66-4 w/3" bbl and round butt.

[charlie sherrill]

I was looking at one a few minutes ago. How rare is this 3" version and how many were made?

[murphydog]

Estimates are somewhere between 5 and 8000, so they are fairly scarce and expensive in today's market. Was one for sale, and if so what was the asking price?

[Dave from Pa]

Pretty rare as they were limited,not sure on the numbers.Prices are 700.00 and up in my area.One of the nicest carry revolvers Smith has ever made IMO.

[ladder13]

Just paid $700 for a dash 3 a couple months back. Chris aka snw19__357 knows alot about these 66's and 19's, PM him. Or he'll probably show up soon.

[Xfuzz]

Charlie,
Hard to find Smith.
Everything mod 66 is HOT in my part of the world.
Ladder is spot on with the price.

[AveragEd]

After building a nice collection of S&W and Colt revolvers back in the 1980s, I sold them all due to a shift in interest to trapshooting. An eye problem that developed in 2005 has rendered me less competitive in trap so I spent 2009 through 2011 accumulating a modest assortment of of pre-lock, pre-MIM S&Ws. Although I bought 686s, 617s and 629s, I placed most of my buying emphasis on 66s. Simply put, they don't make them any longer and like-new ones are becoming scarcer every month. I would pay more for a nice 66 than an equally nice 686 right now.

Unless, of course, a 686 National Match would come along...

Ed

[charlie sherrill]

This one is at a police auction near here. The auction is for FFL C&R only so I don't get to bid on anything. There may actually be a pic of this gun on their auction site. I haven't looked yet but if you Google Martin & Martin in Mississippi you might find it. Most of the stuff this time is rusty junk with a few nice pieces here and there. I went over there to look a couple of hours ago and as far as Smith's go there were several 66's, including the 3" 66-4, a 67 with no grips, a finish impaired 4" 28-2 dressed in pachs, a rusty 4" pre-war K frame in .38 S&W, and what I guess is a short barrel M&P assault something or other in .22 cal. The auction is tomorrow. I probably won't go to this one. They have had some super rare stuff at this auction, but not this time.

[jughed440]

3" 66-4s number in the mere hundreds. Over 5000 3" 66s were produced, 4200+ were 66-2s made for Ashland, the rest were -3s and -4s. Maybe -5s too, but those -5s could all be 3 1/4" barrels...someone else may know for sure.