A 19 or two are definitely on my bucket list. Not sure why I don't have one.
Ten year wait. Finally got M19 snubbie
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Congrats on getting that 19. It was THE gun to have in the mid to late 1970's when I got interested in handguns. I got mine, a blue 19-3, in 1976. And it seems, it is still THE gun to have!
I've had a nickel 19-3 (4") for several years now and have shot it quite a bit, even using it with students in my basic handgun class (with .38 Spl ammo, of course). I've had no issues with the durability of the finish. They do tend to look more dirty after a range session, but in a perverse way I think of that as a good thing - you can easily see where the powder residue is and make sure it is all cleaned off!
Here's a photo of the nickel gun with my favorite 2 1/2" 19-3. I like this pair a lot!
lhump1961
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It's always nice to see someone get their gun and 2 1/2" 19 will always have a place with the top shelf S&W revolvers. There are those that have a 2 1/2" 19 and those that want a 2 1/2" 19...I have been both and am happy to have one now. Picked it up a few years ago right here on the forum and it remains the only gun I own that I have never fired...I have plenty of K frames to shoot but...I just had to have a 19 snubbie.
I'm not opposed to shooting it and I will someday so I can say I have.
Congrats on a fine revolver.
I'm not opposed to shooting it and I will someday so I can say I have.
Congrats on a fine revolver.
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Yes it is. glad to have it on my list.
629shooter
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That is very nice. It's the one gun I had that I really regret selling.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
I fully agree! Along with their big brother, the 3" in N frame has the same lines, but on steroids!
Travispitt
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I've been wanting a 2.5" 19 for quite awhile. Friday I got off work early and went to the LGS. They have had a 2.5" 19 for a little while for $699 but the side plate was a little buggered up so I passed on it. As soon as I walked in the door I was handed a different 2.5" 19 without even asking. This one looked great. I didn't have cash to buy it so I was afraid to even ask a price. Before I did the owner said $599 for it. I felt like that was a great price. I talked to the manager whom I've gotten to know pretty well and said I didn't have enough at the moment and I know they don't really do layaway anymore. He said I could do a short layaway. $200 down and have it payed off by November 1st. And he said he'd try to get a box for it to go in. Yeah it won't match but still a nice offer. I'm so excited it get it. May have it payed off much sooner.
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Congrats Checkman. Very few could disagree about paying "what it takes" to get a grail gun. I am suspect of those that say they NEVER have done that.
The first centerfire revolver I bought was a 6" Model 19 in Los Angeles, circa 1968. The first time I fired it I forgot "ears"! I believe I can still hear that shot ringing in my right ear.
While long gone that 19 was eventually replaced with this (April '80) 66-1:
It will go to one of the grandsons. Eventually.
Shoot and enjoy. Wear hearing protection.
"We don't pay too much, we just buy early."
The first centerfire revolver I bought was a 6" Model 19 in Los Angeles, circa 1968. The first time I fired it I forgot "ears"! I believe I can still hear that shot ringing in my right ear.
While long gone that 19 was eventually replaced with this (April '80) 66-1:
It will go to one of the grandsons. Eventually.
Shoot and enjoy. Wear hearing protection.
"We don't pay too much, we just buy early."
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M3Stuart
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Life is short. Make the effort to get nice stuff that you really want. Then enjoy it!
Amen, brother!!!
It took me 35 years from when I saw my first 19 and fell in love until I finally got one.
As a new cop, I bought a NIB Model 58 for a duty gun for $81.00 because it was cheaper than a Combat Magnum at $125.00.
I carried it for a duty gun for 13 years.
Finally got to where I could afford a Model 19, and now I have three.
This one gets carried quite a bit in the winter time.
As a new cop, I bought a NIB Model 58 for a duty gun for $81.00 because it was cheaper than a Combat Magnum at $125.00.
I carried it for a duty gun for 13 years.
Finally got to where I could afford a Model 19, and now I have three.
This one gets carried quite a bit in the winter time.
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I suppose the 19 is close to favorite handgun period.
Had many over the years currently have two and 2 more enroute and bidding
on another.
This is my 19-4 in nickel.
Had many over the years currently have two and 2 more enroute and bidding
on another.
This is my 19-4 in nickel.
This thread is crazy. Made me think back to my first handgun I bought in 1979. A brand new blued 4" M19. I will never forget that smell when I opened the box. You guys know it too. Today my K's dominant my safe. They just feel "right". a 2 1/2" 66, 2 1/2" blued 19-4, 2-4" blued 19-4, 4" 66-1. Oh, I can't leave out the 4" 13-1, and the 4" 18-2. Great thread guys.
shfd368bkt
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I got my 19-3 about a year ago in a trade deal. I've never regretted it for a second. Congrats on the gun, I enjoy reading about guys finding a long sought after piece.
Thanks, you just cost me $150. Because now I have to find a set of stags and polished "T" for my Model 19!It took me 35 years from when I saw my first 19 and fell in love until I finally got one.
As a new cop, I bought a NIB Model 58 for a duty gun for $81.00 because it was cheaper than a Combat Magnum at $125.00.
I carried it for a duty gun for 13 years.
Finally got to where I could afford a Model 19, and now I have three.
This one gets carried quite a bit in the winter time.
It was 1980 for me and I was literally buying my first revolver. Prior to that I had a couple of .25 ACP European pistols and some rifles. So, unbeknownst to me, I buy a gun that people recognize on sight and that even my non-shooting, late, lamented, sainted mother described as "beautiful". Made my whole day when she did that.
Yessirreebob, there I was with a "brand new blued 4" M19", as aforesaid, and I am enthralled. I love this gun! Shot it whenever I could, took it to the deer woods, you name it. Nearly blew my foot off with it once in the deer woods but since I didn't do anything but make a divot in the dirt the story doesn't amount to much. Got my attention, though!
17 years later I blew it up. Another story for another thread but by the time I blew it up it wasn't my only S&W revolver.
And then I went on a quest for another one.....took me a dozen years until one showed up and it was a 2.5" beauty and MAN WAS I HAPPY!!!! Still am! It has a lot of friends these days but it IS way up there in the list of guns that I love.
Nice gun, pardner!
***GRJ***
For the record, in my opinion that's not the worst price in the world in 2014. Your decision was well founded and sometimes we have to pay retail for what we want. Not every great gun is a bargain but, the key is, YOU HAVE IT.
***GRJ***
For the record, in my opinion that's not the worst price in the world in 2014. Your decision was well founded and sometimes we have to pay retail for what we want. Not every great gun is a bargain but, the key is, YOU HAVE IT.
***GRJ***
A couple of years back I found a really nice pristine 6" 66 at a gunshow. They were asking $575 and, at the time, I thought that was about $50 too high. I tried to dicker, offered $500, then came up to $525, but the seller wouldn't budge. I walked away. I now wish I hadn't. I'd far rather have the 66 in my safe than the $50 in my wallet.
phin-fan63
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green with envy
Looking for one myself as we type...lol ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL..... congrats
Looking for one myself as we type...lol ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL..... congrats
Oh, I like to help a feller spend his money any time I can.
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Got it to the range today. No hiccups. I currently have Houge rubber grips on it. Put some Remington .357 Magnum 158 grain semi-jacketed hollow points through it. Very comfortable. Actually I was surprised after hearing how the Model 19 snubbie is such a fire-breather when shooting magnums through it. Perhaps the Houges made the difference. As a comparison I fired a couple cylinders of the same load through my 4" Model 28. The Highway Patrolman was a little more mild, but not that much. Of course recoil is subjective so who knows what the reality is. Anyway I was surprised. I should add that I don't think it would be as pleasant to shoot with the Magna grips.
Also fed it a box of Federal 148 grain +P+ 39 Special. Shot out the center of the target at 15 yards and no lead blowback. Guess the timing is on. I'm very pleased that my long sought after revolver is in good condition.
Sorry guys I didn't think to take photos.
Also fed it a box of Federal 148 grain +P+ 39 Special. Shot out the center of the target at 15 yards and no lead blowback. Guess the timing is on. I'm very pleased that my long sought after revolver is in good condition.
Sorry guys I didn't think to take photos.
Nice 19/66 2.5 inch barrel guns are hard to find!
Well I am glad that I am not the only one wanting a Model 19/66 in a 2.5 inch barrel. I was looking on UGE Utah Gun Exchange. A model 66 did pop up beautiful gun a safe queen original owner he was first asking I think $850.00 he eventually came down to $750.00 & would have sold it for $700.00 probably worth it but my funds just couldn't stretch that much! I just recently bought a gem of a S&W Model 10 & that's all I can afford right now!
But with some time one will show up!
Well I am glad that I am not the only one wanting a Model 19/66 in a 2.5 inch barrel. I was looking on UGE Utah Gun Exchange. A model 66 did pop up beautiful gun a safe queen original owner he was first asking I think $850.00 he eventually came down to $750.00 & would have sold it for $700.00 probably worth it but my funds just couldn't stretch that much! I just recently bought a gem of a S&W Model 10 & that's all I can afford right now!
But with some time one will show up!I bought a 19-4 in 82 for LE. Still have it which is hard to believe. It looks great for 50k rounds. I recently started picking up a 19 when I found them. One is Excellent shape in box. Would have never bought a snubbie 19 back in the day. Just happen to run across one and S&W's aren't an easy find here even in decent condition which I don't settle for. Really pleased with it and hope to fire it soon. Congratulations on your excellent find.
JR
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I bought a 19-4 in 82 for LE. Still have it which is hard to believe. It looks great for 50k rounds. I recently started picking up a 19 when I found them. One is Excellent shape in box. Would have never bought a snubbie 19 back in the day. Just happen to run across one and S&W's aren't an easy find here even in decent condition which I don't settle for. Really pleased with it and hope to fire it soon. Congratulations on your excellent find.
JR
I'm going to buy a set of Pacmayr Compacs for mine. Looks good.
Travispitt
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I picked mine up yesterday. Carrying it today
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noswisshere
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I've wanted one ever since I saw it at the gun shop in the '80. Now I finally found a model 19-6 a couple of months ago and bought it.
Curiously I now found another one for sale, this time a 19-3 from 1970 with the rare pink front sight insert which I like even better. What should I do?
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Curiously I now found another one for sale, this time a 19-3 from 1970 with the rare pink front sight insert which I like even better. What should I do?
http://imgbox.com/RUXHXRxT
http://imgbox.com/XaItlK5s
So true ......... several years ago (6-8) I dropped $500 to get an anib 6" 586-nuttin when I realized I didn't have a 6" .357.
Offered the LGS "full original MSRP"..... he just laughed
Added a set of Spegel checkered Extended Boot Grips and put it in the safe......... but I at least "have" a 6" .357 if I ever need one.....LOL
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