Model 66-2 WHAT IS IT???

[AJ]

The local gun shop got in an interesting Model 66-2. It looks like it has a laser or something pinned in the barrel. The is a pin through the barrel aft of the muzzle (see pictures). From looking at the muzzle you can see what reminds me of a laser that has a lock ring holding it in place. The cylinder has been modified too. He got it in a pile of stuff that he bought. It sort of reminds me of the guns we had for a Firing Arms Simulator (FATS Machine) we had for the Reserve MP's to practice on, when I was stationed in Pittsburgh, Pa. Is it a Custom Shop piece, a Special Order piece or made by a vey good custom gunsmith? TIA

 

[AJ]

More Pictures

More pictures of this 66-2

 

[AJ]

Last batch of..........

Last batch of pictures. If further pictures are needed let me know. Will try to answer all questions.

 

[pharmer]

Thanks for sharing that oddity. Looks like whatever "cartridge substitution device" to activate the laser are missing. 40 years ago, I can't imagine what would register "hits." Neat, I'd give $20 for it. Joe

 

[A10]

Does it have a standard firing pin? If so, and the action was good, I'd probably give a hundred dollars for it and go on the hunt for a barrel...

 

[AJ]

Does it have a standard firing pin? If so, and the action was good, I'd probably give a hundred dollars for it and go on the hunt for a barrel...

Never checked. Will find out.

 

[murphydog]

Never say never with S & W but this seems unlikely to have been a factory product.

Since it was "deactivated", I would be leery about converting it back to firing condition without a thorough evaluation. It may not be as easy as obtaining a proper barrel; the charge holes seem to have sleeves in them, perhaps to prevent a live round from being chambered.

 

[toddimusnimski]

I've never seen that setup before. SCSW 4th edition lists an AYY prefix as reported shipped in 1988, two years after the -2 stopped and the -3 began. Maybe a batch of these were set aside to be modified by them, then shipped to a training facility - be interesting to see a letter on that one.

Thanks for sharing!
Todd

 

[ken158]

No way that conversion was done by the factory. If so, it would be marked accordingly. There are some kind of sleeves in the chambers along with the holes in the barrel. No doubt it was a training aid for some long ago now out of business company. Maybe a couple bucks value for a conversation piece but there are too many worn out LEO guns out there if you want a project.

 

[ispcapt]

Looks like what we used with FATS.

 

[Buford57]

I picked up a 1937 vintage St. Louis PD marked Colt OP minus barrel awhile back. The chambers were sleeved with what appeared to be brass sleeves at the muzzle end. After a good soaking in 50/50 ATF-acetone they tapped out easily with a brass rod. FP was missing on this one. Still a work in progress.

 

[AJ]

Looks like what we used with FATS.

That is what I was thinking. We had M1911's and M16A2's setup for our FATS.

 

[AJ]

Never say never with S & W but this seems unlikely to have been a factory product.

Since it was "deactivated", I would be leery about converting it back to firing condition without a thorough evaluation. It may not be as easy as obtaining a proper barrel; the charge holes seem to have sleeves in them, perhaps to prevent a live round from being chambered.

No one has said anything about converting it back. Just trying to figure out what it is for and who made it this way. Converting it back would not be a problem, just a new barrel and cylinder is all it would take.

 

[stansdds]

To make it a functional revolver, it would definitely need a new barrel, new cylinder if the brass sleeves cannot be removed without damaging the cylinder throats and/or chambers, and a new firing pin if the original pin was modified for the simulated munitions.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Looks like what we used with FATS.

We had FATS and that would have been the 1980s because we only had revolvers when we used it. Autoloaders were not a Duty Handgun until 1990.

 

[AJ]

That is what I was thinking. We had M1911's and M16A2's setup for our FATS.

We had FATS and that would have been the 1980s because we only had revolvers when we used it. Autoloaders were not a Duty Handgun until 1990.

We never used revolvers as a duty weapon. The aircrews Could carry revolvers when we were in combat if they wanted......

 

[AJ]

Thanks for sharing that oddity. Looks like whatever "cartridge substitution device" to activate the laser are missing. 40 years ago, I can't imagine what would register "hits." Neat, I'd give $20 for it. Joe

if I remember correctly it fired compressed nitrogen at a screen on the FATS machines.

 

[AJ]

Does it have a standard firing pin? If so, and the action was good, I'd probably give a hundred dollars for it and go on the hunt for a barrel...

Has a standard firing pin in the hammer.

 

[lppd4]

Looks like someone ruined a perfectly good 66-2. May have been a property room gun someone converted to a training gun

 

[glenwolde]

Looks like someone ruined a perfectly good 66-2. May have been a property room gun someone converted to a training gun

Yes they did, but in those days 66's were as common as Glocks are today.