Model 66 No Dash

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So I picked up a Model 66
Super clean. Tight.
Pinned barrel, recessed chambers.
Manufacture date 1976 I believe.
Even has bookend grips.
Purchase is a done deal.
What should I have paid?
 
I bought this one with target grips and no box or papers for $475 a couple of months ago. But I felt like I got a KILLER deal...
 

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Around my part of Virginia.

That would be a six bill gun +/-. But you do not see them like you used to.
 
Very good pick up!!

I have been looking for a very good condition shooter for a while now.
 
I paid $600 for my LNIB (previous owner fired five rounds in 1973 then put back in the box) four inch 66 and was happy to find it.
 
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Ordered a new holster and grips for the Model 66 identical to these on my N-frame 629. Kind of a little brother thing.
 

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Paid $600 about a year ago and thought it was a decent deal. Not many come up around here and most that do were used hard.
 
A pristine 66 like you just acquired should run in the $600 to 700 range by today’s standards which seems fair given the small number of precision made revolvers available for purchase. When I look at the offering today by S&W on say a model 19 and compare the final product ( shrouded barrel, extra 1/4 length to appease Canada, poor finish compared to yesterday’s product, etc.) with one sold in the seventies I will take the older pistol each time. Many of the firearms in the photo I actually carried during my 30 years in LE.
 

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