Earlier today, I was watching You Tube videos on disassembly/cleaning S&W Model 19 revolvers.
The videos happened to use Model 19-2 .357 revolvers, which showed the S&W Trade Mark on the right hand side of the revolver, on the cover plate.
My 19-5 has the S&W Trade Mark on the left hand side of the revolver, below the thumb piece.
Can someone tell me when S&W made the change from placing the Trade Mark on the RH side, to placing it on the LH side?
My model 19-5 serial number is AZE1304, which seems to indicate that it was shipped Jan-Jun 1988.