Curious Model 66? (Pic heavy)

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I am not too familiar with older Smith and Wesson's but I think this one has had some work done to it. Can anyone verify this? Model 66 No dash.

The lug that is just behind the cylinder looks filed for contour and the height seems low almost like it has been replaced? There is a small line around the entire piece. Something is visible inside the frame too. Also, if you follow the radius of the recess where the hand travels up and down, following along toward the trigger guard, it has been beveled or something.

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Here the "lug" is visible from the inside(behind trigger stud) as well as what looks like an over travel stop.

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Cylinder is cut for moon clips?

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Dual alignment pins?

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And what looks to be hard chromed hammer and trigger?

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My apologies if I butchered the terminology but I'd like your thoughts on what this gun has seen done and the quality of the work.
 
There used to be a gunsmith that would modify a s & w revolver so that the only person that could fire it would have to wear a special ring. I have never seen this modification in person, but I'm just thinking out loud.
 
Looks like the stud on the frame might have been replaced. (On second thought, I doubt it, I think it's factory) chrome hammer and trigger, normal. Two alignment pins, normal. Lug visible from inside, normal. Cylinder recessed, normal. The bevel I think you are referring to is the cutout so the extractor star will fit. Trigger stop is factory, usually removed for duty guns. For a 66 or 66-1, everything looks fine.
 
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Looks to me as if someone other than S&W has replaced the cylinder lug. And a few other things. Custom work NOT from the factory.
 
Guess it's not that curious after all! I thought for sure it was different because the work looks kinda low quality. I've always seem to hear about how fine the older Smiths are and all.

It has a personalized peace officer/ state seal name plate similar to a cowboy belt buckle on the butt of the grip. Thought it might have seen some special attention.
 
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Late 70's early 80's were a little bit and miss at the QC Dept at Smith. You'll see a few rough edges here and there. As a matter of fact, I had to go out and get a 66 in my safe to be sure. Yours looks like a clone of mine down to the file marks on the cylinder boss on the frame.

If it times up right, it should shoot very well. I'm guessing its 100% factory. The butt plates were a pretty hot item in parts of Texas, particularly Houston.

Edit: And, I just realized you are in Houston.
 
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Overtravel stop normal.
Cylinder is recessed, you'll also note a pin retains the barrel in the frame, hence the term "pinned and recessed" on older s&w revolvers in 357.
They hard chromed the parts on stainless guns because stainless parts wearing on each other will gall.
Everything looks just like the no-dash 66s I have. Normal.
 
Over the decades I have owned quite a few 66's, 19's, 10's and maybe I'm getting old, but I don't remember a trigger stop. I wonder if it was an option or something from the Bangor Punta era?
 
It looks like a pretty common M-66 (no dash) to me.

Many folks who haven't see a lot of the older S&Ws, don't realize that what we have today isn't how it always used to be.

Pic #1: The stop that retains the cylinder was a press-in piece, prior to the current filet that is part of the frame. The scuffing on the frame looks like wear from the cylinder.

Pic #2: The trigger stop was a normal part of the package on adjustable sighted K-frames...many were removed if the gun was to be for defensive use

Pic #3: Not moon clips, but recesses cut into the cylinder to enclose the rims of the cartridge cases to prevent "blown out rims"

Pic #4: Those are called locator pins and made up for poor alignment of the ejector star to the rear of the cylinder before the days of CNC machining.

Pic #5: Not hard chromed, but flash chromed. Early Stainless revolvers has stainless hammers and trigger for a matching look, but they had poor wear characteristics. They then installed case hardened parts (as in the regular guns), but that brought crys of "non-matching", so that took the regular parts and flash chromed them for a closer match
 
Thanks everyone. I assumed that it was the same frame as my 686 and that was incorrect. I did learn a few things though!
 
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