S&W 19 Classic - The "Flip Side" of S&W...

[mattyb]

I don’t have anything of value to add, but I have a M19 “Classic” and after a couple thousand rounds of 38-44-ish hand loads, it’s smooth and as accurate as I can be. I shoot buckets of 38s through it and every time I shoot it, I like it a little bit more.

[Encore64]

Sounds like plenty good information to me. Thanks for posting...

[ridenshoot]

I purchased one of these shortly after they became available and I have been very pleased with mine. Fit and finish are exemplary and it shoots well. I have yet to find a 357 Magnum handload, with either lead or plated bullets, that it doesn't like and it shoots factory 125 grain JHPs into small groups as well. Don't know if it will shoot 38 Specials well, as I have not tried them in it. No complaints about this revolver, it is a great carry gun; light weight (compared to a 586 or 27) and accurate.

[bradshaw]

Jul 8, 2023 15:50:45 GMT -5 Encore64 said:

I'll admit to being ignorant about S&W Revolvers. But, many characteristics carry over regardless of brands.

I do enjoy reading the S&W Forum sometimes. Not a member, but some of those guys really know about S&Ws.

While many don't care for the shrouded barrels, they seem to work great. Dan Wesson certainly did well with them.

Talk is these are the best 19s ever. That's heavy praise because I've always heard great things about them.

I do like the longer cylinder in the S&Ws as compared to the Colts. This is especially useful with cast bullets.

I hope this gun shoots as well as it looks.

*****

Believe we call the Dan Wesson cover on the removable/adjustable barrel a shroud. Whereas, the non-adjustable barrel has a sleeve.

I’ve had both Smith & Wesson and Ruger set back traditional barrels to correct for forcing cone erosion (more correctly called barrel face erosion, although some powders can eat into the forcing cone). To dress the barrel face and set the barrel back might be easier on a sleeved barrel, since it may eliminate the need for THREAD TIMING, a disease which has plagued both S&W and Ruger on & off for several decades. A barrel with a rib, shroud, front sight, or a threaded hole for an ejector housing, requires timing the threads----wherein the barrel hand tightens to frame 10 or 12-degrees BTDC (Before Top Dead Center).

When S&W's Al Plaas set back a barrel on a Model 29 or M-19 for this shooter, he had the barrel shoulder turned and the barrel face faced in very short order, and done perfectly. Thread timing was known back in the 1870’s, if not earlier. The old iron or low grade steel wouldn’t survive Gorilla Monsoon's animal torque, it would pretzel the frame.

It’s good to hear the new sleeved barrels shoot well. Real sharpshooting has been done with actual “classic” S&W, Colt, and Ruger sixguns, and this shooter isn’t looking for better than these old beauties deliver.
David Bradshaw

[Encore64]

Irony or humor, sometimes I can't tell.

I wanted a S&W 27 Classic, but couldn't find one built like I wanted it.

So, I gladly bought this 19 with no regrets.

OF COURSE, today I found an OCD Perfect Example of the gun I wanted. Namely, a S&W 27 Classic 6.5".

I swear Fate is laughing right now!!!