Snake Plisskin
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Picked up this like new model 19-5 yesterday for 7 Benjamin's , pretty excited to have this in my stable.
Another addition to my stable..!!!
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horsemen61
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DerMerchant
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Very nice, finish is in great condition.
adcoch1
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Wow that's really nice! $700 doesn't seem too bad for price either for that clean of a classic...
Pat Riot
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Snake, I have to ask. Have you always been “Lucky”? You find some of the nicest looking revolvers. That’s a beauty. 
Mark 40
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Nice going Snake, bluing looks fantastic.
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Snake Plisskin
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Not really that lucky but I do seem to stumble onto gun deals quite often around here.Snake, I have to ask. Have you always been “Lucky”? You find some of the nicest looking revolvers. That’s a beauty.
shoebox1.1
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Snake I need you to go in and save the president... nefarious characters are all over him. You have 7 days... you have the tools.. if you don’t make it, the tablet we implanted will make you buy New Orleans pimp revolvers off the black market. Good luck ( you ARE lucky)!
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Snake
Another classic S&W; maybe the ultimate .357 snubby and at a very reasonable price too! You've done very well yet again my friend!
Another classic S&W; maybe the ultimate .357 snubby and at a very reasonable price too! You've done very well yet again my friend!
Riomouse911
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When I saw snake was posting... I knew it was another good one!
A sweet 19 sir!
Stay safe.
A sweet 19 sir!
Stay safe.
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Snake Plisskin
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Anyone have a manufactured date on serial #ALC8XXX, thank you
NIGHTLORD40K
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Woot woot!
I consider the snubby M19 to be one of the best looking revolvers ever. Not my favorite to shoot, though......
I consider the snubby M19 to be one of the best looking revolvers ever. Not my favorite to shoot, though......
rabid wombat
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“Snake” gun...sorry, I had to 
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NIGHTLORD40K
A friend of mine had one that he slicked up a bit and with some heavy duty handloads I managed to put 6 rounds all in the black. I surprised myself with that group mainly because it had been awhile since I shot a revolver (let alone a .357 snubby with fire breathing loads in it), but that I did it firing as fast as I could squeeze the trigger! That short barreled Model 19 just felt great and balanced perfectly in my hand.
A friend of mine had one that he slicked up a bit and with some heavy duty handloads I managed to put 6 rounds all in the black. I surprised myself with that group mainly because it had been awhile since I shot a revolver (let alone a .357 snubby with fire breathing loads in it), but that I did it firing as fast as I could squeeze the trigger! That short barreled Model 19 just felt great and balanced perfectly in my hand.
Armored farmer
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Congrats.
One of the best looking revolvers made.
One of the best looking revolvers made.
NIGHTLORD40K
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Well, I should have specified not my favorite shooter with the wood grips (although they look great). Add a set of Hogues and its a whole 'nother story. I have other .357s that usually get the nod for plinking, though, so I keep the pretty trees on my M19
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Riomouse911
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Yeah, the wooden panels look great, I find them much more eye appealing than any rubber grip made. But I have found in these smaller-grip revolvers they’re not much fun at all after a few magnum shots are fired.
I carried my 2.5” Model 19 for several years in a Bianchi shoulder rig so it wears the Pachmayr Compac Professional grips. These grips seem to let me hang on to the revolver through recoil so they’ve stayed on there since the 1990’s.
The 3” Model 13 wears Hogue Compact Bantam grips. They are a tad longer than the Pachmayr grips but they let the pinky hold on so I like these better. I bought this gun used about a decade ago and it had battered factory panels on it. I took them off right away and sent them to the parts bin.
Snakes new gun looks like it’s brand new, it’s in much nicer shape than mine. My biggest mistake was leaving the 2.5” in the holster too long between wipe downs. The tanning solution in the leather took the bluing off the left side of the muzzle and a touch on the cylinder, leaving some small shiny spots.
Again Snake, that’s a really sweet one to add to your ever-expanding stable of nice Smiths! Keep it up
.Stay safe.
JTHunter
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My biggest mistake was leaving the 2.5” in the holster too long between wipe downs. The tanning solution in the leather took the bluing off the left side of the muzzle and a touch on the cylinder, leaving some small shiny spots.
Your comment alerted to me to my GP-100, so I went to check it. Sure enough, there was a 1/8 inch spot on the tip of the barrel in the same spot as yours. I took it to the kitchen as I have a stainless steel potscrubber there and it did the trick with just a few strokes. Thanks for the heads-up !!
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Old Dog
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Damn you, Snake! Now I've gotta make the rounds of every gunshop and pawnship in the entire state this weekend as you have again re-awakened the K-frame (especially the snubby K) lust!
That bluing looks impeccable. Only reason I'm not gonna stay mad at you is that it's not a dash-4 or earlier and not P&R. Nevertheless, a freakin' awesome snub, and I woulda paid 7 bills for that in a heartbeat.
That bluing looks impeccable. Only reason I'm not gonna stay mad at you is that it's not a dash-4 or earlier and not P&R. Nevertheless, a freakin' awesome snub, and I woulda paid 7 bills for that in a heartbeat.
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