Jun 10, 2016 · Carry a 3953 and you have nothing to learn or remember except for one smooth, reliable, predictable trigger. Don't need to 'remember' a safety,.....ON or OFF. Don't need to 'remember' a decocker. You'll never holster a cocked 3953. You'll never try to fire a safed 3953. You'll never do anything stupid with a cocked and unsafed 3953. Draw pistol.

Mar 4, 2023 · Picked up a new-to-me S&W 3953 on Friday from forum member robrossk. This unit was a special order. It lacks the magazine disconnect safety.

Jun 7, 2014 · My Kahr K9 is my primary CCW pistol but the 3953 might edge it out; it has a great trigger. We'll see how I shoot it. It's really a shame that S&W stopped making the 39XX pistols. I think they would sell well today. SIG still makes the P239 (another one of my favorites) so people are buying pistols like this. S&W 5906, 3913, 3953 S&W 3913 and 3953

Jun 18, 2024 · Mechanical difference between plain jane 3953 & 3953 TSW? petemacmahon: Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols: 7: 02-13-2022 05:57 PM: Can you put 3953 DAO internals in a 3913 and make it basically a 3953? Stopsign32v: Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols: 13: 10-12-2018 01:17 PM: SOLD S&W 3913 S&W Complete rail/barrel and …

Aug 20, 2016 · This particular 3953 is an earlier one as evidenced by its hard chromed trigger and hammer. The later DAO guns had blued triggers and hammers. My 1086 was a later blued trigger and hammer, two of the 4046s were later blued trigger / hammer guns, and the 4053 is a transition gun with a blued hammer and a hard chromed trigger.

Apr 21, 2018 · The next day I received a FedEx package from L.A. with my unissued 3953. I immediately took it to the range, and ran about 500 rounds of duty JHP ammo through it. Zero malfunctions, so the next two years it was my EDC pistol. Unfortunately two years later the agency went to Glocks nationwide, and I had to give up my beloved 3953.

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Aug 16, 2016 · Sounds a bit high, as the market is absolutely flooded with LEO trade-in 3953's at the moment. I believe they are selling on GB for around $100-$150 less (though I haven't been watching the final sales #'s). There are also many New, Houlton ME produced, 3953TSW's for sale in the mid $600's on auction sites and at dealers around the US.

Apr 5, 2017 · As posted earlier, a call to the PAO for the Newark Police Division, and his conversation with the armorer, indicated they did have 3953's and they did mark them with N.P.D. (he could not confirm that my number was one of theirs). With the 3953, Newark would have had a pistol similar to the NYPD 3914DAO (although without the restrike capability).

Feb 3, 2025 · For sale, three stainless factory 8-round magazines for the 3913 / 3953 / 3914 / 3954 9mm handguns. These are getting hard to find and are priced accordingly. They are still dramatically less expensive than those listed on gunbroker. $200 for all three. Two have the flat bottoms, one has the curved.