Looking for more info on this revolver. Possible value? Has wider hammer. Serial TK99***

Attached Images

	received_2800649249989770.jpg (71.8 KB, 285 views)
	received_532426754076684.jpg (33.5 KB, 246 views)
	received_215527656218099.jpg (46.1 KB, 259 views)

The serial number begins with a number, not a letter. Look at the number on the bottom of the grip frame and post it. You will have to remove the stocks to see it.

Bill

The Model 19-3 has the pinned barrel and recessed cylinders. Yours is nickel plated and showing some honest use. It has the Target Hammer, as noted, and the standard trigger...a combination many savvy shooters prefer. Unfortunately, those oversize target stocks, while "factory", are of a later vintage than the revolver they are on (mid-80s) and are clearly not original to the gun. Assuming it is mechanically sound and the bore is good I would say it was worth around $500-600 retail.

Welcome! My guess is the serial number is "7"K99xxx, which on revolvers with Target stocks was usually stamped near the model number. This would date it to 1975 if so.

__________________
Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

Wow you guys. Thank you for taking time out to respond to my thread and all the info! I really appreciate it. I do believe it is a 7 would make sense.

Something was said about being a police buyback revolver.

By the late 70s just about every uniformed police officer seemed to have a 4" Model 19 or its stainless twin, the model 66, in the holster. It was THE LE gun of choice for most respectable departments....and for good reason.

The 4" 19's and 66's are pretty perfect to me. If I find one at a decent price, I usually get suckered in to emptying my wallet. I would say $500 is at the top of the range I would pay for that one but I would be proud to own it and shoot it.

The target hammer but service trigger seemed to be popular with LE.
I have more than a former law enforcement revolvers set up like that.

To add a bit, I'd date your revolver at about 1975.

__________________
Ed

I appreciate all the comments and information. I didn't want to make a trade worth more than the mower I gave for it. A good friend now, I don't usually trade guns because of the uncertainty of them. But im an honest person and he was to. It was pretty even and we both walked away happy to have the opportunity. It's my first revolver and it will never leave my ownership as far as the foreseeable future, and hopefully all this info can be passed down to my son. It's things like this that have no price as far as I am concerned.

It's a nice heavy gun, fits the palm perfectly and dream fulfilled. Real American steel.

It is a 7TK

I can't believe when you cock back the hammer. It's a simple bump and that's enough to fire it. There is no squeeze.

I heard about this today. Pretty cool about the loop around regardless of the location.

I agree with murphydog, 7K99xxx, 1975.

__________________
Pine_Worker
Ex-LEO, NRA Life

That sounds dangerously light. You might consider having it checked by a qualified revolver smith, as you are new to revolvers. It could have a condition we call push off, where a cocked hammer is easily pushed off the cocked condition with some thumb pressure. That is a condition that is dangerous and needs to be fixed.

The 19/66 models are great looking and great shooters, when all is working correctly.

__________________
Richard Gillespie
FBINA 102

I agree. Definitely sounds like it may have push off. I would not fire it in single action until it has been looked at by a certified S&W armorer or the factory.

The single action sear on the hammer may need some filing adjustments only to be performed by a certified Smith armorer or the factory. In some cases the hammer and or trigger or both needs to be replaced.

Hope the latter is not necessary as those case hardened parts are beginning to dry up.

Another thing to remember is that when you shoot magnums they should only be 158 grain magnums. The one fault of these magnificent revolvers lies in the forcing cone and the flat spot on the bottom of it. Some people say it's bunk, others try to stay with 38s or 38+Ps when plinking. I'd hate to find out the suspicions are correct the hard way.

You can read plenty on the theory here in this forum or elsewhere on the Internet.

K frame S&Ws are hard to beat.

__________________
LIVE FROM THE DAWGHOUSE

They might be out there but I haven't seen a 19 for 500 in a long time around here in the midwest.

That fits nicely with the later stocks as gkitch pointed out. Cops tended to change stocks as new ideas came along or they found something that fit their hand better. Enjoy your new aquisition.

Thank you everyone for the tips and info. Talking with the previous owner more and he said the trigger group has been worked over and smoothed. Probably why it's so touch. I probably won't use the single action. It scares me to much. But may go to a gun shop and try out some of their revolvers to get a real feel what single action is to feel like.