Daryl,

I had to go pull out my copy of No Second Place Winner for you. I thumbed through and could not quickly pick out which gun Bill Jordan liked. I also thought he was partial the Highway Patrolman.

THen I remembered another book I have Roy Jinks THe history of Smith and Wesson found the answer, I suppose.

The Model 19 was introduced in 1955. The first gun was sent to Bill Jordan. He appeared on "You asked For It" TV show and displayed the Model 19, calling it, "the answer to a peace officers dream."

my first handgun was a Model 19, which I still have. I carried it as duty gun until we switched semi auto's.