![]() The Model 59 was reportedly developed partly as a result of attempts to improve the Model 39 Hush puppy variation for Navy Seal usage. ![]() Wonder-nine is a term coined for 9mm semiauto pistols that combine the traditional double-action operating method, first used on the German WWII issue Walther P-38, with the double column high capacity magazine introduced on the Browning High Power of the same era. Here is an example of the information provided:Īlthough the Model 39 is oft encited as the first American double-action 9mm, the Model 59 is perhaps even more significant as possibly the first of the Wonder-nine breed that eventually came to play a major role in the police and defensive handgun market in the 1980s and 1990s. I have the digital version which I read with the free Kindle app on my desktop, laptop and smartphone. It is availabe in print and digital form. ![]() It provides a lot of history on S&W, its guns and other products made by them over the years except for maybe its golf clubs. Welcome01 to the forums from the Wiregrass! We use a reference book by Supica and Hahas called The Standard Catalog of S&W (SCSW), 4th Edition. ![]()
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