sw44spl
Member
You sold it to buy a Glock
Why did I sell my Model 19? You tell me
- Thread starter josywales
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Hmm...last night I "found" a second Glock I didn't recall I had. Now I don't have hundreds of guns or anything, but my safe is full and I've hidden some among the stocks of the long guns. I was arranging them to fit this 19 in and I saw it. HOWEVER, after looking at my trusty dusty Excel sheet, the second Glock was, in fact, on there.
Actually, you needed a kidney transplant. The wait list was too long, so you sold the M19 to finance a "black market' kidney.
Yeah that's it!
De Oppresso Liber
Yeah that's it!
De Oppresso Liber
66 shooter
Member
Same reason I did....young...stupid....you get the picture, thank God I have three more in the safe.
I am ashamed to admit this and would probably prefer some of your hair-brained excuses above. Some are quit good actually. I think it's possible that I succumbed to the forcing cone panic that can be found trolling the Internet. I realize there is some fact to the high pressure stuff, which I never shoot. And, in fact, I rarely shoot 357 at all, usually 38. However, at the time, I might have fallen victim to the concern.
What made me think of it is a 19-4 that I just purchased, which had shavings around the breech face. All of my research and conversation about that jogged what's left of my memory. As it turns out, I had a collector view the 19-4 today and it appears to not have been fired since the factory, but that's another thread... And another dilemma...
Thanks to everyone who tried to bail me out with an excuse. Much appreciated ; )
What made me think of it is a 19-4 that I just purchased, which had shavings around the breech face. All of my research and conversation about that jogged what's left of my memory. As it turns out, I had a collector view the 19-4 today and it appears to not have been fired since the factory, but that's another thread... And another dilemma...
Thanks to everyone who tried to bail me out with an excuse. Much appreciated ; )
Let me save you 97 posts to read....shoot it...
I bought a nickel plated mod19 somewhere around 1981. In the early 90's, I took it to a gun shop in Tacoma WA to trade it in on a semi-auto. The owner wouldn't do it. He advised me to keep it and shoot it. I did keep it, and I still shoot it. I use 38 SWC and 38 defense rounds. It's accurate, easy to shoot, and I've never had a problem with it.
vmumford
Member
I would have to assume you purchased this little beauty so for that, I congratulate you and wish you many happy and fond memories together. All this worry for nothing. Cant say the guys here didn't say "Easy Fix"
captaint
Member
Josy-
Try not to feel too bad. I did the same thing. A new 19-3 bought new in 1972. I got bored with it after about a year and sold it and bought a BHP.
I was never real fond of that gun, either. I'm sure I thought fine, beautiful revolvers like my 19 would always be made. Whoops !!! The thing that really haunts me is that I still remember the serial # 2K77211.
If anybody has it, please contact me -I'm at your mercy.
Try not to feel too bad. I did the same thing. A new 19-3 bought new in 1972. I got bored with it after about a year and sold it and bought a BHP.
I was never real fond of that gun, either. I'm sure I thought fine, beautiful revolvers like my 19 would always be made. Whoops !!! The thing that really haunts me is that I still remember the serial # 2K77211.
If anybody has it, please contact me -I'm at your mercy.
bigchuck83
Member
Seems many on this forum have at least one gun they sold and wish they hadn't. I foolishly sold off the 28-2 I had. Once I get the funds built up I'll be looking for that exact gun again or another one just like it.
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Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Bender at Mardi Gras...
Model 19s are the tramps of the S&W .357 magnum world. They get passed around, abused, sold from man to man, they get run hot, and fed super hot stuff. W use them up, and pass them on. I wish I could say they were a dime a dozen, but we still pay for how they can ,ah, perform.
