S&W Model 59
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Am I the only one that noticed the sound is somewhat delayed?
yeah very
Yep its delayed
Same. Well, it's weird. In the beginning, some of the shots were dead on, and the others had like .25 or .5 second delay. Very strange.
Yeah, for some reason it was just the first string of fire in the opening that had any serious delays...but yeah, thought my phone was finally calling it quits on me, haha!
Yes by a second or teo
Factory grips were a molded black nylon for the model 59. Model 39 were wood with S&W medallion, also slightly rounded at the bottom to fit grip frame.
Model 59 were square due to Navy specification. Ed
From "Wikipedia"
The Model 59 was manufactured in 9×19mm Parabellum caliber with a wider anodized aluminum frame (to accommodate a double-stack magazine), a straight backstrap, a magazine disconnect (the pistol will not fire unless a magazine is in place), and a blued carbon steel slide that carries the manual safety. The grip is of three pieces made of two nylon plastic panels joined by a metal backstrap. It uses a magazine release located to the rear of the trigger guard, similar to the M1911A1.
I remember when Guns & Ammo featured the 59. Semiautos were still frowned upon back then and the Colt Python was the gun to have.
The grips on my Model 59 (1973ish) were black "plastic" checkered about the lower 2/3. My gut instinct on seeing these grips is that they are aftermarket Herrett stocks.
My 59 is my favorite pistol. The trigger is crisp and recoil is very nice.
I have a 908 smith and another old smith. The 908 is unreal even though it's infamous because that woman used one in Arizona for that post office shooting. I wouldn't come close to letting it go. It's works very well and is accurate.
If your going to carry it you need to learn the D/A for first shots. I had a friend who worked border task force and he carried one for years, The grips you have are not S&W OEM. Magazine disconnect saved several lives when officers got down to a hand to hand struggle and punching the mag release disabled the gun allowing the Officers to once again gain the upper hand. Another young officer I knew and trained moved on to large agency. He carried the 59 for years. All in all its a great gun.
So interesting to see the renewed interest in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen Smith pistols... I remember the days of the “Wondernines” of the 80’s... you had haters of these pistols for being heavy, bulky, and with so-so triggers. Ffwd to 2019 and all of a sudden they are highly coveted pieces. Personally, I have always loved them. They are also works of art to me and love their “all business look”. Love them so much, I own a few. IMO, they don’t make ‘em like they used to. Last observation... just about every dang gun channel lately is making a vid of these puppies; all of you just gave me an idea for my next upload.
Sincerely,
A guy in his mid 50’s with a small TH-cam channel (shameless plug 😬)
This is a gorgeous and classic example of an early "wonder nine". I love these classic pistol reviews ☺👍
Dang, Eric! I think you need to have Chad teach you how to shoot. 😂😂😂
Not sure of your distance, but that was solid!
Errr... Resident Evil 1996, was the Beretta 92, the remake in 2002 was s custom brigadier model.
Yeah I didnt want to be "that guy" but since you brought it up lol. There is even a guy who makes custom slides and grips for the 92 to "convert" them to the samurai edge.
Yeah, I didn’t want to be that guy either. I really like Eric and his channel and have been watching them for a long time. It’s a minor mistake imo. But kinda irks me because RE is my absolute favorite game series and is actually what got me interested in firearms. But oh well. Maybe he meant another game and forgot but just said RE cause it was on his mind at the time.
I just love the fact he even mentioned it. Maybe he can do a video game vs real life segment.
@Ben Woodcock Don't forget RE1 Director's Cut had a "Custom" 92FS Inox with wood grips. Good for critical hit damage. Zero had the Samurai Edge and a hybrid 1911. After Resident Evil 3 the devs. started getting funky with the guns. Less real, more hybrid/fantasy mashup designs.
Those are Herrett aftermarket stocks, i believe. Popular in the way back when.
This serial# of this gun - A 385711 is far from being very early. Production started at A 170000 in 1971 and ended in 1981.
Those are not the original grips. I have a Model 59 with a 14 round mag and the grips are a black plastic material. Great gun. I have adjustable target sights on mine that kind of stand on top of the slide as well.
Hermosa pistola...
What?! You mean not everyone shoots as fast as Jerry Miculek?? (sigh of relief)
Black plastic high gloss grips are original 🤔great video of a classic
I've got a original Illinois State Police issued mdl39 from back in the early days of the 39!
I love Smith&Wesson pistols they have always been high quality in my opinion they're up there with Colts in reliability
Model 59 is in the first resident evil? I thought it was a beretta 92?
I believe the 92 is in the first game as well, but the 59 was quite abundant for a lesser-known handgun like this...
It definitely was the Beretta 92. The Smith and Wesson Model 59 wasn't in any RE game or any game according to the Internet Movie Firearm Database.
These guns couldn't hold water against the P226 and Beretta 92 in the 1985 military trials.
At the shop I work at we've got one of those as an "in case of emergency, break glass" gun. May have to break that glass and head to the range..
I own the less desired 915. I love the old school, and she works great as a CCW option. I am looking to upgrade the original Iron Sights to Trijicon HDs
By the way, where did you get those grips from?
Nice shooter pricey in some circles. But to drift off a little bit you mentioned trigger reset even though i`ve heard it a million times got me thinking that over half the internet community will end up searching for reset limits on their guns. But the real comment / question is that when I was growing up and doing firearm sessions with my father and his friends I was always taught to fully release the trigger always. Whats your input on that or is it that everyone that taught me had military blood in them. I was even taught the proper way to fall with a firearm. Accidentally of course.
i like those grips. For anybody that like the daewoos would like the 59 since the 59s were largely copied and modified. Some FEG pistols ripped it off too. The 59s were the nicest though.
Is it me or do these old autos just look better?
I owned a 59 from 1972 to around 2005 and I am sorry to have let it go.
I collect model 39s. Hard to beat the feel.
That is not the gun used in the first Resident Evil game. The gun used in the first Resident Evil game was the Beretta M92FS. Sorry but you're wrong dude.
Sooo cute ! That gun probably older than you!!
Isn't it possible that those could be the original grips if it's a patent-pending model? That might explain why those grips wouldn't show up in image searches, if they chose to change the style after making final arrangements for commercial production, but that's just my guess. Love the pistol, regardless!
Every time I watch your channel and you do a shooting video you're always shooting your load
You need to get yourself a Tokarev my dude M57’s are dirt cheap right now I bought another one a week ago for $200
It's nice but I prefer the Stacy&Venessa model 69.
Originally had black plastic grips
Great Video!
Excellent pistol
Is it based on a hi-power? kinda has the look.
I HAVE A 459 . Is it the next generation gun . 1977 purchased as my first auto pistol. Like new condition.
Just waiting for my Liberal Prime Minister to go and hopefully we get Conservative so I can own an S&W Model 59.
Looks like that's happening!!
Eric, here is a great remorse artical and chart covering the frist, second & third gen Smith&Wesson pistol line. As to grips, the 39 came with wood, but most of the 59s came with a plastic one. www.luckygunner.com/lounge/guide-smith-wesson-semi-automatic-models/
For the first 15 seconds of the vid, I thought it was Hickok
No grips for 59 came with only black plastic grips.
Original grips were plastic.
Nylon
That isn't on resident evil. Lol
I played the original Resident Evil game and I thought the samurai edge was a beretta 92?
Eric what is the most accurate pistol yu have ever shot
Eric, those are Herritt aftermarket stocks on the S&W 59. The skipped-diamond pattern was a trademark Herritt feature.
To disable the mag safety, remove the rear site, take out the button and spring on the left side( safety side). Gun functions perfectly without it.
That will affect the magazine removal. Better to file off the post on the disconnector, (I forget which side, I did this to my Model 39 I haven't had in 30 years) and the magazine pops out like a champ.
Jbog07 I’ve done this to different ones. Have yet to have magazine removal issues.
The only real reason to disable the mag release is to improve the trigger. The triggers on these guns (unlike the Browning Hi Power) are really really good. Not worth altering what is a very historically significant firearm considering.
luvfreedom no, the only reason is so gun functions without the mag inserted. It has nothing to do with the trigger. Thanks for playing.
@@edmcclure8766 Yeah thanks Captain obvious but my point, that you spectacularly missed, was that the biggest benefit for doing that, at least in my opinion, is improving the trigger. These don't really need that. Not worth messing with a very collectible gun given how good the triggers are. Just an opinion there skippy. What other groundbreaking insights are gonna share next? That fire is hot and water is wet?
I've got a 39 that my Dad gave me back in the 70's. He got it from a leo who upgraded to a 59 for it's increased capacity.
That was a great era for S&W semis!
I don't think their quality is the same. I used to "collect" S&W D/A revolvers and the quality on them went into the toilet.
Yep. Now, it's all this plastic shit. I don't care about plastic. Give me some aluminum and some stainless.
Model 59 original stocks are black nylon with the S&W logo on them. 5906 factory mags work in all 59 series pistols
Eric,
I would have preferred you talking more about the gun, the design, the history, etc. instead of making a Hickock style "watch me shoot" shooting video. People need to learn more about these older model S&Ws and realize what great guns they really are.
that would take '' fat ass '' to know something about the gun , that will never happen
I’ve still got a 59 patent pending lnib and it’s great those grips definitely aren’t original
Uncle Mikes makes after market rubber grips for the 59 that are thinner than most 59 wood grips if looking to take down the "chunky" feeling a tad.
@@easyfiveOsink thanks, I'll get some if the one I pick up has thick aftermarket ones. Should have never let my first one get away.
pretty sure all the regular 59's say patent pending according to the smith book they started at serial number A175000 his is 385000 and change 385000 thru A475000 serial number where produce 1977-1978 so about the 4 or 5th year into production of them
they are great guns i got 2 39-2's and a nickle model 59
I believe the model 59 came with black plastic grips.
Old school? LoL I remember when the 59s were considered cutting edge technology. The 39s claim to fame wasn't as much the Hush Puppies as it was the adoption of the M39 by the Illinois State Police. That sent shock waves through the law enforcement community and made it the first adoption of one of the new Wonder 9s by a major US LE organization.
The reason he doesn't feel the reset is because old model S&W handguns had a reset of 1/8th to 3/16th of an inch. Think about that. That means the trigger just barely has to move forward to reset. A finger twitch could reset the trigger. The designers of these old school guns really knew what they were doing.
The original grips are a black plastic with the S&W logo on them. I have one that was my grandfathers that he bought brand new in 1971 and was his sidearm on the police department at the time.
I have a former police 59 as well with the patent pending rollmark and the black plastic grips. Think mine is a 1980 or 1981 production, coincidentally also belonged to my grandfather at one point!
Hoosiers, represent!
@@judsongaiden9878 same here, i have my grandpas model 59 from the 70s. was his service pistol
I bought one yesterday and everything is original on it I’m shocked becous I never thought fully stock original ones would even be around. I no nothing about this gun but I’m learning a lot I like the way it shoots tho
Original grips from factory would be black nylon with very little checkering.
Exactly right! Also seemed slimmer than most aftermarket grips.
I like the 5906.
BIG fan of the channel,you guys are awesome,I think a RANGE VS CARRY AMMO video would be very informational, and mabey just for fun "IF YOU COULD ONLY OWN (5,10) GUNS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" in a top 5 or top 10 format.
My Dad's carry gun for decades! Loaded with 115 Slivertip JHPs, it was always a treat to fire this gun! Eventually he replaced it with the SIG P226 I gave him.
I have the model 39 ,I bought when I got out of the Navy in 69 ! Bought 459 when it came out ! Nice guns, still in the safe , somewhere !
Talk about prop 63 in California we need serious support!
Make it easy for him. He can just say, "California. Sheesh.". No wasted words for what should be hours of listing the regulations and laws that California should drop.
The only thing that can help cali is if it falls off into the ocean
@@RcB_1985 thanks for the support.... There are more gun owners in CA than any other State. Eventually laws from here may trickle down to your state. Constitutional law and its consistency must be enforced/evaluated against California's infringements before the entire country becomes like California.
@@BiggestArmInWestLinnOregon Seconded man. I've been buying up everything I can before the BC goes into effect and it's been killing me to think about.
@@thomasmiller1263 or I could just support the constitution and vote like I live in America and fight.
He puts 3 on top of each other there at 70 yards... fluke or not that was impressive
No fluke it's very accurate!!
ISP carried 5906s loaded with 115gr. Jhp. On a different note. I recently saw an Aguila Mini slug penetrate 16 " of gel, A tub full of gel pieces, then authoritatively knock down the Ar500 steel plate set up behind all that. Notice the similarity of projectile profile to the Lehigh Extreme Penetrator. Please gel test the Aguila mini-slug.
S&W 5906 was in the resident evil film. What RE video game did they use a model 59???
When we think of the RE series its Beretta 92, Colt Python, HK VP70, Browning Hi power, HK USP.
The models, 59, 459, 915. 910, 5906 etc. are some of the best semi-auto pistols S&W ever made. S&W never should have abandoned DA/SA hammer-fired guns in favor of striker-fired only weapons. Don't get me wrong, the M&P and SD series guns are good, but S&W left the hammer-fired field open to the likes of SIG, CZ and Beretta when they should have been producing polymer framed versions of their hammer-fired wonder nines!
BTW Eric, NEVER ask that sneak, Yankee Marshall EVER again if donating to one of his causes makes you "a good guy." He took right to TH-cam to make it sound like you were grovelling before him.
I love the S&W 39/59 series, especially the 3rd generation guns... The one I don't have and still want is the aluminum frame 6906, probably the gem of the bunch for carry. The 3rd gen guns with the one piece wrap around grip are less blocky feeling.
Check out Lionheart Industries LH9N for an essentially updated version of the 59 based on the South Korean Daewoo K5 , or their Regulus for an even newer version.
www.lionheartindustries.com
I always liked the Model 59. Became a staple of law enforcement. Even though the pistols are an older design these days, I still consider them acceptable as side arms. They are not THAT far behind the curve compared to more modern designs. I mean if the 1911 is still kicking, this clearly should be too.
i have the SW 69 series SubCompact version...very cool and classic... like it better than plastic m&p series.. lol
Very underrated gun yet much respected by the gun community. RCMP up in Canada use them as their main service pistols (model 5946).
The grips were like a bakelite or plastic
I just had a chance to try the trigger in a shop. Like a target pistol! Really want to get it now. It is even cheaper than some modern hammer fired pistols here where I live! 😊
The original grips were black plastic for police variants and walnut with gold SW logo for civilian gun store models
Those are rosewood after-market grips. I think Herters made them. I bought the same grip panels for my M-59 back in 1978. They did make the grip pretty wide. Everubody is right when they say the original grips were black plastic or bakelite.
Had a nice old mod.59 with a set of 500$+ Sambar Stag grips on it(original grips are checkered black plastic_got those too).....sold the gun but kept the grips!! Always diggin your videos brothers, best to you n yours and an early Happy 4th of July!!Mike.
Mine was purchased new in the early to mid 1970's (by me) and still shows pat. pending but came with plastic grips (which I didn't find objectionable or was too tight $$ to replace. It truly is a hand full--back then double stack was new and everybody thought it was the only way to go. I used to join in an occasional bowling pin competition and somewhere I found a 25 round mag for it. Nothing substitutes for accuracy like a greater supply of ammo. Right? Still have both. BTW, it shoots great.
“Guys, let me tell ya, that dang ole gun will flat out shoot.”-Every Iraqvet8888 gun review.
I began a career as a police officer in 1973. Our dept. used revolvers but a neighboring city had switched to Model 59s. Every one of the officer's guns I saw had black plastic grips. The Model 39 had wood grips.
The first Resident Evil game had the Beretta 92.
I learned to shoot on my dad’s 70s era model 59, that I inherited when he passed away last year. It was always a reliable handgun, even the one time I accidentally loaded the .380 rounds in the magazine... That old steel work horse didn’t care, it just keep shooting, but it would stove pipe every other casing as it tried to chamber the next round.
Woah. I'm a huge RE1 fan. First game I ever played on my own, in fact, and I do not recall the model 59 in it. I remember the Beretta 92, Colt Python, Remington 870, the M202 Flash, the flamethrower and the ARWEN 37.. Though I was 7 at the time.
Never mind. I see now it was used in those blasphemous movie adaptations.
Checkered black nylon grips is what my 1974 model came with.
I have the 659 stainless steel version. It does feel like a brick in my hand and I hate the sights, but it's always been 100% reliable which is why I keep it.
This was my first pistol, my uncle Tom is a retired marine, I was 17 when he gave it to me. It was a patent pending model. Came with black grips with slight checkering, I think they were nylon. Anyways I shot the piss out of that pistol, and thought I would never get rid of it..... Traded it straight across for a g19x. One of the first ones in Lake havasu city. Thanks for the video man! This is seriously a well made, awesome, reliable pistol. I'm gonna get me another one, one of these days 👍👍
Bought a 659 in ‘82 it came with thin black plastic grips. 100% reliable workhorse
I had one of the originals with ILL SP. Black plastic handles and is NOT drop safe on hammer. 459 and later had drop safety! Wonderful line of pistols!
Starsky's weapon of choice
Wow!!! A handgun that Eric is praising that isn't a glock.
One can never go wrong relying on old school S&W handguns. 1st, 2nd AND 3rd gen handguns. ALL are VERY reliable. And if you can't hold one and shoot it for short periods because you think it's too heavy or carry conceal one for the same reason, then you need to take your ass to the gym. My 5906 was my duty gun for many years in to different states in two different positions that I ore on my hip for 8 to 12 hour shifts. Never weighed me down.
Esit: 4rd was changed to 3rd as it should be because someone finally read my comment and saw that. lol
Returning Shadow 4rd?
You mean 4th?
@@Josh-bc9ps
Hahahahahaha I was wondering if someone was gonna catch that or if anyone reads my comments. Actually Old school S&W stopped at THIRD generation. Good catch.
Returning Shadow yeah haha. Thanks
I'm rather fond of the old school S&Ws and own several examples including the 59. Personally I prefer the 39 series. It seems to fit my hand well. Now if I can just find a Gen 2 at a good price.
I have a stainless 5906 and its my favourite semi auto.
Make me feel old! In 1973 the Sheriff's Department I was working for bought 59s. I was a young pup right out of the Military and paid for mine with my radio number in the serial number. Memories.
And entirely made of steel. not alloy. not plastic. Superb!
Go to gunpartscorp dot com. They have all the parts to rebuild them.
A friend of mine has one. I have never shot it but it fills my hand nicely. Not nearly as blocky as the Beretta M92.
Since when is a beretta blocky?
My first and only handgun so far is a model 59 patent pending which I switched out the plastic grips for rose wood grips I absolutely love it
The magazine disconnects can be negated through the rear sight. For anyone that wants to know.
My first pistol I bought back in 1990 was the S&W 3rd generation 5903 I paid $509.95 it came with 2-15 round magazines. Love that gun. Never had an issue with it and runs flawlessly every time I pull the trigger.😎