Both are Model 19-4's, would like some info on them. The nikle one has B 10 on the crane and 42K over 19-4. The blued one has A4 on the crane and 48K over 19-4.
Is some way to polish the Nickle up a little?
Thanks

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Nice beginning....

...try a little simichrome paste for cleaning that nickle...

That blued one is cherry!

The nickel one should polish up nice. I picked one up a while back and showed it here. I since had taken a dremel with a buffing wheel to it and it is a shiney now... the nickel is growing on me- especially since I added nice wood grips to it flitz polish and a rag works well according to others here.

congrats! The more I play with my k frames the more I like em.

very nice.enjoy them and clean them and shoot them and hug them....oh sorry just enjoy them.

Oh, wow -- you just made a horrible mistake.

Don't you see all the S&W addicts in this forum? Most of them started with one Smith... and now you've gone and started with two?!?!?!

I don't know how to break this to you, but you are now infected with an incurable disease we call S&Witis. And with a double-exposure like you have, the case is certain to be severe and lasting.

Symptoms include buying another Smith within 30 days (or in your case it will probably be two), spending more per year on wood grips than on health care, and of course an unusual habit of photographing your guns - a symptom I see has already set it.

There is no cure, and no doctor will see you for what ails you. Luckily, you are among fellow addicts. We support you. We understand you like no others do. Welcome to our world.

Very nice.
SJshooter couldn't be more right.

Seg,
Very nicely done! Try some Mothers mag and wheel polish on your nickel gun. I bought a model 38 that looked like your 19, after I worked it over with the Mothers the result was amazing (there is a picture of it in the "J" frame family photos post).

SJ - Awesome reply, I even printed it out so I could show my wife what was wrong with me! I always knew we had something, now I know what it is.
Best Regards,
Jeff

Yes SJ you are correct, I have myself neck deep in an addiction that I did not I had. Somehow the $600.00 reparations check for Uncle Sam turned into a deficit as I have already got 2 more on the way. I would ask for but I prefer to remain in denial.

Thanks for the tips on cleaning the nickle and I just got my Targets stocks in the mail today.
I got it bad.

#1 to what Winchester said, mothers cleans nickle quite nice. Welcome to the addiction. Thanks Larry

I own two model 19's and love them dearly.

I have heard that a steady diet of magnum loads can crack the forcing cone on some model 19s. I have also heard that S&W is unable to replace the barrels when damaged this way - rendering the gun useless.

I feed mine 38's and an occasional cylinder of 158 gr. magnums.

Enjoy your guns.

Good looking guns, I've got a 19-5 6" blued that's a hoot.

Far as shooting magnums in them I read that the heavier weight magnums were what was causing the forcing cone to crack. Though I believe they were specifically refrencing 158gr's pushed fairly hot. Supposedly 125gr's didn't have the mass to cause too much trouble even when pushed hot. Anyone here have any more info?

-Jenrick

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Originally posted by Jenrick:
Good looking guns, I've got a 19-5 6" blued that's a hoot.

Far as shooting magnums in them I read that the heavier weight magnums were what was causing the forcing cone to crack. Though I believe they were specifically refrencing 158gr's pushed fairly hot. Supposedly 125gr's didn't have the mass to cause too much trouble even when pushed hot. Anyone here have any more info?

-Jenrick

Jenrick-

You have that backward. And powders have changed, too. Still, light bullet high velocity loads do carry more ejecta (unburned powder, etc.) with them, causing added abrasion to the forcing cone.

If leading has been allowed to build up in there, that also increases pressure. The bottom edge, where it was ground flat to let the cylinder close, is where the crack usually occurs, if it happens at all.

Keeping the gun clean and using 140 grain or heavier bullets, and shooting magnums in moderation, will usually make your K-frame .357 last well. The guns were never meant for full time use of .357 rounds, but department regulations made many cops use them that way.

This is not Internet speculation. I got it directly from S&W factory reps when they introduced the L-frame guns to a group of cops and gun writers. We were told that the 125 grain hot loads were the primary reason for the introduction of the larger L-frame models.


T-Star

As indicated by others:



In a world where lots of stuff is over-hyped and undeserving of the praise it gets, this stuff actually works. It works on stainless as well, and will clean powder rings off the front of the cylinders.

Nice pieces. One of the best things I have seen polish nickle is called Semi-Chrome.