Recent content by AveragEd

And it doesn't stop with gunsmithing. I am a retired director of service operations for a GM dealership. I learned the hard way many decades ago that the "technicians" of today are not mechanics. When building our shop from scratch I hired experienced technicians with GM factory training and got...

I have several Model 66s, two of them being -2s. Here's my four-inch - target trigger, hammer and trigger stop. Ed

Sorry to be so tardy in replying to your inquiry. About 10 years ago, I went on a buying spree for nice checkered Target stocks as I am a sucker for high wood figure and saw that they were starting to increase in value. They also haven't been made for quite a while as no S&W that I know of comes...

I liken this topic to that of automobiles. In the mid-1970s, GM introduced electronic multiport fuel injection on Cadillacs. The ECM was what became termed "minimum-function" in that they lost all memory of codes when the ignition was switched off. Clients would call, make appointments and drop...

eBay and Gunbroker usually have some. Ed

I bought this Model 67ND probably ten years ago with no stocks for $300. It had been polished like a '60s car bumper so I had the brushed finish restored and it gone over completely for $115. I then put a set of my checkered targets on it. I think I'm in it for the right money. Ed

I stole mine on GunBroker for its minimum bid of $416 fifteen+ years ago. Ed

I have often thought I should try to buy one of these but I already have Model 66s, including a six-inch. However, if I were to come across one... Ed

I once owned a High Standard Supermatic Trophy I bought very lightly used from a friend for $150 back in the 1970s. I foolishly sold it to a dedicated bullseye shooter for $450 in 1990. When they first came out, I bought a Ruger MK IV Competition but only shot 50 rounds through it - the highly...

Mine is a 686-3. Two things have always confused me about these guns. First, why put black sights on a "hunting" gun when a red ramp/white outline package would be more visible in a woody setting? Next, my gun's box label indicates it has "TS" stocks which, according to the SCoSW, is the code...

Rick H., what you wrote should be read by every keyboard jockey in America! I have said the same thing numerous times. I spent 38 years in automotive service management and learned from numerous training courses and real-world experience that the typical American will tell 10 people about a...

As I have posted many times before, anything you pay for a quality firearm that is no longer manufactured in that same form will seem quite reasonable in a few years. If I told you I invested $415 in this no-dash Model 67 (with no stocks) a few years ago, do you think I might be able to make...

I only have one but it's one of not many, a 5" 629-3 Classic DX. Ed

S&W sells a sight blade replacing tool that makes the chore easy. Ed

This may clear some confusion. I was told by a Smith & Wesson employee that frames are serial-numbered when forged but then placed in bins by model number and are not drawn out for production in serial number order. Accordingly, a frame could lounge in the bin for years before becoming a...