Big news from S&W
Got an email showing pics of new revolvers with no IL
BUT>>>>>Still has that ugly modified frame FOR the lock............Is the 19 a 2 pc or 1 pc barrel?
Big news from S&W
Got an email showing pics of new revolvers with no IL
It is a two-piece barrel Model 19 Classic revolver without a lock. The lock is the only difference. Smith & Wesson currently has both Model 19's listed on their website. If you want to be the first kid on your block to own the M19 no lock, it will cost you $110 more than current version which I happen to own.BUT>>>>>Still has that ugly modified frame FOR the lock............Is the 19 a 2 pc or 1 pc barrel?
I just checked out the Youtube video again. I could not see a plug. I think the plug you are seeing may just be a trick of the light.No angle here - grabbed and enlarged from the S&W website:
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Can anyone definitively advise if the frame re-contour was the result of the frame mounted firing pin or the adoption of the lock? I believe it to be the latter.
It is a two-piece barrel Model 19 Classic revolver without a lock. The lock is the only difference. Smith & Wesson currently has both Model 19's listed on their website. If you want to be the first kid on your block to own the M19 no lock, it will cost you $110 more than current version which I happen to own.
My first guess was that a pile of old frames were unearthed...
Ed
I love the old K frames too. Just not for shooting Magnums. My dad's nickel 19-3 still looks pretty much like new and I would like to keep it looking and working that way. My new ones are the regular use range guns.Nah.....I just keep using my 4 in nickel from the seventies.
Unless people buy them, don't get too excited. This is NOT the first time S&W has offered guns without the lock.
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Ok, so I looked at the photos of some of the 686s from different periods that I own and see that the change was more gradual.
The back of the frame changed slightly when the frame mounted pin was introduced. You can see the larger space between the cylinder and the end of the frame.
Then the end of the frame changed even more when the hideous IL came about. Actually that change of the curve of the end of the frame with the introduction of the IL always bothered me more than the IL itself.
In any case the introduction of the non-IL revolvers is very welcomed news. That model 19 would be a sweet shooter with a trigger job and a fiber optic front sight.
I can't wait to see if S&W re-releases a non IL 585 L-Comp, like the 585-5 L-comps used to be. I'd be a definite buyer if non-IL PC revolvers start coming out.
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Now, the big question for me is "Are they using two piece barrels?".
Very cool except $979 for a model 10![]()
Pre 2000 frame would be a bonus.
20 years from now guys will be screaming bring back the locks. I want one just like my dad had that I shot when I was a kid. The Smith & Wesson Classic Series 2.0.Still hang on to the lock guns. Once production stops those will suddenly become popular. You know how trends go. LOL....