So my latest LGS find finally followed me home today. Model 66-1, s/n 36K68xx, can anyone identify the age? No box or papers but in nice shape. Definitely a shooter. Some handling marks but no scratches. Was it worth $450?

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$450 is a great price for that 66-1.

You've done well to score so much P&R goodness at such a great price. I must be going to the wrong LGS's!

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Tell you what... If'n you're feeling a bit guilty about your impulsive buy, I'll bail you out for what you paid.

Just 'cause that's the kinda guy I am.

I saw virtually the same pistol locally for $575 and 12 hours after it was offered for sale, I was third in line. I'd say you are just fine, but if you're having buyers remorse, I'll fix it for you.
BTW ser # 37Kxxxx was 1978 if that helps.

That's a beauty, and worth every penny. I carried a 66 for years, and I preferred the magna style stocks with a Tyler T Grip. I see that yours have the same stocks. I believe that most 66s came with the Target stocks, but I may be mistaken. I would prefer the smaller ones that yours is wearing.

Excellent find, and enjoy!!

Thanks for sharing with us,

Best Regards, Les

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Nice find. You can't go wrong with a stainless Combat Magnum that's pinned and recessed. At that price I bet you still have that huge smile on you face. I'll have to agree with LesB, I also prefer service grips. Makes getting my hand up higher a little easier. Again beautiful hand gun. Congrats

Really a great score on a P&R Model 66. You did very well. Now we need a range report!

All day, every day.

Congrats on a great revolver!

You should be ashamed. I see your picture on the post office wall.
Well done.

I'm a regular in the store and stop in every week to see what they took in since i was last there. This one hadn't been logged in yet but was already priced at $600. I asked for a pkg deal on this one and a 17-6 (in another thread) and talked them down to where i ended up. I know what they paid for it and since i bought it right away they were happy to make thier profit so quickly. Time is money, they didn't have the gun more than 8 hours before it was sold and it never made it into the case. They sometimes call me when something interesting comes in to check if im interested.

See, i knew the forum had great members! Always willing to help a guy out!

Glad to cover your 6 there Dean. Sounds like good gun karma coming back to you.

I call that a steal! Great P&R piece of americana! Shoot the snot out of it, and enjoy!

I had a 66-1 exactly like yours follow me home two years ago; great purchase besides my 1954 5 screw Model 28.

Are classic, deseriable guns typically that 'cheap' in New Jersey? $650 - $700 in my area.

Great find, at a great price.

Congratulations!

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That WAS a great deal in today's market. My 66-1 came with those ugly Pachmayr's on it, as a police trade in, but that was way back in the mid 1990's, when they were $200 everywhere. I wish I had bought a dozen or more. Unfortunately I only bought two, and one of them left with the ex-wife 15-20 years ago. I'm taking mine to my grave!

Congratulations!

Not usually, though I'm a buyer when I can be. Jersey is about the worst politically for guns, with restrictions that most of America would cringe at.

The only positive I can think might come from that is a lot of widows and surviving children want nothing to do with them, so when dad moves on the gun shops get away with paying peanuts for them. I've had a gun shop offer me $125 for a NOS 15-3, unfired in the box, because it was "old". And they did it with a straight face.