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A Forty Year Model 66
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Welcome to the forum. You should start a new thread, so that more members will have an opportunity to see your question. Unfortunately I can't answer it. Condolences on the passing of your father-n-law.
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shoe41...Your 19-4 probably dates to 1979.
Bill
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I have a all stainless 66 no dash....... 4K86xxx; SCS7W puts it to 74.
Picked it up in 2004 for the then princelly sum of $375 (tag price).
Actually I traded a 581 even up for it, as I found myself with no 4" 19/66s in the safe,(I know I was shocked too) and was feeling the gap in the "collection". I felt the need for something between my 3inch 66 and my 4inch 686s.
EDIT: mine has the trigger stop.
2004-06 were good years for the revolver bug to bite again as many were trading old 6 shooters for them new fangled high-cap 9s again.
I never carried the 581 and I don't think I've ever carried this stainless sighted 66 either. LOL
Sure wish I had that 581 back.....................
Shoe41.....looks like 78/79 in SCS&W 1978 started around 25K001 and 79 ended at 56K999.
Picked it up in 2004 for the then princelly sum of $375 (tag price).
Actually I traded a 581 even up for it, as I found myself with no 4" 19/66s in the safe,(I know I was shocked too) and was feeling the gap in the "collection". I felt the need for something between my 3inch 66 and my 4inch 686s.
EDIT: mine has the trigger stop.
2004-06 were good years for the revolver bug to bite again as many were trading old 6 shooters for them new fangled high-cap 9s again.
I never carried the 581 and I don't think I've ever carried this stainless sighted 66 either. LOL
Sure wish I had that 581 back.....................
Shoe41.....looks like 78/79 in SCS&W 1978 started around 25K001 and 79 ended at 56K999.
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Yummy, just yummy!!!!!!!
***GRJ***
***GRJ***
I am one of those collectors that tend to shoot too many of the really nice guns. I inherited one some years ago,,,unfired, NIB VERY early 66. It had the stainless sights, and I also found them horrible in use. In sunlight, near impossible. To add insult to injury, when I decided t see how it shoots, limited to a few rounds, I had no problem....after the second round, the cylinder would not turn. The gun locked up tightly. I had to use a rubber and teflon mallet to open the cylinder....I used my most accurate load of 14gr 2400 under a 125gr JHP....nothing noteworthy here! Apparently this was a common problem in the early guns and fixed in the -2....had to due with a gas seal being moved????
I decided to get rid of it...without checking collector value....
Live and learn...
I decided to get rid of it...without checking collector value....
Live and learn...
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That is a beautiful pistol. I had a 66 no dash with the target grips and SS sights nearly identical to the first post. It was a fantastic pistol, but I foolishly sold it, and have regretted it ever since. I've been thinking about picking up a 65 lately, as I think it would be the perfect combination between my 66 and my 10.
MAX HEADSPEED
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I own a Mod. 66-2 w/6" barrel (c.1982) and want to know how popular it is as I don't see too many, if any, of them around.
cmj8591
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The 66 was the best police side arm ever made. When I say that to any police officers younger than 40 they look at me like I'm out of my mind. I think when we started to trend towards the wonder 9's and the latest plastic "spray and pray" autos, we took a big step backwards. And I think it was all in the interest of trying to replace good training with more bullets. All the 9mm, 40 S&W, 45acp misses in the world will never equal one center mass hit with a 125g Federal JHP. And no semi auto (Except for the 1911 perhaps and even that is up for debate) can can point as naturally or deliver on target as smoothly as a tuned, K frame revolver.
After I sold the early no-dash 66, I bought a 6" 66-2 and like it a lot. It points well, feels good, and is a very nice revolver, but not as accurate as my Registered Magnum or PC guns.
MAX HEADSPEED
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Reliability concerns were the prime factor driving my decision to get rid of my 1911 Auto Ord .45ACP & Sig Sauer P229 .40S/W, and keep only my MOD. 66.
Don't get me wrong. The others were good, as semi-autos go, but their reliability, in my mind at least, couldn't match that of a revolver, especially one such as the MOD. 66.
I'm thinking of making the S&W MOD. 686 4" my next purchase.
That S&W Governor .410 Gauge/.45 Colt/.45 ACP 2.75" Barrel seems like an very interesting weapon, too.
Don't get me wrong. The others were good, as semi-autos go, but their reliability, in my mind at least, couldn't match that of a revolver, especially one such as the MOD. 66.
I'm thinking of making the S&W MOD. 686 4" my next purchase.
That S&W Governor .410 Gauge/.45 Colt/.45 ACP 2.75" Barrel seems like an very interesting weapon, too.
