Gun purchases thread.

[predator20]

Smith & Wesson 915, basically a budget 5904. Would have liked to have gotten one with matching controls. But they were bought up within the first few hours of listing. $240 shipped, I'll do a better assessment when it arrives. Already got extra mags.

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by predator20

Smith & Wesson 915, basically a budget 5904. Would have liked to have gotten one with matching controls. But they were bought up within the first few hours of listing. $240 shipped, I'll do a better assessment when it arrives. Already got extra mags.

[predator20]

Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

I high fived it. I knew you and yournamehere would appreciate it. There seems to be a lot of S&W auto love here lately.

I would've liked to have found a 659, but prices have gone up on just about every handgun that holds over 10 rounds. The dealer had about 10 of those 915's, sold them all in about two days.

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

For $240, I wouldn't care if the controls were pink. The grey controls are actually a pretty cool accent.

It does break it up. They had one that was the opposite, satin grey with black controls. But mostly all were like mine, maybe two or three were all black.

[predator20]

Picked up the 915 today. Real pleased with it for the price I paid. Gave it a mild cleaning, it's ready to rock. I do plan a picking up a spring kit just to be on the safe side.

[S&Wshooter]

So the barrel on that Redhawk has a noticeable cant to the right....

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

You want me to put a smug on my screen?

[S&Wshooter]

40 rounds of Monarch 7.62x39mm

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by predator20

Smith & Wesson 915, basically a budget 5904. Would have liked to have gotten one with matching controls. But they were bought up within the first few hours of listing. $240 shipped, I'll do a better assessment when it arrives. Already got extra mags.

For $240, I wouldn't care if the controls were pink. The grey controls are actually a pretty cool accent.

[Yournamehere]

Originally Posted by predator20

Smith & Wesson 915, basically a budget 5904. Would have liked to have gotten one with matching controls. But they were bought up within the first few hours of listing. $240 shipped, I'll do a better assessment when it arrives. Already got extra mags.

Pretty interesting. Before the craze I would have said something to the effect of "915s are budget 5904s, but 5904s are budget wondernines", but you are right. Prices on hi caps have risen, and even before the ban scares, S&W classic autos have have been drying up and rising in price. The accented controls are interesting though. Is it a parts gun or were they offered with different finish patterns or something? Even as a budget line gun, it's still a S&W and therefore a fascinating item to me.

About the spring kits, the one thing I love about the S&W classic autos is that the frames are super easy to strip. The wraparound grip was a really ingenious idea since it made replacing the mainspring easier, on top of eliminating 11 parts from the whole design. Enjoy your new gun and let us know how you feel about it after the range.

[k9870]

wheres all the damn ammo