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Finally have three Model 19's
Well it only took five years, but I got my Model 19 w/4" barrel today completing my collection giving me a 2.5", 4" and a 6" The 4' and the 6" are 19-3 and the 2.5" is a 19-4. All three are pinned and recessed. I'm happy.Apologies for the photo quality. I was in a hurry and evidently there was some spots on the lens.
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06-10-2017, 01:16 AM
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And no pictures? Don't leave us hanging!
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06-10-2017, 01:56 AM
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I added a couple photos. I'm not a gifted photographer, but they should give you an idea.
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06-10-2017, 06:16 AM
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A good looking group.
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06-10-2017, 06:30 AM
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Nice M19 family photo 
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Nice group...
I'm particularly partial to the snubby....
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06-10-2017, 07:17 AM
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What are you missing?
The model 19 had a few special models. It took me decades to find this french RS overrun. The same fixed sight model 19 was made for the German market with a four inch barrel.
I got the other ones when nobody else gave revolvers a second look and their prices were around $200 to $250.
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Congrats, mine is the 19-3 six inch. Thanks for sharing, very nice.
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Very nice trio of the 3 common barrel lengths...... but what does "completing" the collection mean ? ... Besides the fixed site variant there was a small amount of 3" and a 5" guns made....then you can focus on finding all the revisions, then boxes, ...then nickel guns, then Stainless steel 66's ...oh no... it Never ends 
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06-10-2017, 10:04 AM
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Very nice trio of the 3 common barrel lengths...... but what does "completing" the collection mean ? ... Besides the fixed site variant there was a small amount of 3" and a 5" guns made....then you can focus on finding all the revisions, then boxes, ...then nickel guns, then Stainless steel 66's ...oh no... it Never ends |
As you said this is the three common versions. I'm already thinking about what it will take to get a 3" model. As you said it never ends. It's a type of insanity, but in a good way.
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06-10-2017, 10:07 AM
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Those are some great looking guns! It seems like Smiths have a way of looking good regardless of photo quality
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06-10-2017, 10:12 AM
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Very Niiiiice!
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06-10-2017, 10:17 AM
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Thanks everybody. Yes I do take them to the range now and then. Normally they wear Goodyears, but I put on the wood grips for photo ops. Of course those are just the three common or mass produced versions. There is also the 3" barrel versions as well as a few that were made for the French government and the Texas Commemorative and so on. And yes there are then the versions of the Model 66 as well. Collecting is a type of insanity, but I'm happy.
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06-10-2017, 10:52 AM
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Good luck on the 3" version (IIRC small run in the mid 70s) and the 3" fixed sighted version ( mostly exported)..... at most there are only a couple hundred of each of those..........
I've settled for 2 1/2 and 4 inch 19s and 2 1/2, 3 and 4 inch 66s.......I'm thinking 10 total........ the 6 inch never appealed to me. If I want a 6 inch then I tend to go with .357 and a 586 or 686 ..... go figure.
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Well it only took five years, but I got my Model 19 w/4" barrel today completing my collection giving me a 2.5", 4" and a 6".
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Nice collection..........so far. What about nickel. I think you need some more guns to complete your collection!   Don't you like when other people try to spend your money?
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Nice collection..........so far. What about nickel. I think you need some more guns to complete your collection! Don't you like when other people try to spend your money? |
Nickel! OMG I forgot all about the nickel finish models. Excuse me for moment guys. (speaking to somebody off stage) Honey? Honey I was wondering if you would mind if I went back into Boise for just an hour or so.........(voice fades off into the distance)
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06-10-2017, 10:32 PM
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Still working on my 19 and 66 collections. In the 19s, I only have a 6" 19-1, so I still need a 2 1/2" and a 4". In my 66s, I have a 3" 66-2 and a 4" 66-2 (my old duty weapon), so I need a 2 1/2" 66 and a 6" 66. The shame is that I had a 2 1/2" 66, but I let my daughter's husband have it. I also had a 4" 19 that I let get away several years ago. Oh well, I'll just keep searching. Problem is, here in the Peoples' Republic of Kalifornia, I'm going to have to find them in-state as none are on the DOJ approved list and I can't import them for that reason.
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What a sweet family portrait. Congrats, hardcase60
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Very nice Trio there sir.
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