Original Cowboy Colt is everyone’s favoriteI have many favorites, but the Colt SAA takes the cake.
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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.
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).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!
Great Story!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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Those ahrends are pretty!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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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.Those ahrends are pretty!
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.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!
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it looks out of place, I like the classic look of the old gripsJust 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.
Some People got good styling sense with Grip to Gun.. I suck at itWhatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?
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S&W’s factory grips are now made by Altamont
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I like both Colt & Smith!Guys, a couple of my classic Colts are feeling left out...
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