This help is invaluable. My V19 is in too poor of shape to spend much money on. It will fire but the buttstock is cracked. The barrels are pitted. I shoot three R models at skeet two times a week. I am a "retired gunsmith" and have a complete machine shop. I rebuilt the stock on one of my R models. I am trying to get the breech block off this V19. I know how to do it but I can not get it to pop up. I am 80 years old and may not have the strength to do it. My V seems to have a few screws missing under the trigger guard but it works just fine. This gun has very high grade wood. The safety is missing and if I could see one I may be able to machine one out.