A S&W model 19 found a home.

JunkCollector

It's one of those I never really found the right one on.
Be it price, barrel length, or condition it just was elusive and a long search to justify buying.

Prices now have gotten obscenely high on any so this at 650. OTD I finally took the plunge.

Barrel length was fine.
I wanted 4" or less.
Price was very good in the current market.
Condition was acceptable also.
Has some muzzle wear but not abused with heavy loads.
So the new to me 19

Zee

Yep. Looks good. 

Wambli Ska

Beautiful gun.  One of S&W finest creations.  Bill Jordan is smiling at you from heaven 😁

Elk creek

Very nice!!!

Bigslug

Target hammer / target trigger / target sights / target grips / pinned barrel (no frame crush to lap out).

Looks like wadcutter bliss to me!

You figure out her birthday yet?

sakodude

Very nice! I probably should have kept the NIB one I had come across last year but my brother wanted it more than me at the time.

Ernie Bishop

Looks good to me!

NN

Nice

JunkCollector

Wambli Ska said:

Beautiful gun.  One of S&W finest creations.  Bill Jordan is smiling at you from heaven 😁

Yeah he had a lot to do with Smith making a 357 K frame.

JunkCollector

You figure out her birthday yet?

It's a Dash 2 and pretty high in their range so just guessed it at 67

JunkCollector

sakodude said:

Very nice! I probably should have kept the NIB one I had come across last year but my brother wanted it more than me at the time.

You did the right thing
Brothers trump guns.
Besides more cash to spend here...

JunkCollector

I'm hoping to try it tomorrow along with some others I haven't tried yet.
It was a long dry spell Smith wise followed by a downpour..

Michakav

That's a beauty.

Diver43

When I come across guns of that age, they look that old and then some.
You found a really nice one

Wambli Ska

JunkCollector said:

Wambli Ska said:

Beautiful gun.  One of S&W finest creations.  Bill Jordan is smiling at you from heaven 😁

Yeah he had a lot to do with Smith making a 357 K frame.

And making them a standard in the LE community.

bullsi1911

Very nice!  

Gene L

You come up with the nicest guns!  Which you keep for a month and then get rid of.   I've had a couple of K-frame .357s back in the day, but sold them before shooting.  I've got a 3" Model 65 now, but seldom shoot it.  My avatar is a Model 28.  Old Smiths are great, not so much with the later ones with a hole in the sideplate. 

Wambli Ska

He only gets rid of the Colts to aggravate me 🤣

Jayhawker

Nice grab! I found one just like that in a small Kansas gun shop some years back for $350.00... Didn't take long to bring that one home.
The Model 19 was the last revolver the FBI issued...

Bigslug

Jayhawker said:

The Model 19 was the last revolver the FBI issued...

Was it?  I thought the 3" 13's / 65's were the mainstay.

JunkCollector

Wambli Ska said:

He only gets rid of the Colts to aggravate me 🤣

That's true


The target 32-20 needs a test before sending out to Tom though.



I did decide 3 target 22's was a bit much and one should go. Especially when I don't even need one but the guys been a real slacker
You may know him ?

sakodude

My other Colt 32-20 does need company

JunkCollector

sakodude said:

My other Colt 32-20 does need company

Does it need a little brother too ?

Jayhawker

Bigslug said:

Jayhawker said:

The Model 19 was the last revolver the FBI issued...

Was it?  I thought the 3" 13's / 65's were the mainstay.

That's a factoid I read somewhere...not sure where exactly....

Wambli Ska

I think the first handgun Seal Team 6 ran was the Model 66, the stainless version of the 19.  I seem to remember that from reading Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior years ago.

sakodude

JunkCollector said:

sakodude said:

My other Colt 32-20 does need company

Does it need a little brother too ?

family is important

Diver43

Wambli Ska said:

I think the first handgun Seal Team 6 ran was the Model 66, the stainless version of the 19.  I seem to remember that from reading Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior years ago.

I thought the Seal Teams used the 1911 then transitioned to the Sig P226 then more recently Glock

Wambli Ska

Diver43 said:

Wambli Ska said:

I think the first handgun Seal Team 6 ran was the Model 66, the stainless version of the 19.  I seem to remember that from reading Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior years ago.

I thought the Seal Teams used the 1911 then transitioned to the Sig P226 then more recently Glock

Team 1 and 2 did.  Not Team 6, Marcinko was not a conventional kind’a guy.

Bigslug

Diver43 said:

Wambli Ska said:

I think the first handgun Seal Team 6 ran was the Model 66, the stainless version of the 19.  I seem to remember that from reading Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior years ago.

I thought the Seal Teams used the 1911 then transitioned to the Sig P226 then more recently Glock

They have a big black budget and the tendency to use WETF they want in order to get the job done, so "standard equipment" is merely a suggestion.  If the goal is to send a small handful of guys with highly honed abilities to NOT get in prolonged firefights, a seriously penetrating or 100-yard capable handgun starts to make a fair amount of sense.

Interesting bit of thread drift. . .

Wambli Ska

Bigslug said:

Diver43 said:

Wambli Ska said:

I think the first handgun Seal Team 6 ran was the Model 66, the stainless version of the 19.  I seem to remember that from reading Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior years ago.

I thought the Seal Teams used the 1911 then transitioned to the Sig P226 then more recently Glock

They have a big black budget and the tendency to use WETF they want in order to get the job done, so "standard equipment" is merely a suggestion.  If the goal is to send a small handful of guys with highly honed abilities to NOT get in prolonged firefights, a seriously penetrating or 100-yard capable handgun starts to make a fair amount of sense.

Interesting bit of thread drift. . .

Marcinko basically given a task, an open checkbook and little to no oversight.  After the Iran hostage fiasco they would have said yes to ANYTHING he wanted, especially for his infamous Red Cell.  He had the Team operational in 6 months.  Funny most folks don’t know that Seal Team 6 does not officially exist anymore.

Bigslug

They're probably job-classified as rodent-control specialists aboard one of the pseudo-commissioned museum ships.  Takes a lot of time away from the main office to stay trained up for that job.