Smith Model 19-5 - What kind of sight is this?

[Model19man]

I've had several S&W Model 19-5 revolvers over the years. One I had came with Patridge front sight, all the others are red ramp / white outline which I think comes with the target hammer / target trigger. The Patridge version had the skinnier hammer and trigger.

So what do you call this one? It looked like a Patridge at first, until I saw the orange dot. Is this factory or a bubba mod?

 

[murphydog]

It's a Patridge, with either orange paint or (less likely) insert applied.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Yep. Painted patridge sight. That sight(blued) was standard on 6 in. 19's.

 

[Model19man]

Yep. Painted patridge sight. That sight(blued) was standard on 6 in. 19's.

Never seen any like that before. I have seen the Patridge sight equipped Model 19 but the ones I have seen are blued.

 

[Pisgah]

Move on, folks, nothing to see here. That's a Patridge with a bit of orange paint applied. I've done it myself...

 

[Protocall_Design]

That isn't factory. Many owners have painted their sights orange to see them better.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Howse about dis? Dis be factory. Called post on patridge by S&W.

 

[Model19man]

That isn't factory. Many owners have painted their sights orange to see them better.

OK then Bubba did it. Thanks.

 

[diecidecimi]

Watching the #1 post picture, I can't define if it is a paint or a red insert glued to the vertical side of the Patridge FS. Anyway, it does exist : King sights were very nice aftermarket options, and the red "dot" was one of them. Today they are still available in US, distributed by N****ch for example (is it OK, so masked?). Not mentioned on S&W standard catalog, but somewhere I saw similar FS described as factory option: maybe I'm wrong anyway.
Discontinued.....


Here a King's - with its vented rib -

 

[s&wchad]

Here's what I believe to be a factory Red Post Patridge sight. The insert is staked at the top.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

OK then Bubba did it. Thanks.

Why call him "Bubba?" It was a perfectly sensible, harmless thing to do, easily undone by almost anyone familiar with firearms and their use.

 

[CajunBass]

OK then Bubba did it. Thanks.

You say that like it's a bad thing? I've been "Bubba" all my life, still am for that matter. A fact that my Yankee born wife finds no end of amusement in. She thought "Bubba" was some sort of insult.

And yes. I paint my sights with nail polish.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Here's what I believe to be a factory Red Post Patridge sight. The insert is staked at the top.

That's the exact same sight pictured on my 686 mtn gun posted above.

 

[Model19man]

That's the exact same sight pictured on my 686 mtn gun posted above.

Disagree. It's orange paint. Look at the picture I posted.

 

[Model19man]

Why call him "Bubba?" It was a perfectly sensible, harmless thing to do, easily undone by almost anyone familiar with firearms and their use.

It's either Bubba done it or Smith and Wesson. And it's not something done by Smith and Wesson.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

It's either Bubba done it or Smith and Wesson. And it's not something done by Smith and Wesson.

No, it was done either by someone who knew more than you which sight worked best for him, or someone who knew less. And you don't know which.

 

[diecidecimi]

IMHO it is factory

I was right when I said I saw it somewhere. Here it is.....