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I Started Collecting Vintage Smith&Wesson Revolvers
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Welcome! This one is a good start to your collection and is from early 1975.
Both my father and brother were/are in your profession and locale. Enjoy!
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Welcome! This one is a good start to your collection and is from early 1975.
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Now that is a great way to start, a 66 w/box, docs and tools! Beautiful. Your new interest will bring you a lot of pleasure and stick around here as the forum is a treasure chest of knowledge.
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Welcome aboard here. I suspect that finding old collectible Smiths is about as hard as pulling teeth at times!
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Welcome aboard, that a nice clean gun. Located in socal myself, there are nice guns here but they are not always easy to locate. (Especially at a decent price.) . Gotta be patient . Lots at estate sales and yard sales, just have to ask if they have any guns they would like to sell.
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Welcome! Great start to a collection. Enjoy shooting it (and we do enjoy range reports 
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It really makes me feel old when a Model 66 is called "Vintage."
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Lol! I know, me too! The gun was made when I was around 12 years old. Thanks for the input!
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Thank you, I'll give an update when I get back from the range!
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Welcome aboard, that a nice clean gun. Located in socal myself, there are nice guns here but they are not always easy to locate. (Especially at a decent price.) . Gotta be patient . Lots at estate sales and yard sales, just have to ask if they have any guns they would like to sell.
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I appreciate the advice, and yes they are kind of hard to find!
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Welcome aboard here. I suspect that finding old collectible Smiths is about as hard as pulling teeth at times!
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Especially in California! Love the analogy! 
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Now that is a great way to start, a 66 w/box, docs and tools! Beautiful. Your new interest will bring you a lot of pleasure and stick around here as the forum is a treasure chest of knowledge.
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I'm looking forward to posting and reading on this forum often!
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Welcome! This one is a good start to your collection and is from early 1975.
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That's great! Thank you for the support!
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Welcome aboard, that a nice clean gun. Located in socal myself, there are nice guns here but they are not always easy to locate. (Especially at a decent price.) . Gotta be patient . Lots at estate sales and yard sales, just have to ask if they have any guns they would like to sell.
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Thank you for that! I'll definitely be on the lookout at estate sales!
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Agreed, when the OP said vintage I thought '20s-'30s... Hard to imagine the mid '70s was 40 years ago...
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Agreed, when the OP said vintage I thought '20s-'30s... Hard to imagine the mid '70s was 40 years ago...
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Gee, 1975 is "vintage", I guess my 1941 body is "antique".
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Lol!!!! Okay, maybe I should have left out the "vintage" part!
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DDS, ya done good. The model 19/66's are one of the best all around revolvers ever produced. "Everything you need in a firearm, and nothing you don't need."
Now a word of warning. Smith and Wesson collecting can quickly become a very expensive addiction. But it's a Hell of a lot of fun.
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DDS, ya done good. The model 19/66's are one of the best all around revolvers ever produced. "Everything you need in a firearm, and nothing you don't need."
Now a word of warning. Smith and Wesson collecting can quickly become a very expensive addiction. But it's a Hell of a lot of fun.
By the way, welcome to the forum.
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Thank you for the words encouragement! You're definitely correct, it is very addicting... I already have another one (a model 19) that I'm starting the DROS on Monday! I have to tell you though, I'm not that young (53 y/o)... Have a great day. I'll be sure to post the model 19 soon!
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Love the 66, and that's a fine example. I wish I had the box and other stuff for mine . . .
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Thank you! I was really lucky when I found it in this condition with the box, papers, and cleaning tools... When I did, I jumped all over it!
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Great start, the 66 is my particular fave. Outstanding pictures. Hopefully you will be sharing more soon...additions to your collection and pictures of them!!
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Welcome aboard!! You will find the folks on the forum not only knowledgable, but quite collegial as well. There are world class experts here, (no, I'm not one) the guys who literally "wrote the book" on Smith ans Wessons!!
Great start to a wonderful addiction...whoops, I mean "hobby".
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Great start, the 66 is my particular fave. Outstanding pictures. Hopefully you will be sharing more soon...additions to your collection and pictures of them!!
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Thank you Speedgunner, I sure will post more pics later! I have a SWEET model 19 I will post when I finish the DROS on it!
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That date isn't even close. Remember Smith & Wesson never shipped in order.
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That date isn't even close. Remember Smith & Wesson never shipped in order.
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Hello Alan, where does one get letters of authenticity for S&W Revolvers?
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I'm sorry, I meant to direct that question to Don...
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Welcome from Arkansas! Very nice piece of American Gun History! Shootit! Shootit! Shootit! Enjoy!
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Thank you dcopper! You can rest assured I will shootit, shootit, shootit!!! 
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A similar thought crossed my mind, but you said it much nicer.
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like it said, I probably should have left out the "vintage" part!... but it is somewhere around 40 years old! 
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And so the fatal slide begins. socalDDS, you are so hosed. 
(I'm a high-mileage 1937 model, so only paleontologists study my vintage.)
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Ohhhhhh, yer in trouble now.....
The first of many !!!!!
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Ohhhhhh, yer in trouble now.....
The first of many !!!!!
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DDS, very sweet 66. And do not believe these guy about buying Smiths. It is very easy to quit collecting them. 35 yrs of quitting makes me an expert. Start saving now. Welcome!!
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Lol!
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Made in the 200th year of American Liberty. Looks like a July 1976 gun to me. I think that one's worthy of a letter. It sure is nice!
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Thank you for the year info! I'm going to get the letter application out ASAP!
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Now that is a nice way to start a collection!
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Welcome to SWCA. With this hobby you first purchase can be the start when you include the SS rear sight along with 3 barrel lengths for a total of 6 model 66. Then start on the model 66 without pinned barrels or recessed cylinders.
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Welcome to SWCA. With this hobby you first purchase can be the start when you include the SS rear sight along with 3 barrel lengths for a total of 6 model 66. Then start on the model 66 without pinned barrels or recessed cylinders.
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Thsnk you for the welcome! Sounds great! This hobby is lots of fun!
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