I bought my Model 59 in the late 70s, about the time the Army was spinning up the selection process for the 9mm handgun. I have kept that gun and carry it regularly. One of my favorite features is the M59 ability to put a round in the chamber, then decock it with the thumb safety.

One push of the thumb as you draw the weapon and it becomes ready to fire. A matter of principle. The gun is in. The looks very similar to your model and was my EDC weapon for a long time. In all my years of ownership it never failed to go bang when it was supposed to, eating any and all ammo I ran through it whether they were reloads or new factory ammo. The first gun I ever bought on my own was a beautiful Model , all nickel plated. Like yours, it digested all ammo without fail.