Will Beararms
December 6, 2001, 03:39 PM
I picked up an NIB 3953 S&W DAO for $379.00 tax. Before the hailstorm of flames come it appears this was a pre-agrrement. The gun would not sell since it's DAO and the store owner told me so.
I took it to the range today for the second time and I am in the Bull's Eye at 7 and 15 yards when I slow down, use the proper form and don't jerk.
My question is: will the trigger smooth out in time? If so, I would rather alllow it to naturally brake in versus any polishing.
I also noted that the slide stop pin gouged the outside of the frame where the rear part of the stop meets the frame but it has stopped since the first trip to the range. I chalk that up to the natural abrasion that occurs when two metals of dissimilar durometer hardnesses mate. Elsewhere on the frame, there is no sign of gouging at all unlike the Beretta and Sigs I have owned.
This is my first Smith and no it's not as accurate as others but it is very well built and the edges are rounded off nicely. The thing bucks like a mule for a 9mm but it is almost as if the designers studied how the hand grips the frame and machined it accordingly. The machine work is as clean an crisp as any pistol I have ever owned or handled.
Thanks for your input.
I took it to the range today for the second time and I am in the Bull's Eye at 7 and 15 yards when I slow down, use the proper form and don't jerk.
My question is: will the trigger smooth out in time? If so, I would rather alllow it to naturally brake in versus any polishing.
I also noted that the slide stop pin gouged the outside of the frame where the rear part of the stop meets the frame but it has stopped since the first trip to the range. I chalk that up to the natural abrasion that occurs when two metals of dissimilar durometer hardnesses mate. Elsewhere on the frame, there is no sign of gouging at all unlike the Beretta and Sigs I have owned.
This is my first Smith and no it's not as accurate as others but it is very well built and the edges are rounded off nicely. The thing bucks like a mule for a 9mm but it is almost as if the designers studied how the hand grips the frame and machined it accordingly. The machine work is as clean an crisp as any pistol I have ever owned or handled.
Thanks for your input.