Les Jones: Gunblast Reviews S&W 619 and 620 Revolvers

September 01, 2005

Guns > Gunblast Reviews S&W 619 and 620 Revolvers

The 619 and 620 are the seven-shot, L frame replacements for the six-shot, K frame 65 and 66. Here's what I found amazing:

The trigger pulls on these two new Smiths are excellent. The single action pulls on both the Models 619 and 620 were very crisp and clean, measuring three pounds and six ounces and three pounds and nine ounces, respectively. The double action pulls were butter-smooth, with the Model 619 measuring nine and one-quarter pounds, and the 620 measuring just over ten pounds, but with both feeling lighter due to their smoothness.

Those are fantastic double action trigger pulls to be from the factory. My 686 has been worked over by a gunsmith and the DA pull is just a few ounces lighter than that 619. The new guns are also drilled and tapped for scope mounts. Sweet. Too, I like the semi-lug barrel profile of the 620 over the full-lug 686.

S&W is on fire lately. Their 1911s already have a great reputation after just a few years of production.

Posted by lesjones

Comments

The 620 I handled recently was not like that. Hitchy trigger, inferior to most S&W six-shooters in my experience, including new production ones.

Hopefully Quinn's was the norm and mine the exception, rather than the other way around.

Posted by: Plainsman at September 18, 2005

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