…(snip)…I'm writing from personal experience. One I acquired likewise had been toted a little and didn't work quite right. On my inspection, it required a significant number of Powers hammer and trigger washers to make up for some rather poor factory machine work that left a lot of frame metal missing.
If you are not going to carry it, don't worry about it. These commemorative have a neat history. Enjoy your Mod 66!
Why would someone carry and use a gun that didn’t work from the factory?
Why would someone carry and use a gun that didn’t work from the factory?
Came out of the collection of a friend that passed , he was a collector and avid shooter so I know Les took it to the range some , It came with the original box papers and tools as well as a S&W made holster. I pulled it apart looked over the internals gave the appropriate parts some polish and a set of wolf springs shoots like a dream one of my most accurate one ragged hole in the target from a rest at fifty feet it can shoot more accurately than I can hold.S&W was putting lots of commemorative pistols out the door about that time. From the appearances of the images, looks like this one might have been carried some. Not so sure that S&W necessarily expected this, as in some cases the guns were put together on frames that should not have passed inspection. If you are going to actually carry it, be sure to do a full inspection, including under the side plate. I'm writing from personal experience. One I acquired likewise had been toted a little and didn't work quite right. On my inspection, it required a significant number of Powers hammer and trigger washers to make up for some rather poor factory machine work that left a lot of frame metal missing.
If you are not going to carry it, don't worry about it. These commemorative have a neat history. Enjoy your Mod 66!