Early 19-3 3" 1968ish

[DEF3]

Does this barrel to frame look right look right? I have heard there are a few around but not many. S.N. K7 Thanks, Don

 

[Patrick L]

Is it me, or is the transition from frame to barrel a little "abrupt" (for lack of a better word)?

 

[Vtgw938]

No it does not. Is it a square butt?

 

[DEF3]

Round butt

 

[SouthNarc]

I have a 3" 19 that shipped in 1966 and there are photos and a letter in this thread.

1965 3" Model 19-2

 

[DEF3]

I'm now wondering if it's the rear sight. This one appears to run to end of frame, where yours stops a bit shy. The rear sight is a 2 white dot with the typical notch. So we know that is not correct, wonder if the rear base was changed also. If it was and is longer than original, this might create that effect maybe?

 

[DEF3]

Stamping on barrel seems to be centered also?

 

[LittleAugieMo]

Top view,if available,would be nice.

 

[DEF3]

Here is a pic of the top, it is "grooved".

 

[Patrick L]

Yeah, at least to my eye, SouthNarcs gun looks right; there's a slight radius down to the barrel rib. The OPs looks too squared off. I can't resolve the pictures clear enough to see if it's a too long rear sight base or the frame itself

 

[Nightowl]

The rear sight tang runs the length of the frame on the 2 1/2 inch guns. For my money, they should all have been that way, instead of stopping short of the barrel.

There is something very wrong with that barrel fit. I find it hard to believe it left the factory in that configuration!

 

[Vtgw938]

I did a little comparing and I think your gun started life as a 2.5 inch. That explains the round butt and actually the squared off frame at the barrel. It appears the longer barrel guns and I think even the three inch had a step down. The 2.5 does not have this step down and th barrel ramp is taller, matching up to the frame.

So you have a original 2.5 inch gun with a 3 inch barrel, they just were never meant for each other.

 

[BC38]

I'm no expert, but when I zoom in on the photos, there seems to be a misalignment of the barrel's lines with the lines of the frame.
Looks like a swapped barrel to me.

 

[DEF3]

Thanks, not mine. I wanted to check with the experts here for its legitimacy first. Thanks all

 

[stansdds]

I did a little comparing and I think your gun started life as a 2.5 inch. That explains the round butt and actually the squared off frame at the barrel. It appears the longer barrel guns and I think even the three inch had a step down. The 2.5 does not have this step down and th barrel ramp is taller, matching up to the frame.

So you have a original 2.5 inch gun with a 3 inch barrel, they just were never meant for each other.

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There's the correct answer. That Model 19-3 started life with a 2 1/2" barrel and someone swapped it for a 3" barrel.

 

[SmithNut]

Here's what 3" M19's should look like.

As others have said, that is a rebarreled gun.

.............SmithNut

 

[Engine49guy]

As others have noted the factory 3" uses the same frame style as the 4" and 6" with a round butted frame instead of square,
those frames top strap "step down" at the front so they mate cosmetically to the barrel rib.

The reason the 2.5" snub frame didn't step down is because the frame mates up against the front site ramp, they lengthened the rear site leaf to go all the way to the end of the frame so it looked right and mated right to the front sight ramp base.
Btw the 2" Model 15's have the same setup.

 

[Fullmetaljacket]

Re-barreled makes sense. What model revolver served as the donor gun I wonder? .357 Magnum marked, 3", ramp front sight, not a model 19 as has been established. Where did it come from?

 

[DEF3]

I wonder that also fmj. It's an early barrel I would think with the pinned ramp. So what 357 wore a 3" barrel back then?

 

[SmithNut]

I wonder that also fmj. It's an early barrel I would think with the pinned ramp. So what 357 wore a 3" barrel back then?

Other K frames made in .357 mag were the Model 13, Model 65 and the Model 66.
There are a few pics in this thread from the Notable Thread index.

Informal Pictorial Essay - 3 inch K frames - Part 2 - 9mm & 357 Mag Models

Enjoy.....

 

[BAM-BAM]

Here's what 3" M19's should look like.

As others have said, that is a rebarreled gun.

.............SmithNut

I hate it when he posts these..............he's got 3 and I've got 0!

But I do have 3 three-inch 66s... -3 and -4

 

[JohnRippert]

I hate it when he posts these..............he's got 3 and I've got 0!

But I do have 3 three-inch 66s... -3 and -4

I hate you both. Only 3inch I have is a M65.

 

[stansdds]

Well, I have no 3 inch barreled revolvers of any make, so does that mean I get to be king of the hate hill?

 

[BAM-BAM]

Got my 3" 66-3 in 1988 IIRC. At the time they couldn't give them away; was told they had been on a Distributors shelves near Harrisburg for a year.

It was the age of the "Wonder Nine"

I prefer a revolver for woods carry so had my Gunsmith get me one.....$270 OTD with the action polished. Dad [retired police Capt.] saw mine and asked me to get him one.

Came across a used 3" 66-4 in a local gunshop around 2000 for $225.

Already had a 3" 65 [1986] w/ action job and bobbed hammer, which is the gun I'd grab...... so the 66-3s are pretty much NIB. The 66-4 has become my EDC revolver.

Like Smithnut I like Spegel boot grips!