I Couldn't Leave It There...

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I'm trying...again...to reduce my inventory just to guns I will shoot at least from time to time...however...then I run into something like this and I just can't leave it in the case.

Model 67 no dash...I think it's the first Model 67 I've ever even seen, but couldn't swear to that. I've been told the S/N (5K19xx) puts it from 1972. It has the stainless steel sights. The target stocks probably aren't original, there was no box or papers, and it has been fired, but I'm planning on shooting it anyway so that doesn't matter.





Someone with sharp eyes might notice the rear sight blade is black. I did that with a non permanent Sharpie in anticipation of a range trip later on today or tomorrow.
 
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Awesome, they are great shooters. I saw one a few months ago with the same target grips and couldn't let it waste away on a shelf either. Mine had the blued rear sight though. Enjoy it.
 
You did real well there, rescuing that S&W from an uncertain future and taking it to a loving home. That .38 special can handle anything from paper targets, tin cans, snakes, and even deer; just pick the right ammo for the job.

Stag stocks would really dress that gun up.
 
Beautiful 67. I just had mine to the range the other day with my nephew along. I was introducing him to the advantages of a nice revolver in .38. I set up a playing card at 10 yards (edge facing) and told him to cut it in half. He doubted he could do it. He did it on the fourth shot. I set up another. He cut that one on the first shot. No kidding. I'm hoping I have converted another shooter over to the SW family.

That 67 of mine certainly is a "never sell" gun.
 
Stocks are the post 1982 style.

The 67 is a CM/15 in stainless. If you like stainless it's a winner.

Wonder why they never made a 22 version? Would seem like something that would be popular.
 
+1 on what bigmoose said. That 67 has the over travel stop as well, so the target stocks could be original equipment.
 
SaxonPig said:
Stocks are the post 1982 style.

The 67 is a CM/15 in stainless. If you like stainless it's a winner.

Wonder why they never made a 22 version? Would seem like something that would be popular.
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Well, I prefer blue guns, but I really like the 4" Masterpiece guns. I already had a 15-2, and an 18-4. I figured I might as well add this one to the group.

I think a 22 version would be nice. I know you can get a 617, but I like the classic tapered barrel/no underlug of the CM guns. It just looks, and feels "right" to me.
 
Nice 67! I have a no dash from 1973. It still has the stainless rear sight. It came to me with magna stocks. Changed to targets. It currently has magnas on it again, although not the originals. What's not to like about a 15, or 67? Enjoy your 67! Bob
 
The no-dash model 67 is my Goldilocks gun: not too big or too small; not too light or too heavy; not too powerful or too weak; but everything just right. Yes, there are pistols that can do some things better but I think the older M15/67's are the best all around revolvers S&W has made.
 
SaxonPig said:
Stocks are the post 1982 style.

The 67 is a CM/15 in stainless. If you like stainless it's a winner.

Wonder why they never made a 22 version? Would seem like something that would be popular.
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They did make a 22 version, called the Model 617. Unfortunately, somebody in S&W's Marketing Dept. decided that shooters needed extra weight to handle all that recoil from the 22 LR and built most of them with full underlug barrels. There are a few with the regular barrels out there, but from the prices I see they are far more popular than they are abundant! :confused: I was able to purchase a 4" Model 617 barrel for Project 616, but the lug and rib profiles of the Model 67 I got to go with it didn't match up, so I had to use a Model 66 as the donor gun. That 67-1 I had found had one of the sweetest triggers (both SA and DA) I've ever felt on a stainless gun.

Froggie
 
bigmoose said:
Beautiful 67. I just had mine to the range the other day with my nephew along. I was introducing him to the advantages of a nice revolver in .38. I set up a playing card at 10 yards (edge facing) and told him to cut it in half. He doubted he could do it. He did it on the fourth shot. I set up another. He cut that one on the first shot. No kidding. I'm hoping I have converted another shooter over to the SW family.

That 67 of mine certainly is a "never sell" gun.
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With that kind of shooting he is most likely hooked already.
Do you live up in Big moose or do you just like the name ?
 
bigmoose said:
OP, Why do you assume the Target stocks aren't original? Lots of guns of that era were ordered with Targets.

Congrats on a great purchase.
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You're correct about that, but the target stocks on that gun are of a much later vintage. That speed loader cutout is the giveaway.
 
My first duty gun was a M67 that I purchased in 1973. I still have it and will never get rid of it. My heirs will get it. Sweet shooting gun.
 
SaxonPig said:
Stocks are the post 1982 style.

The 67 is a CM/15 in stainless. If you like stainless it's a winner.

Wonder why they never made a 22 version? Would seem like something that would be popular.
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I've always wondered why they never made them in 2". :confused:
 
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