What is a S & W "356TSW"?

[doctorj]

I bought two "69 series" mags for my 469. One has "356TS&W" stamped on it with the S & W logo. It fits my gun and works fine. What does this mean?

 

[MrBlonde]

I beleive TSW stands for Tactical Smith and Wesson. That series are small frame pistols. I hate to put up links to places, such as these but you can find out more at http://data.smith-wesson.com/sport/select_firearm.cfm Please forgive me for posting this address, an older boy made me do it I swear.

[This message has been edited by MrBlonde (edited August 29, 2000).]

 

[Mike Irwin]

The .356 was a very short lived Performance Center gun/cartridge combination a couple of years ago.

I THINK that the .356 TSW cartridge was a beefed up .38 Super designed to easily make major, but I'm not entirely certain about that.

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.

 

[LawDog]

IIRC, the .356TSW is a lengthened 9mm round, much like the 9x21 or the 9x23.

LawDog

 

[Matt VDW]

The .356TSW was basically a 9x19mm round loaded to very high pressures and lengthened by about 2mm so it wouldn't chamber in 9x19mm pistols. The idea was to create a high performance round that would fit in pistols designed around the 9x19mm cartridge.