stana
Member
Four days ago I saw an add on the local internet classifieds, for a 4" S&W model 19. The single photo looked good (but for one thing). It had a pinned barrel and service stocks and showed little holster ware. The add said $200 and went on to explain that the cocking mechansim wouldn't work.
I quickly called. The seller told me that the hammer was very hard to cock, but if you opened the cylinder and held the "saftey" ahead you could cock it.
Ah! something under the extractor star maybe, but in the photo it looked like the end of the extractor rod was bare metal. A loose rod?
My only problem was he was half a state away and I was working. He was also at work, I asked him to hold it for me and I would have someone waiting for him with the cash when he got off work. I called one of my good daughters, luckly not far from where he lived. Anyway I got it.
She called when she picked it up and told me she could not open the cylinder. Yea a loose rod for sure.
She surprised me with a call two hours ago, she was on her way home with the 19. Soon I''ll know. Extractor rods are cheap.
I quickly called. The seller told me that the hammer was very hard to cock, but if you opened the cylinder and held the "saftey" ahead you could cock it.
Ah! something under the extractor star maybe, but in the photo it looked like the end of the extractor rod was bare metal. A loose rod?
My only problem was he was half a state away and I was working. He was also at work, I asked him to hold it for me and I would have someone waiting for him with the cash when he got off work. I called one of my good daughters, luckly not far from where he lived. Anyway I got it.
She called when she picked it up and told me she could not open the cylinder. Yea a loose rod for sure.
She surprised me with a call two hours ago, she was on her way home with the 19. Soon I''ll know. Extractor rods are cheap.