Seems like as good a place as any to jump into a thread ... I ran into Combat at a gun show yesterday and he put me onto a deal from a guy walking around looking for trades just before closing time. I was actually shopping for something else yesterday (used Beretta 3032 or a 38/357 derringer) but this hog leg for $300 changed my direction instantly.

Numbers stamped into the metal:
MOD 19-5
C14
919XX
F5

Numbers stamped in ink on the back of the grips:
FEB 910XX

The guy said that his dad passed down two of them and he was letting one go and keeping the other. My guess is that the grips got mixed up somewhere along the way since the numbers don't match. No idea about the actual age but I read somewhere that the 19-5 was produced from 1982-88. Sound about right?