Post by Claymore This is the new new model MGC S&W 459 9mm, this cost me £190 which is approx $350 i think, yes expensive but then all the new models are.
![MGC S&W 459 459a](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/claymore/459a.jpg)
First impressions
first impressions out of the box were excellent, the finish is matt black but looks very good. and it has smith & wesson on the left side of the slide.
The 459 is not a large gun,combat commander size(ish) but it has a good weight to it about 866g loaded (which is heavier than the commander).
The model is made of ABS with some metal parts, this one came with pachmeyr grips. Now this would normally be an excellent extra, however the grips on this model are very bulky and although they fit my hand (my hands are not the largest in the world) they are not as comfy as pachmeyr's usually are.
The 459 takes 15 rounds and is semi auto only (as you might expect). The barrel is chrome which at first worried me as i have had nothing but trouble with chrome barrels on my MGC 45's (constantly breaking) which is i believe to do with the chroming process.
However the 459 barrel looks solid and so far shows no sign of giving up the ghost. The plus side to that is that a chrome barrel really does set the model off well. The mag is also chrome and a metal one however the mag is fairly small in dimensions due to the fact that the rounds are not full 9mm size, but that does not detract from the model in any way.
Rounds
Although the rounds are 9mm they are in size more like 380 as they are the same as the ingram rounds and you can use the ingram rounds in it.
They take a 5mm cap and are slightly different in shape at the bullet head to the ingram. This is a good thing as the seals which are tiny always blow off the ingram and after you fire them a few times the seals break, annoying and frustrating.
With the slightly different shape of the 459 round this blowing the seal does not happen.
Firing the gun
This is one of the loudest model guns i have, you get a really good crack from the round and the spent case gets ejected forcefully. The 459 has a double action trigger so if a round fails to fire first time it's easy enough to just pull the trigger again to set the cap off. The trigger pull is smooth and not heavy even in double action use and the slide has a good smooth movement as well. The barrel is open as usual and with this being a small gun you get a decent amount of smoke and sparks out of the barrel. I really enjoy firing this gun it performs well, you do get the occasional jam when a round fails to function correctly (so not a problem with the the gun itself) and of course as the rounds and the barrel pin get dirty then you can expect ejection problems.
Overall
This is a very well put together model solid in construction and i am very pleased with it. I stay away from 5mm cap firing models usually because of the seal problem, i have reverted to the old type round for the ingram because of the seals, i also have a USP which has been converted to take the 7mm real look rounds. The 459 has put my faith back in the 5mm cap and i wopuld pick another 5mm model from MGC now.
For me also i will probably change the pachmeyr's to wooden ones, simply bexcause the pach's are to bulky for me and just dont feel right in my hand. So if you have small hands stick to standard grips.