Yesterday my wife and I visited our local gun store to get her a "carry" purse for Valentine Day (I'm a hopeless romantic). The owner showed us the new S&W M19 "Carry": a 3" bbl., abbreviated grip...…..very ugly revolver. No beautiful polish & blue job of the past (I'd describe it as a flat finish). The DA was like an old rusty garden gate & the SA was nothing to write home about (it did have a trigger stop.....just what we needed on a carry gun: right?).
Get this: price was $1,050.00.
It is sad to see S&W producing something like this. It made me thankful that I was able to pass on my '60s era M15 to our youngest son, my '80s era 25-5 to our oldest son & a Speed Six to each of our daughters.
Even my LEO turn-in #64 looks like Miss America compared to that M19.
Henry