Help identifying this revolver?

[Sawyer]

Thanks everyone for the help.

[medmo]

It's a big star in the movie "Silence of the Lambs."

[Wayne Dobbs]

Model 13 was FBI field agent carry gun at one time, was it not? Those are sweet.

It was the FBI issue back in the 1980s. Great service gun!

[Pizza Bob]

Model 19's have adjustable sights. 13 has fixed sights.

Sorry to be nit-picky in my inaugural post on this forum, but not all Model 19's have adjustable sights. While they are somewhat scarce there is a Model 19 P that has fixed sights (like a 13) but is otherwise a 19 with an extractor rod shroud. These are based on the 19-5 and were made for the Peruvian police. The contract was cancelled before being completed. Appx 1500 guns went to Peru, almost 500 were sold domestically through S&W's regular distributor channels and the remainder (a little over 1200) went to Wischco, S&W's European distributor in Germany. The German guns will have European proof marks. Aside from the fact that they were fixed sights, another unique feature was that the front sight had a groove milled up the ramp and yellow paint applied. They were made in 1987 and carry S&W Product Code 100727.

The Peruvian Police Commandant, when asked why they didn't just buy Model 13's, replied that his men sometimes used their guns as clubs and he didn't want a rash of bent ejector rods.

I know all this esoteric Model 19 lore because I've missed two of them at various auctions in the last two months. They tend to bring $1000 to $1200.

Thanks for putting up with such an obscure first post.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

[Jim Watson]

The French bought some of those, too; 19-3 action, shrouded ejector rod, fixed sights, 1973-74.
THREE INCH BARREL AND ROUND BUTT! What could be finer?

[Lester Polfus]

Sorry to be nit-picky in my inaugural post on this forum, but not all Model 19's have adjustable sights. While they are somewhat scarce there is a Model 19 P that has fixed sights (like a 13) but is otherwise a 19 with an extractor rod shroud. These are based on the 19-5 and were made for the Peruvian police. The contract was cancelled before being completed. Appx 1500 guns went to Peru, almost 500 were sold domestically through S&W's regular distributor channels and the remainder (a little over 1200) went to Wischco, S&W's European distributor in Germany. The German guns will have European proof marks. Aside from the fact that they were fixed sights, another unique feature was that the front sight had a groove milled up the ramp and yellow paint applied. They were made in 1987 and carry S&W Product Code 100727.

The Peruvian Police Commandant, when asked why they didn't just buy Model 13's, replied that his men sometimes used their guns as clubs and he didn't want a rash of bent ejector rods.

I know all this esoteric Model 19 lore because I've missed two of them at various auctions in the last two months. They tend to bring $1000 to $1200.

Thanks for putting up with such an obscure first post.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

Oh you'll fit right in here, bud. Thanks for that knowledge bomb. I'll probably never see one, but it was cool to know.

[Pizza Bob]

I'll probably never see one, but it was cool to know.

There you go. Enjoy.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

[revchuck38]

@Pizza Bob - If that’s yours, we need targets to go with it.

[Stephanie B]

The Peruvian Police Commandant, when asked why they didn't just buy Model 13's, replied that his men sometimes used their guns as clubs and he didn't want a rash of bent ejector rods.

The South American version of The Hebrew Hammer!

[SCCY Marshal]

...The Peruvian Police Commandant, when asked why they didn't just buy Model 13's, replied that his men sometimes used their guns as clubs and he didn't want a rash of bent ejector rods...

Just that quickly, I have a new white whale.