WTK: Approximate value of 4 inch 19 dash 3 cut and wearing Farrant's

[Scotter260]

A local has it but is not a gun person - I haven't seen it for some time so don't know the serial but I'd say condition is 95+%. It's wearing darker Fuzzy Farrant stocks and they're the type that require the frame being cut. Don't believe there's a box or any other items with it.

Given the lack of info, would $700 be out-of-line for this?

 

[VM]

A local has it but is not a gun person - I haven't seen it for some time so don't know the serial but I'd say condition is 95+%. It's wearing darker Fuzzy Farrant stocks and they're the type that require the frame being cut. Don't believe there's a box or any other items with it.

Given the lack of info, would $700 be out-of-line for this?

Personally, I'd rather spend the money on a factory original 19-3 with foothball targets in better condition.
A Cut frame would give me nightmares and the only market for those FF grips are another cut frame.
I'd pass and wouldn't consider it.

 

[blackdeuce]

I agree with VM.

Price is a tad high if it were an original gun, but not bad.

Really nice guns (98%+) guns seem to bring a premium on GB, but damaged goods don't bring much if they sell at all. I think buyers would shy away from that one if you had to sell it.

 

[Scotter260]

Is there a price at which you'd consider it or no for any price?

 

[Camster]

I'd rather put the money in the right stuff.
For simply a blaster,I'd say 250.
btw....Isn't it amazing how non gunnies can price stuff? Right there where a very nice example would be? Not like he's saying 200 or 1000,but right in the zone for a quality example.700 was what I got for my minty 19-3,and I had the hoops of shipping it through an FFL,etc.

 

[A10]

700 is kinda high around here for a 95% original 19-3, and 7 to 750 for one with the box, papers, and tools. I'm not real interested in a gun with a cut frame, even if the work was performed by one of the big name gunsmiths. Honestly, I don't think I'd take it for 300 bucks, and that would be on the condition that the frame was reparable. Even at that, I'd end up with 5 hundred into a reblued and rebuilt gun.....second thought, I'd pass.

 

[M29since14]

If the gun is nice I wouldn't rule it out just because the frame was cut for the Farrant stocks. If the stocks are nice and you can use them, then I would say it is just another shooter-grade Model 19 (with a little bit of history to it) and I might pay $300, or even $350 - if the whole shebang was top notch. $700 is out of line, as far as I am concerned.

 

[George_in_SD]

Given what a comparable model LNIB sells for, without modifications, $700 is too much.

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

I would say that if you just have to buy it,$500 is MAX.

 

[-db-]

The cut doesn't preclude the use of other stocks that enclose the front strap and bottom of the gripframe, such as factory target stocks. In other words, if you like the gun but don't like the Farrant grips, you could put factory stocks on it and no one would see that the gripframe is cut. Sell the Farrants to someone else with a cut frame to recoup some of your money.

 

[Harpman]

Nobody (I don't think) has mentioned that the cut on the frame may have removed part of the serial number.

 

[Doug M.]

By "cut frame", do you mean converted to round butt?

 

[shfd368bkt]

Nobody (I don't think) has mentioned that the cut on the frame may have removed part of the serial number.

As the serial number is present in another location on the gun it wouldn't be illegal, but you can't send it to S&W to get any work done because they won't return it with modification to the serial number.

 

[ikor]

By "cut frame", do you mean converted to round butt?

Doug;

The lower front strap of the frame has been cut at an angle for the Farrant grips to fit, as they would be smaller in diameter at the bottom that at the top.

I'd happily buy one and never worry about the grip frame, but I would not pay near what he is asking for it.

 

[Doug M.]

Ok, that's out of my lane. I am not sure why anyone would design a grip that requires such a mod. It's one thing to have a grip designed for RBs, but another to require trimming.

 

[Scotter260]

He's not pricing it at that but would trade for something interesting and the only interesting thing I've got has about $700 into it. I'll have to keep checking for something less interesting.

Thanks for all the input.

 

[highpower3006]

I just bought a 99%+ Model 19-2 for much less than that. It came with the box, tools, SAT and paperwork. The only bummer is the original factory diamond targets are missing.

 

[Joe Kent]

Most everyone above would appear to be collectors rather than users, and as such they are giving you good advice about a good revolver with a modified frame. As a user ,who willing cut more than one revolver, so Farrant stocks would fit , you never will find a better combination of fighting revolver and grips that will not let the gun move in your hand when you are in the mud,the blood and the beer. Currently original Fuzzy Farrant stocks often sell in excess of $200.+ and a good condition{finish and timing} Model 19 is easily worth $400. to $500. Would I cut a frame today, no, because I already have and will keep in my family forever my favorite revolvers with my favorite using stocks. In short if you are comfortable making the trade, do it ,you will not find a better combination for serious use. As was said above, you can always put a set of target grips on and only you would know the frame was cut and as long as you let whoever you are selling it to or trading it to know there would never be a problem. All my very best, Joe. PS, I would buy it in a heartbeat!

 

[Twiki357]

If it makes any difference to you, I just bought a 19-3, 4" bbl in good condition for $400.

 

[snake803]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Fuzzy do the modifications because round butt .357 weren't available at that time?????
Just askin'...
JIM..............