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Old 09-21-2010, 01:12 PM
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How many here are? Model 19 or 66?

What are you stuffing them with?

I'm still using a 2.5" 66-2 off duty, loaded with Winchester Ranger 110 grain +P+. The old Treasury load.

Love my 66 snubbie. Regards 18DAI.
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Yep, Remington GS 110er's




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Used my 2 1/2" 66-2 for the revolver portion of my instructor re-qual last fall. Occasionally carry it in a Bianchi 9R. It stays stuffed with Speer 158gr. Gold Dot .357s.
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Old 09-21-2010, 01:50 PM
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I still enjoy using my 2.5" nickle 19-3. I use 145 grain WW Silvertips in it. I carried it concealed for a few years in a Bianchi Pistol Pocket.
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19-3 and 66-2, both 2-1/2". I have never carried the 19-3 as it's almost perfect, and I rarely carry the 66-2. (My 65-5 is usually my go-to .357K-frame)

However, most of the .357 loads for the Ks are Mag Tech, Federal, and the like, in 158 SJSP or SJHP loads. All my Ks seem to like them.
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Old 09-21-2010, 02:56 PM
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Model 19-4 2.5" in a Galco Speedmaster, a HKS Model 10A and a 6 round cartridge slide, with W-W 145 Silvertips
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Old 09-21-2010, 03:43 PM
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I have an M19 snub, and an M66 snub. I bought the M19 because I thought I'd never find an M66. Not long afterward an M66 showed up in an ad in Shotgun News.
So now I have a pair of K frame .357 snubs.

I shoot a lot of .38 Special reloads made with 158 grain LSWCs in each gun. Other loads I've used include the Black Hills 125 grain JHP and a 140 grain JHP load, I think by Cor-Bon. The M19 really seems to like the Black Hills round. The M66 seems more partial to the 140 grain JHP.
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19-3 on a regular basis..same load as OP.
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19-4 in a Bianchi #5 Black Widow w/ Federal C357B 125gr Hi-Shok.

I don't have to worry about the finish on this one.
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Old 09-21-2010, 09:02 PM
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I was using my mdl. 19, 2.5" until about 3 weeks ago when I got an LCR. The 19 is more accurate, but then again I've been shooting it for over 20 years. The LCR sure packs easier.
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I occasionally carry this 66-1. My usual ammo is the Speer .38 Special 135gr. +P Gold Dot, but sometimes I use the Short-Barrel 135gr. Magnum load. I use one of Lobo Gunleather's pancake holsters, and a Dade Speedloader is carried in my front pocket. It's one of my favorite guns;

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When in the woods, a 3" M 65 with BB Heavy 357 Magnum Ammo - 180 gr. L.F.N. -G.C. (1,400fps/M.E. 783 ft. lbs.) - 20 Round Box. If I have no need for something that heavy, I will go to my M 60 loaded with BB 38 Spl. 158Gr. LHP +P. (1040 fps out of a 2" bbl). Those work for me.

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You bet I do.

I carry my 66-1 2.5" with Gold Dot 357s in one of my The Slide OWB holsters. I carry it 30% of the time and most weekends when I'm up north.

Here is a pic of one of my original prototypes of The Slide I still use from 4 years ago.



Here is what it wears for grips now days.
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My 2.5 inch 66 currently serves as our house gun, loaded with +P Gold Dots. Or rather I should say my wifes 66, as she's quite fond of it.
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19-4 in a Bianchi #5 Black Widow w/ Federal C357B 125gr Hi-Shok.

I don't have to worry about the finish on this one.

Looks like a beautiful gun. Looks to have been appreciated over the years!
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Nice 65. What finish is that you used on the stainless? What Tridium front sight did you use.
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Currently carrying a 2.5 bbl, 66-5 stuffed with Hornady 140 gr FTX. But, I just recently bought it so I'm experimenting with different loads.
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Nice 65. What finish is that you used on the stainless? What Tridium front sight did you use.
The finish is a gray duracoat on the frame, everything else is polished and clear coated. The front sight is a tritium shotgun bead. I run 158 grain hydra shocks in it
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Great thread. I don't currently have a K frame, but I've got my eye on a 2.5" 66-2 that I hope to scoop up one day soon. Think it's just the thing to fill the gap between my J frames and my 4" L frames.

Nice looking holster Srigs.


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When in the woods, a 3" M 65 with BB Heavy 357 Magnum Ammo - 180 gr. L.F.N. -G.C. (1,400fps/M.E. 783 ft. lbs.) - 20 Round Box. If I have no need for something that heavy, I will go to my M 60 loaded with BB 38 Spl. 158Gr. LHP +P. (1040 fps out of a 2" bbl). Those work for me.

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I've used that 180 gr load on deer with a 7.5" Redhawk. Bet that 65's a handful squeezing those off.
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Mdl 66-2 loaded with Speer 135gr. GDSB
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I use two model 19-3 revolvers.One 4 inch and one 2.5 inch.Both are loaded with Remington 158 sjhp.
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Not any longer. I had a 2 1/2" 66-2 years back but found for my use that it was too large for the type of concealed carry I prefer. For woods use, etc., with a gun belt I could just as easily go with a longer barrel.

I had the RB factory stocks on it and added a T-grip...the recoil with full loads was pretty robust in the web of the hand.

Sort of an in-between size for me, carry-wise, so moved on.
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Thumbs up 2.5" K-frame Combat Magnums = amazing accuracy
Oh yeah, still carrying and using them. The 19-2 I usually just carry in cooler weather and not in the humid sweaty season. The 66-no dash I carry during sweaty times and other times as well.

I shoot/carry handloads with 158 grain Hornady XTP's over a healthy dose of 2400.



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That 66 with the T-grip and smooth stocks gets me every time. Beautiful gun.
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Thanks! Its one of my favorites as well. Its a NC SBI surplussed gun. It went back to S&W several years ago to be fitted with a smooth-wide trigger and a few internal parts.
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I carry my 2.5 inch 66-1 fall, winter and spring, and my 638 during the summer months. Either +p's or 158 grain .357 for the 66-1.
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It's my outta town and winter gun loaded with 158 JSPs presently housed in a rig I just got from "Su Amigo Dave"
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