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10-29-2015, 10:53 AM
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19 -3 stainless steel
What are the chances I have a late model 19- 3 SS ore a 66 marked 19-3. S# puts it at 1975.
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Can't really tell from that picture. Is it possibly nickle? Doesn't appear refinished, but hard chrome looks a lot like stainless. Mismarked Smiths are fairly common. Is there a N or a V stamped on the bottom of the cylinder? Or on the grip frame?
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10-29-2015, 11:36 AM
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Hard chrome was big back in the late 70s and 80s cus there weren't enough 66s to go around.
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10-29-2015, 11:36 AM
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Doesn't appear to be stainless to me. Looks like it was hard chromed or something, but it's not stainless.
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10-29-2015, 11:39 AM
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We can rule out a stainless 19-3; they don't exist. A mis-marked 66 is possible.
Likeliest is a nickel 19 mistaken for stainless, followed by aftermarket chrome.
Can you post pictures in natural light? The flash washes out a good view of the finish, as well as the hammer and trigger -- all of which can help determine what you've got.
If it is a mis-marked 66, there are probably a few collectors of such idiosyncrasies out there, but in general it doesn't add much if anything value.
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10-29-2015, 11:46 AM
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Hard chrome was big back in the late 70s and 80s cus there weren't enough 66s to go around.
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I agree it looks like hard chrome. S&W nickel is more mirror-like in direct light, and there's no indication of the directional "grain" we'd see with factory brushed stainless.
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10-29-2015, 04:52 PM
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It's refinished in hard chrome. Ought to be a law against it. Clearly looks buffed (note screw holes are dished). Can you get your money back?
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It's been refinished, and not well either. As S/P noted check screw holes and sideplate seam at the top of the frame. But it will make a great truck/kick around revolver.
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Looks like nickel that has been bead blasted.Years ago i owned a taurus that someone had done that to.JMO.
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