I did not find anything worth spending the money at the gun show on my birthday earlier this month so I have been keeping my eyes open on Gunbroker. Saw what looked like it would be a good shooter Model 19 in very good condition. It was wearing Goodyears in the seller pics.
It looked to me like it was RB under the rubber. It also had a target hammer, red insert, white outline rear sight blade and a smooth combat style standard trigger. I figured from the shape of the trigger that it was a serrated trigger that had been smoothed. I was not looking for a collector so I bought it.
When it arrived I pulled the grips and found it was indeed a RB but that it had been converted from a SB. I was a bit disappointed at first but the trigger is so smooth and a bit lighter than normal. I expect that whoever did the SB to RB conversion did some trigger work and it would not surprise me that the target hammer was added to give it a bit more mass for ignition. As long as the primer strikes look good and it goes bang every time I will not mess with it.
When life gives you lemons, you get in touch with the Culinas. I dropped Jennifer a email asking if they by chance had any K frame target conversion grips. As luck would have it they did. John had some leftovers from a rifle stock blank in Turkish walnut and had made a set. She sent me a pic and I said SOLD! as soon as I saw it. While I was waiting for the set to arrive I put a set of Thai RB grips on it for dry fire purposes. They fit pretty good but are a bit long fore to aft for my grip.
Well, this afternoon when I got home I had a package on the table. I opened it and immediately started drooling like Pavlov's dog. Here are a couple quick pics to show why.
A closeup just because.
All of the sudden I have no regrets about getting this one. I do not know how much the original owner spent on the work but this will take over much of the shooting duty from my 95%+ Model 19-2 in original condition.
P.S.
Anyone know if the Model 19-4 still had a over travel stop coming from the factory?
It looked to me like it was RB under the rubber. It also had a target hammer, red insert, white outline rear sight blade and a smooth combat style standard trigger. I figured from the shape of the trigger that it was a serrated trigger that had been smoothed. I was not looking for a collector so I bought it.
When it arrived I pulled the grips and found it was indeed a RB but that it had been converted from a SB. I was a bit disappointed at first but the trigger is so smooth and a bit lighter than normal. I expect that whoever did the SB to RB conversion did some trigger work and it would not surprise me that the target hammer was added to give it a bit more mass for ignition. As long as the primer strikes look good and it goes bang every time I will not mess with it.
When life gives you lemons, you get in touch with the Culinas. I dropped Jennifer a email asking if they by chance had any K frame target conversion grips. As luck would have it they did. John had some leftovers from a rifle stock blank in Turkish walnut and had made a set. She sent me a pic and I said SOLD! as soon as I saw it. While I was waiting for the set to arrive I put a set of Thai RB grips on it for dry fire purposes. They fit pretty good but are a bit long fore to aft for my grip.
Well, this afternoon when I got home I had a package on the table. I opened it and immediately started drooling like Pavlov's dog. Here are a couple quick pics to show why.
A closeup just because.
All of the sudden I have no regrets about getting this one. I do not know how much the original owner spent on the work but this will take over much of the shooting duty from my 95%+ Model 19-2 in original condition.
P.S.
Anyone know if the Model 19-4 still had a over travel stop coming from the factory?
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