I was on my way home from Ocean City, MD when I stopped in a gun shop in Rehobeth, Delaware and saw a S & W Model 66-7
that was a police trade-in from some Dept. in Australia according to the shop owner. The gun was in great mechanical shape and with almost no holster wear. The gun had a 4" barrel but the unusal thing I noticed was the barrel was counterbored about 1/4". The shop owner said that was the last of several he had sold including a couple with 2-1/2" barrels that were counterbored in the same fashion. Anybody ever seen these before or know the reasoning for the counterbored barrels?
that was a police trade-in from some Dept. in Australia according to the shop owner. The gun was in great mechanical shape and with almost no holster wear. The gun had a 4" barrel but the unusal thing I noticed was the barrel was counterbored about 1/4". The shop owner said that was the last of several he had sold including a couple with 2-1/2" barrels that were counterbored in the same fashion. Anybody ever seen these before or know the reasoning for the counterbored barrels?
