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Post by LeverGunner on May 7, 2023 23:14:25 GMT -5
VERY NICE! and a early one to boot. Had one just like it, got ripped off out of my truck. (~1986) ,,, every time one pops up I feel the need to replace it. But in the mean time this 657- 3” 41mag works.😁  WOW that's a nice one! Something like that could keep my hand off a single actions grip for at least a short period of time. |
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Post by tja6435 on May 8, 2023 9:23:39 GMT -5
 I have a 66 no dash with 2.5” barrel. I put on some Altamont combat wood grips, it’s too nice to carry. I had my wife shoot it after a Speed Six, GP100, S&W Bodyguard .38spl; after the first shot she said ‘wow, that is a smooth trigger’. I did have to send it to S&W to fix late timing, well worth the $178 it cost. I’ll see if I can attach a pic Edit to add pic and info; left to right—S&W 21-4, S&W 66 no dash, S&W 27-2 |
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Post by Lee Martin on May 8, 2023 10:24:44 GMT -5
They're fantastic little guns. I've carried this one every day since 1995. Shockingly accurate and had I not bought it new, I would've sworn someone did an action job on it. Smooth with a very light let off SA. As for double action, the only gun I have that's better is my Python.  -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by gcf on May 8, 2023 11:14:22 GMT -5
Looks like a sweetheart! What else can a guy say?
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Post by wpeel on May 8, 2023 21:51:48 GMT -5
I'm hoping Santa will leave one of those in my stocking.
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Post by bula on May 12, 2023 16:13:50 GMT -5
I've a Sis that has a 66 that looks like that first pic, at the start of thread. Don't think it's going anywhere. Then other Sis just picked up a J-frame of some sort. So the weird brother had to recently counter with an LCR. The 66 though, is very nice.
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Post by prisedefer on May 12, 2023 21:39:34 GMT -5
Sawed off magnums, tough as you can get.
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Post by Jon Erdmann on May 19, 2023 8:15:57 GMT -5
My favorite EDC is the S&W mod 66-8 in an old vintage Safariland #28 lined holster. I am thinking about changing the grips even though they're pretty comfortable as is... wood just seems to be a better look.  |
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Post by bigbrowndog on May 19, 2023 9:53:10 GMT -5
Nicely done bosensmate, one gun I let go years ago was a 2.5” 19, kick myself all the time for that. Something about the older K frame 2.5’s that makes them look, feel and shoot great.
I’m still looking for a replacement, and a 66 would be nicer than the 19.
Trapr
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Post by bradshaw on May 19, 2023 14:08:32 GMT -5
I’m still looking for a replacement, and a 66 would be nicer than the 19.
Trapr[/quote]
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Trapr.... S&W did various servicing on various M-19 and M-66 revolvers. Carried an M-19 considerably more than the M-66 and the only difference noticed:
* M-66 has no finish to wear off.
* M-66 infinitely more rust resistant to hot humidity.
Somewhere in production, S&W may have switched the old gas ring for the improved gas ring, which is swaged into a counterbore in the front of the cylinder. Hot loads can spring the unswayed gas ring forward, which then applies the brakes to cylinder rotation. As for hammer & trigger, both are case carburized carbon steel, with flashing chroming assembled in the stainless steel M-66. Great DA & SA trigger pulls are proper to both.
David Bradshaw
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