Where are the model 19s

[rwsmith]

I just did a scan......

I just did a scan on GB and it seemed that the ones that are available that are priced under about $650 are either well worn or have 6" barrels.

 

[Gunsnwater]

Plastic. That's why you don't see revolvers. Now smith and ruger and Taurus make plastic revolvers. I'm a smith guy but the ruger is the best of the lot in plastic. Smooth trigger pull, sucks up recoil nice. But they are all ugly next to a 19. Just going to get harder to get from here on out.

 

[old bear]

There are several for sale on gun broker as I wright this. The only problem is prices are out of sight. If you really want an M-19 better get it now, and hang on to it.

 

[Model 19 6"]

I have 3 mod 19-3 2 6" and a snubby. The 2 6"ers I bought new one in March of 73 and one in june of 74

 

[raljr1]

A friend of mine bought a 2-3/4 " model 19 LNIB....the owner asked him, "you're not gonna shoot it are you?" before he sold it to him...

I have my 6" nickel version and It's been shot a bit but well cared for and it will never be for sale...I would like to add one each 4" and 2-3/4" in nickel......

 

[Nframecollector]

I just traded a 19-4 4" blued in box with all the papers and tools for a SW1911 here in south Texas. It was about 95%.

 

[pinduck]

Model 19,4inch, 3 ts

This one is lying next to me on my computer desk.
https://picasaweb.google.com/Pinduck/94inch3Ts

 

[billwill]

Picked up a 19-4 snubby recently, bout 95% and was going to use it as much as I could. My good buddy saw it and then the dealing started. So now it lives at his house but I got cash and gun smithing services as boot. Cannot go wrong selling to your gunsmith!

 

[BAM-BAM]

NO 19s around here.... but that's nothing new.

Shortly after the turn of the century.... I realized that the only 19/66s I had were my 3inch 66s ( granted I had two). I had ( well my Dad had) my 4" 686; but that was about it in revolvers. OK a Dan Wesson .22lr and a couple of J-frames.

Anyway I saw the need to replace the 4" and 2 1/2inch 19s and 66s that had somehow gotten traded or sold to friends in the late 80s and 90s.

My thought was;..... No big deal ....... there are millions of them out there;

Well IIRC it took me almost a year to find a "good" P&Red 4"66 and 18 months to find a "nice" P&Red 4"19. I think it was more like 4-5 years to get the 2 1/2inchers......... in fact I found another 3" 66 before a found a nice 2 1/2inch 19-4.

I've picked up a couple more locally over the next few years.... but don't think I've seen a "nice" 19 in at least 2 years.

Mine aren't going anywhere...... the "spares" will go to the boys!

My montra these days is ....."Gee glad I bought mine years ago!!!!!"

 

[Bill Bates]

For a few years I've thought that Model 19 and 28s are under valued. Both are great platforms for the .357 chambering. They are hard to find in near new in the box condition. They were bought as working guns and most were used and often used hard.

I look at the prices Colt Pythons, the beannie baby of handguns, are bringing these days and wonder why. You can find pretty much any variation and barrel length in near new in the box condition any day of the week if you look online. Model 19s; not so much. High condition Pythons are not rare but they bring very rare prices these days.

I put high condition 19s and 28s in the buy column. Right now they are a steal when you find them.

One of these days the market will figure out just how rare they are in high condition and then watch the prices soar.

 

[Donn]

I know where one is.

 

[Straightshooter2]

I saw one Model 19 at the gun show here last weekend. It was in the box with everything and never fired. Owner had several different models that were ANIB. Said they had been sitting in his safe since the 1970s. If I remember correctly, he also had a Model 29. I tried not to pass out when I looked at his prices.

CW

 

[rags]

I saw one Model 19 at the gun show here last weekend. It was in the box with everything and never fired. Owner had several different models that were ANIB. Said they had been sitting in his safe since the 1970s. If I remember correctly, he also had a Model 29. I tried not to pass out when I looked at his prices.

CW

I'll be your Huckleberry, How much?

 

[Straightshooter2]

I'll be your Huckleberry, How much?

IIRC the 19 was $1500 and I'm not sure but I think the 29 was in the high 2k range.

CW

 

[rags]

IIRC the 19 was $1500 and I'm not sure but I think the 29 was in the high 2k range.

CW

Wow!

 

[Straightshooter2]

Oh, they were beautiful, no turn line, no nothing but.......