Posted: 3/2/2010 12:40:08 PM EDT
| I'm thinking of picking up one of these. Only problem is that I have never seen or shot one in person. How is the grip? I imagine being a single stack the grip is relatively small...or at least thin...is this true? How does it compare to the grip of a 1911? |
It's an adjustable sight....good sights but look a little big/funny but unique to Smith. I'd say a like new 4506 would go for $500 or so. I bought a bunch of beat up ones for $399 each a couple years ago and prices are going up on these and all 3rd gen Smiths. I've seen unfired ones go for $650. Offer $400 and see if they bite but don't go over $500. The 4506 is a truly great 45 that will last forever even with heavy use. Here is one of mine:
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I had one that I bought used way back in '93. It was a police trade-in that looked like it stayed in the box instead of a holster, looked new and unfired. It is definitely a bigger gun. I do not have small hands either. I didn't have a hard time reaching the trigger, but it does have a bigger grip and to me didn't feel like a 1911. That gun fired everything I put through it from factory ball ammo, hollow points and even my handloads of 200 grain SWC lead target loads. It was 100% reliable. However I sold it for $400 eleven years ago.
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