357 K-frame endured with additional barrel lengths (2.2- and 6-inch) offered while round butt designs were added to the catalog. You can’t go wrong with one of these hanging by your side.”īy 1957, the Combat Magnum’s name switched to the Model 19 and the rest, as they say, is history.Īs later generations of the Model 19 went into production, the general concept of the. “Better guns cannot be bought at any price, anywhere.
357 Combat Magnum,” said Jordan, who later went into a second career as a writer and exhibition shooter.
“In this country, we are fortunate that we have available to us the finest double-action weapons made in the world: The. Who doesn’t like nickel when it comes to vintage wheel guns? (Photo: Richard Taylor/) While today these seems as logical as peanut butter and jelly, it was revolutionary at the time and, after some R&D and trial and error, the K-framed Combat Magnum was created in 1955. In short, Jordon advocated a K-frame-sized double-action chambered. Border Patrol supervisor, William “Bill” Jordan, about the what would make the perfect “combat” duty revolver. 357 Magnum cartridge, they developed an N-frame model to run it, the Model 27.Īnd so, it remained for decades until S&W heard from a WWII and Korean War-veteran Marine officer and U.S. Fast forward to the 1930s and when the dream team of Elmer Keith, Phillip Sharpe, and D. 38 calibers, the “Ns” were offered in beefier chamberings like. Then came the larger N-frame hog legs in 1907 with the advent of the Triple Lock or New Century. To get the appeal of the Model 19, understand that S&W first debuted their medium-framed swing-out cylinder revolvers, known today as K-frames, back in the late 1890s with the Hand Ejector and Military & Police models.
Bill Jordon applied his experience as a Marine in WWII and Korea and along the Southern Border with Mexico to help produce the concept that later became the S&W Model 19 (Photos: Richard Taylor/)ĭesigned with input from an early legend in the gun community, the Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum has been a hit with wheel gun aficionados for generations.
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