Smith 39

[dfletcher]

Has anyone done any touch up work on the frame of a Smith 39? I'm familiar with the Birchwood Casey blacking, doesn't work very well and definitely not high gloss. Their touch up pen is OK but not very durable. I have Brownells baking laquer and am most likely going to use that after surface prep. I've used their "non-bake" stuff alot and it's pretty good, but for this I want to do the more durable finish. I'd use the duracoat but of course once the can is popped it's no good after 24 hrs IIRC, don't want to kill a whole can for what totals up to about 1 sq inch.

I presume there's no hand paint version to use, all spray type?

[blasterp7]

Has anyone done any touch up work on the frame of a Smith 39? I'm familiar with the Birchwood Casey blacking, doesn't work very well and definitely not high gloss. Their touch up pen is OK but not very durable. I have Brownells baking laquer and am most likely going to use that after surface prep. I've used their "non-bake" stuff alot and it's pretty good, but for this I want to do the more durable finish. I'd use the duracoat but of course once the can is popped it's no good after 24 hrs IIRC, don't want to kill a whole can for what totals up to about 1 sq inch.

I presume there's no hand paint version to use, all spray type?

I would say - sell it to me - problem solved

[hambam105]

I have ample experience with Smith 39s.

And I can claim, as fact, that any non factory applied chemical masking of any color to the slide or frame of any Smith & Weasel Model 39, in the form of liquid Birchwood Casey spluie, or the application by any handheld urban graffiti utensil(s) often referred to a marking pens, will, and without fail, impede the external ballistic performance, of any bullet weight in any bullet configuration, including but not limited to the bullets's external velocity, to the extent of rendering one perfectly good 9X19mm cartridge to the operational equivalent of a .22 Rimfire Short.

[Bainter1212]

+1 sell it to me and I will tell you if the spray works or not.

Been looking for a 39 or a -2 for quite some time now.

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[plumbum]

I think a S&W 39 has earned any and all of it's imperfections - sell it before you botch it (anything you change will only lessen its value).

[dfletcher]

I think a S&W 39 has earned any and all of it's imperfections - sell it before you botch it (anything you change will only lessen its value).

It came with Pachmayer rubber grips, which I immediately tossed, that pretty much match the gun's finish in age and use. I don't mind the "honest wear" stuff, but the spot bugging looks like someone shot it a dozen or so times with a BB gun on the right side, ahead of the trigger all the way to the front of the frame. About 2" long in a thinnish line.

I'll tell ya, $199.00 doesn't buy much gun these days - good thing it came with 3 mags ...

[hambam105]

The M39 was really the only decent shooting semi auto pistol Smith & Weasel ever made. Yes, that included their Glock copies.

One day in the not too distant future you will find someone to make it look nice again. By then you might not even want refinish it. Just shot it and have fun.

[gaberaynes]

Is it the alloy or steel frame version??

[blasterp7]

Is it the alloy or steel frame version??

My guess is that it is the aluminum frame version, not only because he is trying to use products designed for aluminum, but because their were only about 900 and change of the steel framed versions made. I got to hold one once - pretty heavy for the size.

If it is by chance steel - I would say STOP - do not pass go and have a collector look at it. They would want, it in any condition , to be as close to original as possible. and with what you could get for the steel version, you could buy a TON of aluminum framed 39's.

[mitch1]

Another fan of the 39-2. The only S and W semi that fits my hand well

[gaberaynes]

My guess is that it is the aluminum frame version, not only because he is trying to use products designed for aluminum, but because their were only about 900 and change of the steel framed versions made. I got to hold one once - pretty heavy for the size.

If it is by chance steel - I would say STOP - do not pass go and have a collector look at it. They would want, it in any condition , to be as close to original as possible. and with what you could get for the steel version, you could buy a TON of aluminum framed 39's.

[dfletcher]

Is it the alloy or steel frame version??

Alloy. If I had a steel framed version, well it would either be left as is or for sale in a LGS.

[dfletcher]

The M39 was really the only decent shooting semi auto pistol Smith & Weasel ever made. Yes, that included their Glock copies.

One day in the not too distant future you will find someone to make it look nice again. By then you might not even want refinish it. Just shot it and have fun.

Perhaps in DA/SA Smiths. I have their CS45 and it's OK, bore sits pretty high though. I think their 52, 952 and 745 (all SA) are very good.

[Ron-Solo]

The M39 was really the only decent shooting semi auto pistol Smith & Weasel ever made. Yes, that included their Glock copies.

One day in the not too distant future you will find someone to make it look nice again. By then you might not even want refinish it. Just shot it and have fun.

[morrcarr67]

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