TexasFlash
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- Feb 13, 2013
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Thanks guys! My son is a CPA in Houston and has WAY more $$$ than I do. I think, hope, that I've convinced him to get one of the S/W 6906s that AIM Surplus has for sale. The gun shop in Mineola, if you're referring to the Ponderosa, has been closed for several years. The locals couldn't tolerate the owner's "personality," and he later died of cancer. East TX ammo, also in Mineola, has changed owners and relocated.
Sounds like a good choice. It's a good pistol made by a good company and sold at a bargain price.
They are less complex than your average 1911? So do you make the same claim about them? Calling 3rd Gen Smiths inferior is a sign of an inferior knowledge base.I like the old S&W autos, but for a defensive tool, they are inferior to modern choices. They have no factory support, and any after market stuff is going to be whatever's still left.
They are quite complex, even when compared to other contemporary wonder 9's
I have an entire thread on my SCCY experience. Bought it cheap brand new at a gun show. I had problems right out of the gate. Sent it back and it was a little better but still an unreliable POS. Did some work on the feed ramp and got it to reliably function. Traded it in on a real pistol and vowed to never touch a SCCY again.
In close to the same price range, a Taurus G2C or Ruger EC9s would be a much better option.
IS the Taurus any better?
They are less complex than your average 1911? So do you make the same claim about them? Calling 3rd Gen Smiths inferior is a sign of an inferior knowledge base.
https://aimsurplus.com/smith-wesson-model-6906-9mm-pistol/Let me preface this by saying that I really like Glocks. I own quite a few of them and they were my work guns (law enforcement) for well over 20 years. BUT.... call me crazy, somehow a plastic framed pistol just doesn't seem to have a soul like a metal framed one does. I know, it's luney bin time! Maybe the 3rd gen. S/W's aren't their best but I sure wish I had a few hundred $$$ to pick up one of AIM's 6906s!!! I could skimp by with one of those lowly metal framed pistols. Each to his own though.
Again, thanks for all of yall's help/advice! It's extremely nice to be in a polite/congenial group for a change. You're actually saving me a little time as they're several forums that I don't even waste my time with any longer. G. Powell