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Original Cowboy Colt is everyone’s favorite
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When I was a young fellow, I walked up to the magazine rack at a Peoples Drug Store and saw a Guns and Ammo magazine. First one I ever saw. An entire magazine about nothing but guns? Who knew?
On the cover was a picture of a revolver. The most beautiful revolver I'd ever seen. Across the top of the picture screamed the words...
SMITH AND WESSOM MODEL 19 COMBAT MAGNUM!
THAT! was what a handgun was supposed to look like! Skeeter Skelton and Bill Jordan later convinced me that a Model 19 with a 4" barrel was the "best all around" gun for a man who was only going to have one gun. At the time, I never really expected to have one gun, much less the Lord only knows how many I've had over the years. Heck, I've owned a dozen or so just Model 19's.
But this is the only one I have now, and I'm pretty sure it will stay with me. It's a -5, not one of the P&R models everyone craves, but I think it's maybe the best one I've ever owned. The DA trigger is just fantastic. Someone must have layed hands on it and said "HEAL" and everything aligned and smoothed out and so it almost pulls itself. It only sees 38 wadcutters now. That's what I started out with all those years ago in my first Model 19. I guess it's what we'll finish up with too.
I don't carry it. I don't even shoot it enough, but when I do, it brings a big smile to my face. That all I ask it to do.
On the cover was a picture of a revolver. The most beautiful revolver I'd ever seen. Across the top of the picture screamed the words...
SMITH AND WESSOM MODEL 19 COMBAT MAGNUM!
THAT! was what a handgun was supposed to look like! Skeeter Skelton and Bill Jordan later convinced me that a Model 19 with a 4" barrel was the "best all around" gun for a man who was only going to have one gun. At the time, I never really expected to have one gun, much less the Lord only knows how many I've had over the years. Heck, I've owned a dozen or so just Model 19's.
But this is the only one I have now, and I'm pretty sure it will stay with me. It's a -5, not one of the P&R models everyone craves, but I think it's maybe the best one I've ever owned. The DA trigger is just fantastic. Someone must have layed hands on it and said "HEAL" and everything aligned and smoothed out and so it almost pulls itself. It only sees 38 wadcutters now. That's what I started out with all those years ago in my first Model 19. I guess it's what we'll finish up with too.
I don't carry it. I don't even shoot it enough, but when I do, it brings a big smile to my face. That all I ask it to do.
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Man, everybody's showing 3"-4" bbl and now I feel like I have a hole in my collection. I've got a few 2" and then 6.5 and 7.5...but nothing in-between 
I may just have to remedy that.
I may just have to remedy that.
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I do like the look of my 19-3 but I’m starting to not like the aftermarket grips. The one that came with it feels better. But I have not shot thr gun yet. Still in love with a Model 10!When I was a young fellow, I walked up to the magazine rack at a Peoples Drug Store and saw a Guns and Ammo magazine. First one I ever saw. An entire magazine about nothing but guns? Who knew?
On the cover was a picture of a revolver. The most beautiful revolver I'd ever seen. Across the top of the picture screamed the words...
SMITH AND WESSOM MODEL 19 COMBAT MAGNUM!
THAT! was what a handgun was supposed to look like! Skeeter Skelton and Bill Jordan later convinced me that a Model 19 with a 4" barrel was the "best all around" gun for a man who was only going to have one gun. At the time, I never really expected to have one gun, much less the Lord only knows how many I've had over the years. Heck, I've owned a dozen or so just Model 19's.
But this is the only one I have now, and I'm pretty sure it will stay with me. It's a -5, not one of the P&R models everyone craves, but I think it's maybe the best one I've ever owned. The DA trigger is just fantastic. Someone must have layed hands on it and said "HEAL" and everything aligned and smoothed out and so it almost pulls itself. It only sees 38 wadcutters now. That's what I started out with all those years ago in my first Model 19. I guess it's what we'll finish up with too.
I don't carry it. I don't even shoot it enough, but when I do, it brings a big smile to my face. That all I ask it to do.
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My favorites today....
Piranha451
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I have two favorite revolvers, a Colt Trooper MK III and an Interarms Virginian Dragoon
NeroM
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Favorite revolver ?
They are all great, but with different missions. Keep reminding my partner these are tools, NOT toys - multiple tools are need to correspond to the various jobs.
If I had to choose, an FA83 (41 Mag) and M10 (38 Spl of course) would probably be my choices.........
They are all great, but with different missions. Keep reminding my partner these are tools, NOT toys - multiple tools are need to correspond to the various jobs.
If I had to choose, an FA83 (41 Mag) and M10 (38 Spl of course) would probably be my choices.........
Old Dog
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I was a young fellow around then myself, and still remember that issue (mixed in with a Playboy or two) on a table in my barber shop (not long before we all started growing our hair out). Little did I know that not many years later I'd get issued one of these fine revolvers as a rookie deputy (laid off within a year when the county ran out of money, ended up enlisting).
For me (aside from the Peacemaker, which I'd then no experience with), it was the first revolver I fell for... Still the king, in my book.
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Great Story!
shoebox1.1
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Those ahrends are pretty!
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It varies and I can't give you a specific "favorite" at this point.
It was a lot easier when I just had one or two.
Some days it's something as humble and simple as a broken-in Model 10.
It was a lot easier when I just had one or two.
Some days it's something as humble and simple as a broken-in Model 10.
Old Dog
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Thanks, I've been kicking myself (figuratively) over the past few years, since Kim Ahrends stopped making grips, for not ordering several more sets when Top Gun Supply still had a bunch of 'em in stock.
The oiled finger-groove cocobolo grips fit my hands perfectly and are pretty much my all-time favorite K/L frame stocks.
Old Dog
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Just out of curiosity, what don't you like about the Altamonte grips? I know everyone's hand is different. I've got them on my model 19 as well and they fit my XXL hands great. Not judging, just curious.
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it looks out of place, I like the classic look of the old grips
kindda like putting rims on a classic car
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Some People got good styling sense with Grip to Gun.. I suck at it
Old Dog
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Guys, a couple of my classic Colts are feeling left out...
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