I got my first Smith in 1972 when I went on the PD. I can't remember what I paid for it new but seems to me it was less than $200. Anyone have an idea what they were selling for then? I still have it today and would never part with it. Just a great gun.

On September 1st, 1972 (the day I turned 21) I paid $. 121.99 for my model 28 6" from Hayward Police Supply.

I bought a M67 in early 1973 for $125 along with a set of smooth rosewood targets for $10 from Forest Kruse & Sons in Austin, Tx. Sold it and bought a M66 in '75 from Oshman's Sporting Goods also in Austin. Still have the 66, wish I still had the 67!

I bought a Model 67 from 1972 in 2012. I paid $425 for it! Inflation...

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My 67 no dash from 1973, was $375 on Guns America last Feb. All stainless rear sights. Came with the wrong grips which I did not notice in the pics. Had N- Magnas on it in beautiful condition. Took them off. Has Herrett Targets at the present time. The 67 is a fine gun! Bob

I bought a 6" Model 27-2 in 1971-72 and that was between $170 and $180. I used to have the receipt but can't find it.

I got out of the Army in April of '72. I came home to NW Montana and was planning to attend U of Montana beginning in the fall, but in the meanwhile I wanted to play which, to me at that time, included a lot of backpacking. My dad had given me a nice 27 for Christmas when I was in highschool, 6.5", and I shot it a lot over the years, even took several deer with it as I didn't have a hunting rifle in those days, the 27 was my one and only gun. But I was much enamored of the then new stainless steel guns and badly wanted a 66, but they were impossible to find, as were most S&W handguns in those days.

One day in May or June of '72 I wandered into a shop and they had a 4" 67. It wasn't the 66, was chambered for 38, not 357, but I decided I had to have it. I remember I had to pay right around $125 for the gun, which was new. Here it is, as it looks today, with OEM and some aftermarket grips.



I carried it into the backcountry for a number of years thereafter. I found that the 'white' stainless sights were hard to see on a sunny day, so I 'smoked' them from time to time with a candle or match. Although I haven't fired the gun in decades (more about that in a moment), the remnants of those smokings remain....



This gun has a lot of history for me. I used it to defend myself and my bride of just a couple of weeks from a home invasion burglary (before that term came into being) in the summer of '74. Fortunately, in that instance, no shots were fired and the miscreant retreated when confronted by an armed occupant.

In the late '70s and '80s I had some disposable income and began to acquire guns, and the 67 migrated to the bottom of the arsenal, as it were. In '90 my wife and I were divorced. When we were divvying up stuff she asked if she could have a gun, and I said sure. She chose the 67. Later, she moved far away and I didn't see the gun again......until 2010. I was visiting my son who now lives in Minneapolis and he was showing me a few guns he'd received from his maternal grandfather when he'd passed away a few years before. One of the guns he pulled out was my old 67! I was delighted, asked how he'd gotten it, and he said that his mom had found it in a drawer one day and given it to him.

Meanwhile, I had a nice 625 that my son was drooling over. I offered him a straight-across trade for the 67, and he jumped all over it. It was a good deal for him, and for me too. So, the 67 came home after a 20 year absence. I love having it.

Long story, sorry, just felt some gun nostalgia when I got to thinking about what I paid for the gun that sunny summer day 40 years ago.

Dick

MTKTM neat story. Sorry things didn't work out with your ex. But it is good to have your baby back.

I bought a 4" model 67 no dash in 1990 for $200. It was a Georgia Power Security trade-in and I got the original box.