Model 19-2 snubby??

[Majer]

I recently picked up a Model 19-2 2 & 1/2 inch barrel and it has a yellow front sight insert. Is this a factory option or did someone change it since it left the factory? It was made in 1966.

 

[Nframe_is_no1]

Most likely changed as original would have been red, but not a deal breaker for me if the price was right.

 

[paplinker]

I have seen a few in yellow. Most all of them were Model 19-2s

I believe I read an old thread of a bunch of 4" FBI guns ordered in yellow.

 

[Majer]

Paid $475.00 for it.Not for sale at any price.

 

[Benchrest1]

^ good deal on a fine gun. I paid a lot more than that for mine, and it isn't even a -2.

 

[viceunit]

In the late 1970’s a friend on another department was sent to S&W armorers school at the factory. While there he had a yellow ramp installed on his department issue model 15.


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[LPD256]

An easy way to find out about a gun you intend to keep would be to join the SWCA and SWHF and send of a letter request to our historian. Love the 2.5 K frames. I have them in all colors. Enjoy yours.

Jh

 

[Whit]

I once owned a 3” Model 13 that had a yellow insert in the front sight. I often wondered, like you, if it was a factory installation. It looked factory and was very easy to see.

 

[Art Doc]

I recall reading on this forum that yellow was a factory option but rarely ordered. Might well be original.

 

[Majer]

Thank you to all that replied.

 

[jimmyj]

This could have been done at Smith and Wesson Repair Stations that were located in various parts of the Country in the 1970s era..

P.S. I found different color finger nail polish is as good if not better. This method allow one to change color without altering the weapon.

 

[GerSan69]

There have been kits sold for years with multiple colors that allow you to make your own insert. It's cheap and easy enough that a color insert is just not anything to get worked up over (like it's something "special.") Literally anyone who can use a file properly can do it. (Heck, even if they can do it almost properly!)

 

[Hiram Jr]

Did the original grips come with it?

 

[ziggidy]

Paid $475.00 for it.Not for sale at any price.

Great price......good for you!

 

[Majer]

Did the original grips come with it?

No, The previous owner is a friend of mine and is suffering from alzhiemers and dementia, His wife thinks the original grips are somewhere in a box stored away, She did say if she finds them she will call so I can come and get them. I did get the unopened cleaning kit and SAT for it.

 

[Hiram Jr]

Nice gun. Let's hope she finds them.

 

[colt_saa]

Firearms did leave the factory with yellow inserts, but it is not a giant amount

My 559 has a yellow insert, but it was an employee's gun

 

[Majer]

This should have Diamond Magnas from the factory, Is that right?

 

[mauser9]

Purchased a new 19 back in 78. It was a snubby like yours. Came with wood grips with the rounded butt configuration. Front sight contained no colored insert. Think you did well on the price for sure. Mine cost $180 back then. Unfortunately I no longer own it.

 

[bananaman]

I sure would not sweat it myself! Nice 19. I have a 66-2 snubby. Bob