Box abbreviations

[wetdog]

Post 18, can you please let us know where your information on the ST meaning smooth target is from ? Posted is a pic of my 19-4 with ST and checkered stocks. Thanks for any info you can provide.

 

[snw19_357]

The Texas Rangers came with smooth football targets.

Looking on K-frames that came with targets before late '79, they should all have "T" for target (like the N-frame posted earlier [by you ]) and those came with extractor relieved/football targets. When S&W went to the speedloader targets in late '70 it changed to ST.
When they went to the computer labels it became TS.

So, for your 9/81 Model 19 it means speed loader targets but on the 1973 TR, it means smooth targets.

 

[wetdog]

Thanks. This is getting more interesting by the day .

 

[Ibmikey]

I agree the Texas Ranger series came with smooth Goncalo Alves target grips and the half wide ( compared to a target trigger) smooth “combat “ trigger. I used this same trigger in my competition 19 as the firing was mainly double action, my Texas Ranger came with a knife serialed to the revolver the pistols were also sold without the knife and the knives were sold separately.

 

[Jack Flash]

I agree the Texas Ranger series came with smooth Goncalo Alves target grips and the half wide ( compared to a target trigger) smooth “combat “ trigger. ...

I wondered if "Trigger = SM" meant a Smooth Medium Trigger.