(the last carbon steel, Model 19, .357 Combat Magnum, before the reintroduction of the Classics in 2017)
The carbon steel Model 19 was discontinued and dropped from the catalog in November, 1999.
(the Model 66 .357 Combat Magnum Stainless was discontinued in 2005 and then reintroduced in 2013)
Before the Model 19 was discontinued, Smith & Wesson made a run of 3", non-ported Model 19-8s, product code 148419, for Carl Walther, GmbH to use as their R99 La Chasse
In February, 2000, Smith & Wesson made a run of 4" Model 19-8s marked as .38 Special Ctg., product code 148926.
I used to be able to state that no Model 19 .357 Combat Magnum was ever made with an internal lock but since their reintroduction in 2017, that is no longer true.
In 2001 Smith & Wesson assembled fifteen 2.5" Model 19-6 with a nickel finish. The story goes that S&W was visited by the ATF in 2001 and they had some Model 19 frames intended to be used for warranty or repairs. Since the frame is the serialized part, the revolver, and had to be accounted for as such, Smith & Wesson built them and shipped them to Lew Horton in May, 2001. Although it is stamped a MOD. 19-6, it has the later cylinder, extractor and stocks.
Not only does were these fifteen nickel 2.5" Model 19-6 they last Model 19s made (before the Classics), they stand apart from all other Model 19s because:
1) These are the only 2.5" Model 19-6 that were finished in nickel. S&W stopped cataloguing nickel finish in 1992 and no others, 1988-1992 have been observed.
The carbon steel Model 19 was discontinued and dropped from the catalog in November, 1999.
(the Model 66 .357 Combat Magnum Stainless was discontinued in 2005 and then reintroduced in 2013)
Before the Model 19 was discontinued, Smith & Wesson made a run of 3", non-ported Model 19-8s, product code 148419, for Carl Walther, GmbH to use as their R99 La Chasse
In February, 2000, Smith & Wesson made a run of 4" Model 19-8s marked as .38 Special Ctg., product code 148926.
I used to be able to state that no Model 19 .357 Combat Magnum was ever made with an internal lock but since their reintroduction in 2017, that is no longer true.
In 2001 Smith & Wesson assembled fifteen 2.5" Model 19-6 with a nickel finish. The story goes that S&W was visited by the ATF in 2001 and they had some Model 19 frames intended to be used for warranty or repairs. Since the frame is the serialized part, the revolver, and had to be accounted for as such, Smith & Wesson built them and shipped them to Lew Horton in May, 2001. Although it is stamped a MOD. 19-6, it has the later cylinder, extractor and stocks.
Not only does were these fifteen nickel 2.5" Model 19-6 they last Model 19s made (before the Classics), they stand apart from all other Model 19s because:
1) These are the only 2.5" Model 19-6 that were finished in nickel. S&W stopped cataloguing nickel finish in 1992 and no others, 1988-1992 have been observed.
