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07-11-2020, 05:21 PM
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New addition, model 19-3 4 inch, nickel, identification
The beauty reached out grabbed me at the gun show today. It was the first gun I picked up and the one that came home with me. I have a 19-2, 2.5 blue, which has been my fav, but now it has a new brother 19-3, 4 inch, in nickel. wwwwwWow. It look like it has barely ever been fired looking at the cylinder and firing cone area. Got it for $850 out the door in a private sale. I'm guessing that was a major steal.
Can anyone help me refine the date? The S&W bible tells me 19-3 was from 1967 to 1977, serial number is 78K001xx.
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07-11-2020, 05:33 PM
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My other K frames got jealous when the saw the camera out and insisted I take a pic of them too. One correction the snub nose is also a 19-3, serial 344xx. The one wearing stag grips is an 18-4 (22 caliber), serial 463xx, I would also like the birthday for these if possible.
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07-11-2020, 05:53 PM
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If you haven't added an additional digit it's a 1980 date (57K001 - 71K6800). For the second one, 344XX, are you sure the first digit is a 3 and not a 5? It should also be preceded with a K if it's a Mod 19. The -3s covered quite a while, from 1967 until 1977 when the -4 change came about with putting the gas ring from the yoke to the cylinder. With the information you provided for the 18, really has me confused.
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07-11-2020, 06:08 PM
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let me get out a magnifier with a light
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07-11-2020, 06:22 PM
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Check the serial numbers on the bottom of the butt.
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Quote:
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The S&W bible tells me 19-3 was from 1967 to 1977, serial number is 78K001xx.
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the snub nose is also a 19-3, serial 344xx
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If the serial number on the 4” nickel is 78K, it’s probably a 19-4 from 1979.
On the 2.5” the 344xx is the assembly number on the yoke. The serial number is (only) on the butt.
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07-13-2020, 05:33 PM
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Why the thumbs down? Any new to me Smith deserves a thumbs up!
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