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From: gozer!klm@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin L. McBride)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: S&W 6906
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Date: 22 May 91 16:38:41 GMT
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In article <34642@mimsy.umd.edu> ejohnson@cs.washington.edu (Eric Johnson) writes:
#I am looking at getting a compact double-action 9mm pistol. I would
#like something with an ambidextrous hammer-drop safety. I really like
#the Smith 6906. Does anyone out here have that pistol and what do you think  
#of it? Thanks for your help. Reply here or Email...

As another netter recently quipped when I asked pretty much the same
question:

	"Damn Smith and Wesson.  They make too many damn good guns."

The 69__ S&W lineup has too many different combinations of features,
some nice, some not so.  I was considering getting either a 6906 (or
was it the 6926 or the 6946?  I forget) or a SIG P228.

I ended up buying the SIG.  It's a simpler weapon with no options on
the operating system.  If it's stainless you are looking for, get the
S&W.  SIGs don't come that way (yet.)

Don't get me wrong, the S&W is a fine weapon and I almost bought one.
It's just that I liked the SIG a little bit better and when I had the
opportunity to get a SIG for $30 less than a S&W, I bought the SIG.

The only problem I've had with the SIG so far is that I tend to worry
too much when it gets wet.  :-) I forget that they are made to take
abuse.  On the other hand, when you pay ~ $600 for something, you
don't want to abuse it.  The SIG is a keeper which means that I've got
to take good care of it.

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