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Originally Posted by 153
As soon as I got out of the Academy I ordered out a new Model 66, which I have kept through the years. I had wanted to get a 4" 27, but they were not available in '79. After wearing the duty belt for a short time I decided that a heavier revolver wasn't a good idea...
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Yep! Even though I was young and in shape back then, one of the first things I noticed after I got out of the academy and started working the streets was how heavy all that stuff you had to tote on your duty belt was after 8 or 10 hours!!! Didn't seem bad at the start of the shift, but after hours, it got heavier and heavier. Of course, like everything else, after a time you got used to it and didn't even notice it. But the 66 was a great revolver for the era. A stainless version of the Combat Magnum, beloved of Bill Jordan (we even used the "Jordan Border Patrol" holster by Don Hume), a gun that would brave the elements, and ours held up very well, and I still have both my 4" and my 2 1/2" versions, and they are still great guns forty years later!!! (I posted them above in post number 60).
Best Regards, Les