I've been trying to find a nice S&W M19 for a while now. A gentleman contacted me and offered this one. Unfortunately he has misplaced the box, but hopefully he can locate it for me. I can only find two marks on it. So it has lived a charmed life since it's production in 1972. Blue is brilliant.

I'm sorry to say that it appears to me to have been refinished. Specifically, the appearance of the rollmark on the left side of the barrel.

Naturally, I could be wrong. It could be the lighting.

The right side frame rollmarks look crisp.

Possible I guess but I don't think so. I'll try and get another shot. In person the roll mark looks crisp and clean.

The ejector rod shows typical wear, so, Im probably wrong.

Right Side roll mark



Left Side roll mark

Wow, that's nice! I'll skip the Pythons...to me a 4" Model 19 with target grips is the way a revolver is supposed to look. That's the pinnacle of revolver beauty right there!

That is really nice. One of my favorite revolvers.

Welcome to the club!

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I picked up a 19-4 very similar to yours in 2023. Still have yet to shoot it.

Almost too pretty to shoot.

Almost.

Congrats!. That gun is a honey for sure.
I'd say the finish is original. The roll marks look pretty crisp.

WOW, what a beautiful Combat Magnum.

That is fantastic, need to add one to the stable, wish my 29 looked that good, reminds me I need to find someone to refinish it..

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Wow, that's nice! I'll skip the Pythons...to me a 4" Model 19 with target grips is the way a revolver is supposed to look. That's the pinnacle of revolver beauty right there!

Absolutely

Congratulations on that revolver!

The model 19 is my favorite revolver. Can't get that bluing anymore.

Beautiful gun! But I think the grips are not original. The left side grip is shaped to work with speedloaders. Mine was bought some time after 1973 and I had to do that carving myself.

Very nice looking S&W classic revolver ! Thanks for sharing with the SIGforum.

That's a GREAT looking Model 19!

Looks great. On an older S&W I can’t help but take a peek under the side-plate to inspect and likely lube. This is an older gun with unknown history.

Case in point, I have a 686 from the early 90’s, bought new. This gunsmith hasn’t been shot a whole lot. I decided to inspect it a few years back, clean but dry as a bone. One could argue about lube levels, but I’d think totally dry isn’t ideal.

It’s easy to go back a few decades older than that. Yes, watch the videos about the side-plate. I usually leave internals intact.

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Originally posted by honestlou:
Beautiful gun! But I think the grips are not original. The left side grip is shaped to work with speedloaders. Mine was bought some time after 1973 and I had to do that carving myself.

The grips like you are describing (with no relief cut) were used in the early 50s. By the mid to late 50s a relief cut was added. I can't say for sure cause I didn't buy it new, but I thought that they were correct for that time period. I pulled them and looked for a serial number but could not read the info clearly. The experts on the SW forum think they are correct but no real way to know.

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