And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That looks like a Model-19 Smith & Wesson with a 6" barrel. The same as the first handgun I ever bought. I still have her and she is a thing of much beauty!
I carried a 6” Model 19 on duty. Beautiful weapon I grew up with a Ruger 6 1/2” 357 and found I did much better with the longer sight radius instead of the issue 4”.
The interesting part is hidden. You know the 50 page instruction and safety books we have to put up now from gun manufacturers?
The total instructions for that Smith were printed inside the top of the box. How to load, how to fire, how to eject cases. Says a lot about this country, none of it good.
One of the best gifts any old girlfriend gave me is a Colt .22 Frontier Scout. Still have it and with Bird shot takes care of the few buzz-tails I have dispatched. I do have the box, but it isn't in that shape. Doesn't matter, I'll never sell it.. The girlfriend? Long gone and I dodged a nuclear missile.
That looks like a Model-19 Smith & Wesson with a 6" barrel. The same as the first handgun I ever bought. I still have her and she is a thing of much beauty!
ReplyDeleteMine is a 4"....
ReplyDeleteI carried a 6” Model 19 on duty. Beautiful weapon I grew up with a Ruger 6 1/2” 357 and found I did much better with the longer sight radius instead of the issue 4”.
ReplyDeletePre Model 27. The 357 Magnum" I think as the box title
ReplyDeleteThe interesting part is hidden. You know the 50 page instruction and safety books we have to put up now from gun manufacturers?
ReplyDeleteThe total instructions for that Smith were printed inside the top of the box.
How to load, how to fire, how to eject cases.
Says a lot about this country, none of it good.
One of the best gifts any old girlfriend gave me is a Colt .22 Frontier Scout. Still have it and with Bird shot takes care of the few buzz-tails I have dispatched.
ReplyDeleteI do have the box, but it isn't in that shape. Doesn't matter, I'll never sell it..
The girlfriend? Long gone and I dodged a nuclear missile.