Is Smith & Wesson Bringing Back the Stainless Wondernine?

[Anchorite]

Okay, there has to be a story behind that. Dish Bro.


I can't imagine why they would. Especially given Smith and Wesson is leaving Massachusetts.


I have some experience in the manufacturing field, but it's been decades.

I am repeating something that I have heard from people who are way smarter than me.

Third generation Smith & Wessons were labor intensive and they required skilled labor to make, more so than the M&P series.

I'm almost positive that Smith & Wesson would have to retool the line and start over if they were going to go back to making 3rd generation guns.

I have heard people much smarter than myself speculate that a 5906 made today would cost right around $1,500.

I don't know what their budget models (Model 915 for example) would cost but it would cost more than an M&P I'll bet you that.

So anyway, that's the most common reason I hear for them not being reintroduced.

I’ve often wondered if the SA line of 1911s employs skilled labor in the assembly of their pistols.

Today I was handling a SA loaded model that was priced at $950.

I have to wonder if the manufacturer and assembly of a 1911 seems just as labor intensive as the S&W Third Gen.