Mickey D
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Come on...we need pictures!
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New Unfired Model 19 2 1/2" No Box
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629shooter
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WOW!......I like that. I currently don't have any nickel but, I could get used to that.
Mickey D's nickel 19 with those grips is just too beautiful as photographed.
That photo doesn't help my recalling that I passed on a pristine 2.5" nickeled 19 with factory stag grips for $400 several years ago. But, at the same gun show I had already purchased a pristine blue 2.5 inch 19 and a solid 4 inch pencil barrel Model 10. sigh ... "would a should a could a" but still would have had to face the wife back at the house! : /
No boxes involved but boxes don't float my boat.
That photo doesn't help my recalling that I passed on a pristine 2.5" nickeled 19 with factory stag grips for $400 several years ago. But, at the same gun show I had already purchased a pristine blue 2.5 inch 19 and a solid 4 inch pencil barrel Model 10. sigh ... "would a should a could a" but still would have had to face the wife back at the house! : /
No boxes involved but boxes don't float my boat.
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JCS&W
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Be careful, it is difficult to stop at one M19.
I'm trying to understand the factory stags. Did S&W make stag grips? I only ask because I don't think I've ever seen any. Sorry about the hijack.
Bill Bates
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Robert Henley
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I got a chance to check it again, and it's a 19-3.
pmosley
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I would offer up to $650 for a face-to-face purchase. Saves any taxes, shipping, transfer cost AND affords you the opportunity to perform a visual and complete mechanical function test prior to laying the money down.
At this price, it's not a "steal deal" but you could certainly get your money back if you wanted to sell it in the near term.
raylan007
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Really? in spite of not mentioning the variant you would pass up a unfired M19-? I gather you haven't looked to long. I don't understand the box and docs as being the be all to end all but I guess if you are just going to put it in a locker for the sake of checking it off your must have list in perfect collectible condition it makes sense. I just can't relate as hard as I try, I really can't.
It'll never be worth less, your money will never be worth more.
Wow, two months later and that gun is stilll there? Would've gone in 6 minutes in California....and that's with a slow internet connection
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That's a fact!!
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Robert Henley
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Wow, two months later and that gun is stilll there? Would've gone in 6 minutes in California....and that's with a slow internet connection
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Yes, still available as of yesterday. However, it's owned by a private individual although he has had it for sale on a table he has at the local gun show. It looks as good as it gets. That's a lot of money in this part of Florida for what some would consider an old fashioned revolver. They don't make them like that anymore.
Me thinks something smells. A unfired 19-3 2 1/2" that hasn't sold at Florida gun shows for two months. Are you sure it isn't an unfired re-blued?
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Robert Henley
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Not that I know of. He's a collector, and I consider him an honest person. I have a Colt Python 6" that I had the Colt Custom Gun Shop re-blue a number of years ago, and honestly if I didn't know it was re-blued I couldn't tell it. If the 19 is re-blued it's one hell of a nice job. I don't believe it is, however. I'm in the Panhandle, and it's not like central or south Florida as far as demand goes.
About six years ago I paid $550 for a mint blue no-box 2.5" 19-3. I've watched dozens post and sell on GB since then in all conditions and a wide price range. Nothing has ever made me regret buying it. If I didn't have one, I wouldn't mind paying $650-$700 for one that's truly mint. Life is too short, just buy the gun.
JohnAC
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Just buy the thing. If a better one comes along, snag it and sell this one.
That's what I'd do, anyway.
That's what I'd do, anyway.
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