max503
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Back in the 90's my friend decided he needed a gun. He had broken his neck in a car accident and was confined to a wheelchair.
So me and him took a ride to Simpson's Limited in Galesburg, Il and started looking at police trade-ins. The guy behind the counter saw that my friend needed a gun and offered him a killer deal on this Model 19, so we snatched it up.
I think this gun was too much for him, and it ended up spending it's life in an ammo can, along with some BlueDot reloads I made for it.
Fast forward a couple decades and my friend decided to sell the gun to me, along with a Bersa 22 for $350.
Shortly after selling the gun to me my friend passed away. Kind of as a memento to my friend the gun became a safe queen, but I recently decided to shoot it.
Took it out the other day and noticed the action felt stiff so I took it apart and cleaned it. The lube had turned to varnish and I'm pretty certain the side plate had never been off. After a cleaning and lube it feels like a K frame should. This gun has seen very little use. There is zero holster wear and I don't think it's had more than a few boxes of ammo through it. But I ain't getting any younger, so it is going to be my new range toy. I cast up a bunch of 170 grain SWC's just for it. I feel privileged to be able to enjoy such a fine firearm and I intend to shoot it a lot. It reminds me of my friend.
So me and him took a ride to Simpson's Limited in Galesburg, Il and started looking at police trade-ins. The guy behind the counter saw that my friend needed a gun and offered him a killer deal on this Model 19, so we snatched it up.
I think this gun was too much for him, and it ended up spending it's life in an ammo can, along with some BlueDot reloads I made for it.
Fast forward a couple decades and my friend decided to sell the gun to me, along with a Bersa 22 for $350.
Shortly after selling the gun to me my friend passed away. Kind of as a memento to my friend the gun became a safe queen, but I recently decided to shoot it.
Took it out the other day and noticed the action felt stiff so I took it apart and cleaned it. The lube had turned to varnish and I'm pretty certain the side plate had never been off. After a cleaning and lube it feels like a K frame should. This gun has seen very little use. There is zero holster wear and I don't think it's had more than a few boxes of ammo through it. But I ain't getting any younger, so it is going to be my new range toy. I cast up a bunch of 170 grain SWC's just for it. I feel privileged to be able to enjoy such a fine firearm and I intend to shoot it a lot. It reminds me of my friend.
