I picked up a decently priced 2.5" Nickel Plated 19-4 circa 1980 yesterday. I think I did pretty good on the price considering some finish condition issues, but I was able to bring back some of her luster with a light polish with some Flitz. The worst of it can be seen on the left side around the top of the grip and cylinder release, and there's a permanent light line on the right hand side that appears to be the contour of a grip, albeit not the profile of the Pachmayr Gripper Pros on there currently. That aside, there's a couple nicks and dings, but otherwise in nice shape. Mechanically she's near prefect, great lock up. I did a full strip down, cleaned and regreased all of the internals as well, no more 42 year old conjealed factory grease filled with dust and hair to add to trigger weight. I didn't get a chance to shoot her yet, hoping to sneak out to the range next week between the holiday festivities.
That all said, the one thing left to address here are the grips. Now I don't hate the Pachmayr Gripper grips, I actually have had quite a few guns that wore them, and I like how that fit my larger hands. My only gripe with Pachmayr is that their current prodiction grips dont fit very well anymore, with most having fairly good sized gaps where they come together. I have a collection of old stock grippers and presentation grips because of this. The problem here though as I discovered, is that this 19-4 example is a round butt frame rather than square butt, and the Pachmayr grips are for a square butt frame. I'd like to find something more fitting for her, wondering if you all had any suggestions. I assume that originally she would have shipped from the factory with a set of round butt magna grips, I'd like something a little more substantial though.
The other question is I guess, with a closed back grip such as these, is there any problem shooting a round butt frame revolver with square butt grips on it? I've only done it once before with a 617 and rigid plastic set of old Bianchi grips, just wondering if I'd have the gun jump around too much in a rubber grip like this if not fully supported.
Thoughts? Also Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all!
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That all said, the one thing left to address here are the grips. Now I don't hate the Pachmayr Gripper grips, I actually have had quite a few guns that wore them, and I like how that fit my larger hands. My only gripe with Pachmayr is that their current prodiction grips dont fit very well anymore, with most having fairly good sized gaps where they come together. I have a collection of old stock grippers and presentation grips because of this. The problem here though as I discovered, is that this 19-4 example is a round butt frame rather than square butt, and the Pachmayr grips are for a square butt frame. I'd like to find something more fitting for her, wondering if you all had any suggestions. I assume that originally she would have shipped from the factory with a set of round butt magna grips, I'd like something a little more substantial though.
The other question is I guess, with a closed back grip such as these, is there any problem shooting a round butt frame revolver with square butt grips on it? I've only done it once before with a 617 and rigid plastic set of old Bianchi grips, just wondering if I'd have the gun jump around too much in a rubber grip like this if not fully supported.
Thoughts? Also Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all!
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