Should I buy this 66-1 snub? Update - still there so I got it.

[BC38]

You're nephew is a lucky guy to have such a great uncle.
Think one of your siblings would adopt me? My birthday is coming up soon...

 

[bunkie12]

Split forcing cones

As SVT28 wisely suggests at the top of this article, the forcing cones on M66 and other K-frame .357 Magnums can split with hot magnum ammo. Yours looks fine, but you might want to warn your nephew about staying away from light bullets in full magnum loads.

There are threads in this forum with nauseating photos of split forcing cones in these revolvers.
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[67ray]

What's the 50/50 looks like ATF and maybe kero?

 

[Hoosierville IRN]

Sigp: a great job on a classic 66. Congrats! Having never "saved" such a firearm, I've got a couple of questions:

What is this "soup" you used to clean the revolver?
Did you soak the internals with the sideplate off or on?

Thanks

 

[sigp220.45]

Sigp: a great job on a classic 66. Congrats! Having never "saved" such a firearm, I've got a couple of questions:

What is this "soup" you used to clean the revolver?
Did you soak the internals with the sideplate off or on?

Thanks

Its half acetone and half Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF).

I just plop whole thing in, minus grips. I don't want to fish around for small parts.

 

[jframejoey]

sigp220.45, glad you grabbed it. I never got around to calling them after I reached out to you.

 

[kbm6893]

Excellent job! I love cleaning up neglected Guns. I would have jumped at that. I've given them a week long bath in straight up ATF, no acetone. I fully take them apart before they go into the bath. I also prefer pachmayr grips, but snubbies don't look right with the full size. The Compact grips you put in look great. As long as the grips are taken off every now and then (as all grips should be taken off), there's no danger of issues underneath. I watch guys clean guns without taking them off and just cringe. That oil and solvent runs right under there and just congeals.

 

[jcs266]

A great find and thanks for the step by step in the whole process. Good job of cleaning up an old work-horse and bringing it back to glory.

 

[jjmIII_Ruger]

Its half acetone and half Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF).

I just plop whole thing in, minus grips. I don't want to fish around for small parts.

That mix stores fine in a plastic bucket with lid??

 

[sigp220.45]

That mix stores fine in a plastic bucket with lid??

Yep. I usually use a new clean paint can but the store was out.

Don't measure out the acetone in a Solo cup, though.

 

[RAPOM65]

As much as I would like to have a 19 or 66 snubbie that 4516 would have come home with me, especially with a discount.

 

[Bookmaker]

What comprises your soup?

Just gasoline or a mixture of a few things?

Thanks!

Jameson

 

[John Patrick]

What comprises your soup?

Just gasoline or a mixture of a few things?

Thanks!

Jameson

I was wondering my self. Here' the soup recipe, from post #65.

"Its half acetone and half Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF).

I just plop whole thing in, minus grips. I don't want to fish around for small parts."

 

[stanmerrell]

Need the After Pictures

I love a good rescue story...

 

[rubiranch]

A few years back I had a nice 66-no dash 2.5" that I gave to a close friend.
When he saw it he told me that he had always wanted one so I gave it to him.
I also gave him a nice triple lock.



He's a retired Vice Sergeant and we has been a good friends for many many years.
Here we are back in 1961, first grade with Sheila sitting between us.
He's on Sheila's right side and I'm on her left.

 

[raljr1]

I paid $500 for a decent one 5 years ago... Good thing the store name isn't on the tag

Robert

 

[Igiveup]

I just finished reading the entire post. Thank you for sharing the rescue. Is your mixture of acetone and transmission fluid the same as "Ed's Red"?

 

[ACORN]

I believe original Ed's had mineral sprits also.

 

[yugolovr]

You are a great uncle, and I hope your nephew enjoys his new revolver. I bought my niece a Ruger Speed Six for Christmas last year. All she had to do was tell me was revolvers are cool, and I was on the search.