Riomouse911
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A couple of weeks ago I brought home one of the cleanest used 6” S&W Model 66-2’s I’ve ever seen. There is not a scratch or nick on it, the sights are clear and the screws appear untouched. I can assume it was fired a few times years ago, the grips were changed and maybe it was fired a couple of times again...then It was placed in the owners safe until it was put up for auction.
The grips that came on it are the old Pachmayr gripper style, which I immediately replaced with a set of wooden finger-groove grips from Amazon. (Apparently from the same Southeast Asian maker/seller who sells a lot of them on GB) They look great and feel good in my hands.
I fired the gun DA last week and it shot well for about 18 shots...but I realized the DA trigger pull felt a bit wonky compared to my other S&Ws that I had brought. I don’t shoot SA very much with these revolvers (I save that for the Colt Bullseye Gun ) but when I pulled the hammer back slowly the SA started to not function correctly (It would slip after being held for a fraction of a second.)
Looking at the placement of the grip screw holes on these new grips, they appear to make the grip screw sit directly behind the hammer spring. Apparently it’s too close, so when the spring bows as the hammer is pulled back it is interfered with by the grip screw. This appears to be the cause of the SA malfunction, because when I pull the grips off it goes into SA mode without a hitch and the hammer doesn’t slip even when I push on the spur towards the frame.
Clearly the new grips gotta go and the blah old Pachmayr grips go back on until I find some grips that compliment the gun and work with my hands.
I bought two other pairs of these grips, both work just fine on the Model 14 and Model 17 they were installed on. I guess I’ll wait for the Model 48 to be returned from S&W and see if these fit on that gun. If not I’ll send them back.
I think I’ll try the Roper style ones, I think Altamont makes some.
Another modification that looks good to the eye and feels good to the hand, but when put in use it doesn’t work .
Stay safe.
The grips that came on it are the old Pachmayr gripper style, which I immediately replaced with a set of wooden finger-groove grips from Amazon. (Apparently from the same Southeast Asian maker/seller who sells a lot of them on GB) They look great and feel good in my hands.
I fired the gun DA last week and it shot well for about 18 shots...but I realized the DA trigger pull felt a bit wonky compared to my other S&Ws that I had brought. I don’t shoot SA very much with these revolvers (I save that for the Colt Bullseye Gun ) but when I pulled the hammer back slowly the SA started to not function correctly (It would slip after being held for a fraction of a second.)
Looking at the placement of the grip screw holes on these new grips, they appear to make the grip screw sit directly behind the hammer spring. Apparently it’s too close, so when the spring bows as the hammer is pulled back it is interfered with by the grip screw. This appears to be the cause of the SA malfunction, because when I pull the grips off it goes into SA mode without a hitch and the hammer doesn’t slip even when I push on the spur towards the frame.
Clearly the new grips gotta go and the blah old Pachmayr grips go back on until I find some grips that compliment the gun and work with my hands.
I bought two other pairs of these grips, both work just fine on the Model 14 and Model 17 they were installed on. I guess I’ll wait for the Model 48 to be returned from S&W and see if these fit on that gun. If not I’ll send them back.
I think I’ll try the Roper style ones, I think Altamont makes some.
Another modification that looks good to the eye and feels good to the hand, but when put in use it doesn’t work .
Stay safe.