Originally posted by BAM-BAM:
I picked up two in Harrisburg Pa. in 1988-89. I told a gunsmith/dealer who was doing some work(action job) on my 2.5" 19 that I wished I could find one of the 3"ers I'd read about. At the time the article implied tht there were only several hundred made most/some for the Calf DOJ. Thought it would be the perfect carry gun. He said there was a wholeseller(around Harrisburg) that had some 3" 66s sitting on a shelf that he hadn't been able to move.I had the impression they had been there for years.
He called me a few days later and said he'd picked one up. I went half expecting to see a 2.5" gun. I think it was like $270 OTD. At that price I had him get a second one for my Dad (retired police officer). Dad decided he liked my 640 better.
For whatever reason,(I remember waiting 5-6 months for a Sparks Summer Special holster) I continued to carry the 19 until I caught the 3914 and 3913NL bug.
Today both 3"ers are in the safe (one's unfired the other has <100rds through it) wearing checkered Spegel boot grips. One will go to each of my boys.
About 5 years ago I came across another, a 66-4 3". An "older gentleman" wanting a smaller gun had traded it for a 2" J frame. It had been carried a lot but only shot a little. It was a little scuffed up; but with a little scotch brite pad time and another set of Spegel's it now splits CCW duty, still in the 20 year old Sparks holster, with my 3913. It has also become my primary Pennsylvania "mountain gun".
Brad
