19-3

[OldCop71]

Pawn shop find, model 19-3 for under 400$ OTD.  Bubba'd ceracote and bobbed hammer, but the sweetest trigger of any guns I own.

[Borg warner]

It looks ugly but beauty is as beauty does and the model 19 was one of the best revolvers Smith and Wesson ever made and I'd take a 19-3 over any Smith & Wesson made today. I'd even be tempted to strip off the Cerakote and have it re-blued, because I know a local gunsmith who does a beautiful job of polishing and re-blueing and his prices are reasonable.

Edited November 26, 2018 by Borg warner

[Clancy]

A $400 Model 19? MY LGS had a Model 19 that looked like it spent time in a river, and it sold for $600. It was in the display case for less than an hour.

[Historian]

It would make a fine pistol for packing around the woods or truck. Can't scratch it up as easily.

[Valmet]

Definitely something you don’t see everyday but pretty cool IMO. 

[Andyd]

Prices definitely went up. I paid in between $200 to 250 for my 19s ( the 3" fixed sight was free ) when everybody else was into wondernines.

 

Edited November 24, 2018 by Andyd

[Historian]

I've been looking for a classic snub..and my local dealers can't keep the things on the shelf. There has been a bit of a wheel gun renasaunce lately.

[TeaDub]

Cool find. If it's mechanically solid, I'd also be tempted to strip the cerakote and have a skilled smith reblue it to look nice. I love the old K-frames.

[Suspect Unknown]

Cera Kote is a really plain Jane coating, but it protects the steel so well, that I forgive whoever done it. It would make a near perfect trail gun, or as a CCW piece.

The Model 19 in blue is a near work of art in my book. 

 

Edited November 25, 2018 by Suspect Unknown

[Historian]

100 percent on Unknown's comments. You can laugh at the rest of us when it rains on your elk hunt, camping trip, etc.

That thing is a tank. I'd get nicer grips. But that's me. Right now that gun could survive a submarine disaster and get raised by Howard Hughes. 

Edited November 26, 2018 by Historian

[DWARREN123]

Make  a good trail gun.

 

[Andyd]

Old Cop,

 

have you checked the barrel if it is stainless? It might be one of the many M19s that had developed cracks on the forcing cone and when no more M19 barrels were available but M66 barrels were still found, many M19s were retrofitted with the stainless 66 barrels.

[OldCop71]

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I have not checked the barrel, was not aware of that. I will eventually have it either re-blued or cerakoted in a near blue shade.  This revolver, since I replaced the rear sight, is dead nuts accurate, shooting one ragged hole double action at 25 yards.

[Dric902]

Very workable gun.

if you wanted it restored (I had one beat to pieces) S&W does a great job. You can tell them not to work the action over and they will refinish and clean it up well.

or Robar is very good at refinishing. Same thing, tell them not to work the action over.

 

nice find

 

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[ede]

I'm a whore for pawn shops and never see much resembling a good to great price. You did very well.