Recently acquired a really cool 19-5 made in 1982. It belonged to a Houston Police officer who used it for 20 of his 43 year career. Purchased originally from Jim Peters, Texas Ranger company D. I sent it back to S&W last week for a look over and rebluing. The action and trigger were worked over in 1996, it’s simply a work of art.
A lot of character on a great revolver, there. Congrats. If it checks out mechanically, that will be a great gun.
. My guess is that S&W will do a great job on the reblue, especially once you give them the gun's history.
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