I got this 66-1 via an online auction site some time back. No box, papers, tools etc, nor factory stocks. No matter, got it for a fine price fully intending it to for regular carry. Upon arrival, I noted the jeweling on the hammer and target trigger. Didn’t show up in the listing photos and wasn’t in the description. No matter again, now it’s the closest thing I own to a barbecue gun. Heh.
Curious stocks installed as well. S&W Medallions, heavy piece of metal at the base. Looks like Bean Butt or Bear Butt in the printing. My hand does not like them. Anyone ever seen or heard of these?
No matter yet again. Sticking with the barbecue theme, I installed this sorta loud tulipwood Hogue:
But it’s a mite long in the tail as you can see. In a high-ride Bianchi paddle, that extra butt of wood prints like a shovel handle. I like Hogues for shooting, I appreciate the extra material and length that supports an old hand injury, but I need something stubbier for carry.
Will someone please point me in the direction of a finely made hardwood set of stocks that are fuller than factory but more closely match the frame profile of the magnificent 2.5” Model 66?