Weekend with Ken Hackathorn; Episode 4: RARE Smith & Wesson Automatics

[@Frank-uw5xq]

What an honor to be spending this time with Ken...

[@1776_duck]

One of the great honors of my life!

[@Frank-uw5xq]

@@1776_duck definitely brother

[@traviswilson2158]

My dad was a huge fan of the 3rd gen Smiths so they always make me think of him. Awesome video, that 5906 is 🔥🔥

[@redbird7775]

History!!! Could watch this kind of videos all day! Thank guys for persevering it!!!

[@1776_duck]

Thank you for enjoying it!

[@austinscott2577]

I am a sucker for the 3rd gen Smiths. 4506s, 1006s, 1026s, 4516, etc. Love them.

[@1776_duck]

Well, I bet you've enjoyed this video!

[@Doc893]

i just wanted to say letting him just talk is the best thing you could have done as the interviewer in this case. Does he ramble off at times, sure, but what nuggets of history we would lose if you were trying to lead him places. You did great and Ive really enjoyed these videos

[@1776_duck]

When Hack talks, I listen.

[@stephensackreiter8269]

I could listen to Ken talk about anything, what a cool guy. A living legend

[@jknewb6276]

This is straight GOLD! Thank you gents for sharing these awesome pieces!!

[@1776_duck]

This is a particularly cool video, showing some history you don't normally see!

[@mundoh5947]

Smith and wesson 1st 2nd and 3rd guns are amazing.

[@BrianKern2121]

I wish S&W would redo the 5906 instead of the metal M&Ps

[@jlee7811]

Totally agree. I’d love for them to do a production gun similar to the Performance Center 5906 that they did as a demo for the Mexican Special Forces that Jerry Miculek showed off a few years ago. I really prefer the integrated rail, vs the bolt on rail section they did for most of the TSW models.

[@BrianKern2121]

@@jlee7811 and Optics ready

[@maegeri007]

I bought one from the pawnshop. It’s in pristine condition.

[@mariopena7793]

So much knowledge! So much history!! I love it! Can’t wait to see more!!

[@1776_duck]

This video has some really cool, unique history for sure!

[@bevofan123]

1911s will always be my first love, but the S&W 1st-3rd gen autos do appeal to me. Glad you found a few you can appreciate.

[@hammer_Fired]

Love seeing anything with Ken. My HK45 he helped develop is one of my favorite handguns

[@billassande7628]

I love 3rd Gen Smith's and that 5906 is so cool.

[@mikebillman8089]

3rd gen Smith & Wesson automatics deserve much more attention. They never got the attention or respect they deserved even back when they were new. The da/sa factory trigger actions had a bit to do with this. The term crunch ticker was used often to describe them.

[@jpmonster68]

The problem was always the DA trigger. The SA on my 1st and 2nd Gens is still super crisp with a tiny reset. The PC guns had amazing triggers, its a shame they never tried to get close to it in the production guns. My PC Shorty Forty has an insane DA pull, and i wish they all had it

[@plainwalker7524]

Smith needs to bring back the 5906, there’s a resurgence of older designs being desirable. They should also absolutely make a run of those JDF ones lol they’d sell pretty quick imo

[@IrradiatedLimes]

3rd gen smiths are some of the coolest guns available. The 5906 is what the BHP wishes it was

[@1776_duck]

OHHHHHHH THE HP FANS WILL BE IN HERE SOON!

[@sgtcwhatley]

​@@1776_duck already here

[@Amir_Nassir]

shots fired!

[@michaelpfeiler5537]

Listen, they're both fantastic designs, but the 5906 is just too good.

[@maegeri007]

What’s BHP?

[@johncoleman2495]

Love this time you're spending with Ken! I asked you once on one of your Q&A segments what you thought of S&W autos and you said "I don't" 😂😂😂

[@chuckmadden18]

I’d love to see you run a Chris Costa course. He’s also a fan of the 1911, but a modern gun trainer. Man knows how to run a gun. Ken is obviously legit haha.

[@VHP7044]

Lucky enough to have a 5906 ppc 5 inch. Really nice pistol.

[@tomgordon4395]

enjoy, I would never part with that one if I were you, there were slightly over 1000 ever made, whats your serial number? Are you original owner?

[@richardtouch4893]

Thanks Duck for this S&W video like you promised. Great stuff.

[@1776_duck]

Of course!

[@gordonmcmillan5709]

BIG 2nd/3rd gen guy here.

[@SherlockTowers]

3rd Gen's are that second kind of cool. And Devel's are Swenson kind of cool.

[@1776_duck]

Facts.

[@f-grade]

I was so giddy to see the 945 sitting on the table. It was my grail gun back in college when it was at the tail-end of production. It would be some time before I could afford a $2k handgun. They discontinued the two-tone model I wanted and subsequently axed the stainless a few years later. I was pretty devastated, but in 2016 I finally got a two-tone on Gunbroker. It's one of the best guns Smith ever made. I now own a pretty decent lineup: 645, 745, PC 845, PC 945, 1006, 1076, 4505, and a 410. I'm a lovesick puppy for the 2nd / 3rd gen Smiths.

[@TheGingerKing1994]

No rail for a light as god intended! Good to see him

[@xtreme4stringbass]

These videos are a real pleasures.

[@jamesfortune5119]

What great stories and history 👍🏻

[@1776_duck]

Some unique stuff here, for sure!

[@donmallard2141]

Fun fact... Claudio Salassa, Paul Liebenberg and Robbie Barrkman, all South Africans. They all worked at one time for the same gun store in Johannesburg in the early eighties.

[@tomgordon4395]

Well, This was a great video on rare S&W guns, a little more detail would have been nice on the 945 & 5906. The 945 is one of only 5 ever made in that configuration, a special run built by Tom Gordon spec'd out in cooperation with Ken as is true with the 5906. The muzzle shroud was originally deigned by Al Z. while the version shown was a TG version that included the light mount and ability to quickly remove / remount. All fabricated independently by Tom G. outside of S&W, with mounting cuts on frame engineered at S&W by TG and the great pistol team in the Performance Center

[@Olds350rocket]

Are you the Tom Gordon from the PC?

[@tomgordon4395]

@@Olds350rocket Yes, have we ever met along the way?

[@Olds350rocket]

@@tomgordon4395 No but it would be an honor. I have two Wischo PC 9mm Target Champion's (featured on my channel) that I'm pretty sure you had your hands on at one point. They are exceptional pistols and the accuracy is outstanding. I thank you for your part in making these guns amazing. Owning and shooting one is something someone has to experience to believe. If you are in any way up for a few questions,I have some. We have been looking for you over on the S&W forum.

[@tomgordon4395]

@@Olds350rocket Hi, happy to answer questions on PC Pistols, how do I contact you privately?

[@Olds350rocket]

@@tomgordon4395 I'll send you a message on your channel.

[@jimb1947]

Smith and Wesson Model 745 single action is an awesome S&W semi-auto pistol.

[@Dadof5-4]

S&W made a huge mistake when they canceled their metal guns. Love all of my S&W autos

[@maegeri007]

So do I.

[@lucky-rowe2623]

Good stuff!

[@charlesmullins3238]

The Mexican special forces one jerry showed few yrs back one I’d love to have..the .40s were everywhere round here in the 90s

[@sliderack]

Love the Hac Tac pistol. 🔥😎🇺🇸

[@1776_duck]

It's easily my favorite out of the bunch.

[@w.w.9047]

There’s a mint Shorty 45 on Gunbroker right now at Sarah15.

[@GIJose]

Get in line. Ken will adopt me one of these days.

[@JONISTI1]

As an avid shooter since 1978 I have always know S&W auto prowess as they had some of the best pistol Smiths and designers (no engineer driven) but experience smiths... Jim Fish was the legend. Then on to the PC days thru made some phenom platforms yet as time went on by the early 2000s they Smiths we're not there and they were replaced by Part changers and young kids who really never grew up in a 2A state of Massachusetts to understand 2A experience hense S&W painful bottom fall... Those S&W autos of those days are not looked at much as the young ones like polymer stuff that killed the metal auto and no revolvers shooters were coming up ... those autos are amazing to me...

[@loupuleff571]

Awesome guns I just fit a Briley bushing to my 10mm long slide haven’t shot it yet

[@Olds350rocket]

A 1006?

[@loupuleff571]

@@Olds350rocket no para elite

[@DanTheWolfman]

Cool Stuff! I BELIEVE Devel had the patents on screwdriver fluted bulleets long ago before all the rage and felt shadowy figures were following him before he got killed... What was the agency that used the 5906s...were there secret Yakuza bathhouse shootouts back in the day? I've spent 1 1/2 years in Japan so thats mighty interesting to me

[@jrk9679]

I dunno what’s not to like about 3rd Gen Smiths. Anyone who claims to be any kind of gun aficionado, expert or even just regular gun guys like me know that the all metal 3rd gens are some of the best shooting and most reliable pistols of all time.

[@PH-qi4ho]

We need S&W to bring hammer fired, all-steel autos back.

[@LVbibby]

Thanks for these videos, but my wallet hates me and I'll never recover from the new Smith's and performance center auto's I'm addicted to now.

[@rudukai13]

I want that 5906. God damn

[@1776_duck]

Same.

[@lukas7956]

I own a 1983 Model 539 built on a carbon steel frame with adjustable sights mounted on the slide. Does that count me in the club?

[@joekrichten9208]

Is Ken still with Wilson? I notice their U-tube has stopped. Have they moved to Rumble?

[@WN_Byers]

Why haven't they rereleased any all metal DA/SA? Cost of materials and labor. And inflation

[@1776_duck]

Yup.

[@escapetheterror1]

Wait till he gets his hands on a 1873 Colt.

[@1776_duck]

That's next week's video.

[@podegenst0ner303]

Hush Puppy??

[@ralphalter3621]

I carry a brace of M39s

[@1776_duck]

Sweet!

[@salve8496]

that Japanese one... imagine if Smith still made those

[@The_Comedian556]

Names of the guns please

[@1776_duck]

...Hack lists every one of these guns in the video.

[@mollyknaur3894]

To bad S&W Q C Sucks now

[@austinmurphy6359]

Ken is cool but hes a great example of a full blown Fudd. He never kept up with the times and most of his knowledge is out dated or just straight Fudd lore. Outside of firearm history id stear clear of and shooting advice.

[@Amir_Nassir]

i've always wanted a CS9 Chief's Special. Never even seen one in real life, but i'll continue to search! Maybe someday

[@Olds350rocket]

They are on gb daily.

[@podegenst0ner303]

BONER ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 i can only get SOOOO ERECT sir i loved my 1076 😊