My new friends....Smith & Wesson

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Georgian

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Hey yall. I had been wanting a S&W Model 19, and finally came across a good deal on gunbroker for one. I won the auction for $412, after shipping and transfer, it will be $462. This one is a Texas Ranger Commemorative, and only 10,000 were produced, although I bought this for a shooter, not to be a safe queen. Anyways, here she is:

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geeze that'd be a good deal for just a plain model 19. what generation is it?

I had a beater 19-3 that was a great shooter. My dad carried one as a cop so I gave it to him after I got my hands on a ruger gp100 which I got because I like to shoot the hottest loads I can get and I like to shoot a lot and I didn't want to worry about what I was putting through my smith.
 
Model 19 is the best of the S&W .357's. I carried one for years as a police officer and still have 3. 1 in 4" that is still a user, 1 in 2/12" that is a user, and one 4" that is incased in wood and glass along with my badge, that was presented to me on retirement. It is not a user anymore.

Bill
 
Great gun. I have a 19-5 that I bought new in 1986. I recently added a Crimson Trace laser. Despite all of the other guns that I have bought over the years, this is the one that I keep loaded and at the ready for home defense.
 
Georgian,
You have yourself a really beautiful and fine hand gun there!

Back when my kids were young and we needed extra $, I sold my S&W M19, a S&W M66 and a S&W M59. I sold a lot of other guns over the years, but I really miss those three in particular.

Good luck and congratulations!
 
Nice gun and good luck. If you plan on using speed loaders, those original grips MAY cause you a problem as mine did. Newer grips are cut out for clearing speed loaders. Keep the old original grips though, you may want them later. Bill
 
I had one of those, but only for about two hours. :(

The deal was, I had a friend with one. He bought it many years back from some other guy. It was in the commemorative box and also included the matching knife with matching serial number.

The revolver had never been fired, but it wasn't in absolute 100% condition. The grips had some surface scratches and their was a definite turn ring on the cylinder. Nothing at all wrong with it, mind you, but I'm just pointing out that for a commemorative, it was lacking in "perfection" as commemoratives are supposed to me.

I had another buddy who had been looking for his first .357 Magnum. He loved my 6-inch 686 and was considering a 686 or a GP-100. When I told him that I could snag this one for $400 if he wanted it, it wasn't a tough sell.

I told him that he would be paying at or under market value for a beautiful K-frame .357 Magnum, but that if he shot it, it wouldn't really be a "collectible" commemorative any more. That was my idea-- spend $400 on a nice S&W and shoot it, regardless of it's "collectibility."

He liked that idea also, so I agreed to pick it up for him. I made no money on this deal. I had actually bought a few guns from the one friend, and this is one I sold to another buddy.

So when he came to pick it up... with the pretty box... the pretty blued factory finish... the cool Texas Ranger emblem on the side... the matching knife... he decided that he didn't want to shoot it.

And now it just sits at his house, where I can visit it often but I can't shoot it. :mad:

He bought a 6-inch stainless GP-100 about two weeks later and shoots it regularly.
 
Oh, for the OP, I forgot to add: The one you bought doesn't have the original grips as issued. The original grips are smooth, no checkering, and rather than the S&W emblem on them, they have a Texas Ranger star emblem in there.
 
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