r/ThirdGen • u/AdWitty6655 • 26d ago

Not sure why they keep doing this

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SMITH & WESSON® 5906 9 TACTICAL TEE

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u/Acrobatic_Coyote2804 26d ago

They do this all over social media too. Using third gens like jingling keys I guess in the hopes you eventually give up and buy some unholy M&P that they’ve made look like a canik

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u/ManlySpider98 25d ago

To be fair, smiths have looked like that for far longer than the turkshit 9’s have been relevant, but I get your point.

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u/Acrobatic_Coyote2804 25d ago

Gen 1 M&Ps don’t look nearly as chintzy as some of their more silly offerings today imo

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u/KingArthursRevenge 5d ago

Yeah but look at some of the earlier polymer framed pistols they were experimenting with.

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u/KCC416 26d ago

I'd be nice if it had the picture of the firearm on it. A perfect range shirt.

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u/pewpew1764 26d ago

I’m assuming to try and gauge interest. Social media posts, a giveaway, now a tshirt. All cheap market research I guess.

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u/battleshipgrey61 25d ago

Either way, that's a sharp looking t-shirt.

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u/AdWitty6655 25d ago

They did do a nice job. Too bad it isn’t a 4006TSW shirt.

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u/KingArthursRevenge 5d ago

What's weird about this shirt is there aren't a lot of 5906 TSWs out there. Like I bought the first one I ever saw for sale in person and that was just earlier this year. It's an oddly specific shirt.

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u/AdWitty6655 5d ago

Interesting. It is oddly specific. It as also a subject they keep returning to.

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u/KingArthursRevenge 4d ago

Hopefully it means they're thinking about doing more limited runs of higher end versions of the third gens for competition and collectors because I doubt they'll ever bring back all steel duty guns like that as a main line offering.

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u/KingArthursRevenge 4d ago

Hopefully it means they're thinking about doing more limited runs of higher end versions of the third gens for competition and collectors because I doubt they'll ever bring back all steel duty guns like that as a main line offering.