Hi All
2023 has been a relatively slow year for me in terms of firearm purchases.
Earlier this month, I had the chance to take a look at this crusty 2.5" Barrel Model 19-5. Due to reasons I do not want to go into, the trigger lock could not be opened and I did not have a great deal of time to inspect. This Model 19-5 might be looking for a new home early 2024.
It appears that it's in a bit of rough shape and could do with a good cleaning. There's a little surface rust here and there. Bore and cylinders looked fine. As mentioned above, I couldn't check trigger pull etc. Just looked up the Standard Cat 4th Ed puts it about 1983: 254K***.
As mentioned before, due to Australian Gun Laws, revolvers with barrels smaller then 4" are prohibited unless you have a special type of Post 46 Collectors Permit. Therefore, the value in these snubbies isn't the same compared to the +4" barrel Australian Market (we can only have handguns for Target Shooting too and Self Defense / Conceal Carry isn't allowable) or US Market.
If I do take a chance on picking this up, I'm thinking around $300 USD would be about right. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
2023 has been a relatively slow year for me in terms of firearm purchases.
Earlier this month, I had the chance to take a look at this crusty 2.5" Barrel Model 19-5. Due to reasons I do not want to go into, the trigger lock could not be opened and I did not have a great deal of time to inspect. This Model 19-5 might be looking for a new home early 2024.
It appears that it's in a bit of rough shape and could do with a good cleaning. There's a little surface rust here and there. Bore and cylinders looked fine. As mentioned above, I couldn't check trigger pull etc. Just looked up the Standard Cat 4th Ed puts it about 1983: 254K***.
As mentioned before, due to Australian Gun Laws, revolvers with barrels smaller then 4" are prohibited unless you have a special type of Post 46 Collectors Permit. Therefore, the value in these snubbies isn't the same compared to the +4" barrel Australian Market (we can only have handguns for Target Shooting too and Self Defense / Conceal Carry isn't allowable) or US Market.
If I do take a chance on picking this up, I'm thinking around $300 USD would be about right. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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