In 2007 I gave my son the model 19-2 6-inch I used to shoot the second highest score (up to 1976) at the Missouri Highway Patrol Academy . I waited until he was in a position (married, purchased his own house ETC.) to keep it.
He didn't know I was going to give it to him.
I put it in a S&W presentation box with the newspaper articles and my badge.
I hope someday he will pass it on to his son, my grandson, who is now 7 yrs old.