The Wife's Model 67 no dash has a blued rear sight assembly and the red ramp front sight. It dates from 1975 and is ex-law enforcement (Yolo County, CA). Who knows whether the rear sight was changed before we bought it in 1992? I agree; the M-67 is a Masterpiece!
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The Wife's Model 67 no dash has a blued rear sight assembly and the red ramp front sight. It dates from 1975 and is ex-law enforcement (Yolo County, CA). Who knows whether the rear sight was changed before we bought it in 1992? I agree; the M-67 is a Masterpiece!
If I understand the question, the sight was changed from stainless to blued, sometime in 1974. If your gun dates to 1975, it would have had a red ramp and blue rear sight from the factory.
From looking at examples online, by s/n 6k58368, ~middle of 1974 production, the rear sight was blue, and the front sight had a red insert.
edit: As anther curiosity, does your gun have the gas ring on the yoke or on the cylinder? According to the SCSW, the gas ring was switched to the cylinder in 1977, along with the Model 66, but it seems to be on the cylinder on my 67 no-dash as well as others, so I am wondering if it was ever on the yoke on any model 67.
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I bought an unfired, with all documentation 67 from a store owner that had set up at a gun show. Never used it; sold it to a local fellow; bought it back unfired, then traded it! I hope I am not the only one that does things like this!
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Naw...I used to do it all the time. I have owned, not one...not two...but THREE, 4" Model 24-3's (44 Special) over the years. One with the box and papers. I let them all get away.
And that's just one "sad story."
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Beautiful revolvers here. I bought one at a gun show from a fellow that had a store in this area. Unfired with all it came with. Sold it w/o using, bought it back in same condition...traded at a another store. Think about this often. How many times should we have kept it...having 2 model 15's at the same time, guess I did not think I needed it.
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I bought a NOS no dash for my then-fiance in 1979. She thought an artillery Luger made a good house gun. I felt more comfortable (or comforted) with her relying on the S&W. I still have the girl, she still has the gun and although it is not her EDC, she still uses it to qualify. It has worn Pachmayer Gripper Professionals since they hit the market. She lets me clean it, but not shoot it.
What is this "need" of which you speak? Also, I had no idea people actually sell their guns...what devilry is this?
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My wife has a 67 and it is amazingly easy to shoot well. I am no "combat handgun" guru but hitting what you are shooting at seems important.
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I bought a 67-1 with a couple of cosmetic issues intending for it to be donor gun for Project 616. Unfortunately, the 617 barrel profile also being used in the build didn't match and a 66 was needed instead. After completing the 616 I cleaned up and did minor stuff to make the 67-1 a great shooter grade gun. It was a real sweetheart, but "you can't have 'em all, if you did where would you put them?" I still wonder whether I should have made more room in my safe for that one! 
Froggie
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Serial number 6k69566. Gas ring is on the yoke.
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I am old and slow in my recent years so please don't laugh at me.
I have a model 67-3 that I bought a couple months ago that has been fired very little and never yet by me.
My question is: what is a gas ring? My 67 doesn't appear to have a ring on the front of the cylinder. I have owned a couple Smith revolvers in the last and never heard about a gas ring... Am I missing something?
I have a model 67-3 that I bought a couple months ago that has been fired very little and never yet by me.
My question is: what is a gas ring? My 67 doesn't appear to have a ring on the front of the cylinder. I have owned a couple Smith revolvers in the last and never heard about a gas ring... Am I missing something?
My -1 is a shooter like most my stuff. This one has many rounds down the tube. It was dropped & scuffed before coming my way but shoots very good. It is extremely smooth.
That s/n dates to 1975, so it does prove there was a change at that point.
The SCSW book is not very specific on the subject. Compared to the 66 there is not as much information on the Model 67, how long and what s/n's shipped with the SS sights, or the gas ring changes.
It looks like the sights were changed to blued sometime in 1974, two years after introduction. The first gas ring change was in 1975, and the second one in 1977 with the -1.
Whatever the version, I consider it a great gun, just not chambered for the .357 cartridge like the 66.
