True Blue

Back in the day, Smith & Wesson cloned the M19 as the stainless-steel Model 66, a revolver that certainly had lots of fans, but this correspondent wasn’t one of them.

It was every bit as sturdy and dependable as the M19, but the blue original stole my heart and never gave it back. It’s subdued yet has something of a visual authority. One look at the business end of the Model 19 with that 2.5-inch tube is enough to convince some thugs to enter the priesthood.

My beautiful little snubby shows a bit of holster wear on both sides near the muzzle and the lower front of the frame below the crane. It has digested a fair amount of ammunition over the years but isn’t loose. It has a ferocious bark, but the bite is even worse!