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Posted: 3/30/2020 8:06:15 PM EDT
I found this S&W 19-4 .357 today. I have $450.00 in it.

I figure it must have been made around 1979 or so. It's the last of the "pinned and recessed" Model 19s. If memory serves it was with the 19-5 that the P&R went away.

It's got some cosmetic "warts" but since it was set-up with target hammer/trigger/stocks it seemed to be worth it.

I generally don't mess with "modern" 6" revolvers all that much but this one sort of "spoke to me" if that makes any sense. I thought it would make a capable companion with my .357 lever-action carbine that I'd not have to worry about if it got another "wart" when out and about but given what the stocks are worth these day I might switch them out.  

There is no cutting along the top-strap above the forcing cone so I suspect it must have had very few if any .357 rounds through it and it's tight as a tick so that was a plus.....It will get some .357 through it tomorrow.

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Excellent revolver!!! I prefer N frames,  but the 19 had a great name "combat masterpiece "
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Nice revolver.
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Yeah, I much prefer 4" Model 19s but it was sort of hard to pass-up.

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Colt M1892 made in 1894.
I shot it today for the first time.
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My newest revolver.

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Its nice but I prefer shorter barrel. The 19-2 is perhaps the prettiest and most effective pistol i would choose.


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Its nice but I prefer shorter barrel. The 19-2 is perhaps the prettiest and most effective pistol i would choose.


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She’s a beauty, and so much better than the hammered dogshit S&W puts out today.
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Its nice but I prefer shorter barrel. The 19-2 is perhaps the prettiest and most effective pistol i would choose.


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See avatar.

Mine is a 19-4.
Link Posted: 3/30/2020 8:20:43 PM EDT
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Nice shooter you got there, Hoss. Mine is *just* barely showing a timing mark. Not sure if I should "do" something about that or not...
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Its nice but I prefer shorter barrel. The 19-2 is perhaps the prettiest and most effective pistol i would choose.


https://www.defensivecarry.com/forum/attachments/defensive-carry-guns/226874d1510816579-question-about-s-w-model-19-2-4-inch-357-s-w-m19-3.jpg
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I already have a 19-4 snub and 4" 19-3 in nickle.

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I found this S&W 19-4 .357 today. I have $450.00 in it.

I figure it must have been made around 1979 or so. It's the last of the "pinned and recessed" Model 19s. If memory serves it was with the 19-5 that the P&R went away.

It's got some cosmetic "warts" but since it was set-up with target hammer/trigger/stocks it seemed to be worth it.

I generally don't mess with "modern" 6" revolvers all that much but this one sort of "spoke to me" if that makes any sense. I thought it would make a capable companion with my .357 lever-action carbine that I'd not have to worry about if it got another "wart" when out and about but given what the stocks are worth these day I might switch them out.  

There is no cutting along the top-strap above the forcing cone so I suspect it must have had very few if any .357 rounds through it and it's tight as a tick so that was a plus.....It will get some .357 through it tomorrow.

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Don't know about "target" stocks, but they were standard issue for my PD. The cut out area made it
easy for speed loaders to work.
Link Posted: 3/30/2020 8:23:01 PM EDT
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Picked this up after consulting arfcom on brutal recoiling wheel gats. Its a bit too heavy for my tastes, hoping one day S&W make a scandium frame version. Next two wheel gats on my list are the 329PD and 327PD.


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That 19 is a perfect candidate for some moderate magnum cast bullet loads.
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I love 19s also
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I really like k frames in general
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Model 19 is/was the Combat Magnum. The Model 15 (.38 Spl.) was the Combat Masterpiece.

OP: great deal on a great pistol.
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Its hard to pass up a pinned and recessed Smith for that price, warts or not.  Good buy.
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I bought myself a brand new Model 19 Combat Masterpiece, 4 inch, orange insert front sight, adjustable white outline rear sight, and a shoulder rig to carry it around in for my 21st birthday in 1981.

Gave it to a girlfriend a few years later to take on a road trip for protection.

She came back without it, claimed it was stolen.

I believe it financed a weekend of hard partying....
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4" Model 620
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I have a 19-3 snub nose and a 627, 2 5/8. I have shot speed steel with the 8 shot.
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19-3

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Other than a 5" Victory and a 5" 1899 in .32-20 the only other 6" S&Ws I have is a 1920s era nickled M&P and a Model 17.

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2-1/2", round butt, 19-2 is the best model 19.

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I'll play!



SW 547 with age-appropriate revolver-correct Nyclads. ;)

I got lucky on GB one day and it was a big surprise getting the 'you won' notification.
Original stocks and serial # matching blue cardboard box are in storage somewhere with the other gun boxes. It's one of my favorite pieces being its 9mm with no moon clips. I feel bad every time I take it out shooting, but it usually only comes out when I bring a first timer to the pistol range (almost never these days).
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.38LC
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This doesn’t have adjustable sights but I like it.
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M13 357
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That's what i figured.
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Colt Detective.

Since everyone is posting S&W's I'll add this.

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S&W model 17. 50's
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And then, there's my all time favorite Smith, the 3" model 625, (Model of 1989) in .45ACP . . .



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Nice pistola, as usual
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At that price you did great! I'm not big on 6" Revolvers I've got one a 686
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Yes those grips are worth $100-200 easy
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here's my 19
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1966? Ruger Blackhawk and friend



1959?  S&W M18 .22LR




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Models 15,18, and 67.
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Models 586/681
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Or maybe a 4" Model 19-5 paired with it's "matching" Model 18-3 Combat Masterpiece in 22LR, complete with the interchangeable .22 magnum cylinder.

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Nice. I have like no revolvers. I've got an Enfield No. 2, an 1895 Nagant, a SAA repro, and a black powder Remington repro.

Here's the Enfield.

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686 no dash.
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That looks more like a Model-14.  No shroud over the ejector rod.
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My beloved 686-3
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Revolvers are good I do like my Smith & Wesson's.

ETA: My daughters favorite gun. Remington 1858 cartridge conversion. in .45 Colt.

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