Got My Old Gun Back

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ThomasT

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A couple of years ago my bud wanted a 357 revolver and asked if I had one for sale. So i sold him a S&W model 66-1 6" barreled gun. Yesterday he wanted to know if I was interested in listing it for him on gunbroker. He acted like he would just like for me to buy it back.

I told him I would give him the same $500 he paid for the gun or he could probably get an extra $100-200 dollars more by selling it on GB. He said he was happy to just get the $500 with no hassles on his end. So now I have back my gun. I weighed it. It weighs 36.5 ounces. My 6" barreled GP-100 weighs 43.5 ounces. Not a lot more. I am considering selling one or the other. What would you folks sell or keep?

And before anyone jumps in about forcing cones on K-Frame guns I have heard all the stories. I don't like light weight bullets. A light weight 357 bullet for me starts at 140grs and goes up from there.

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Keep it, a great gun and a half a pound is a huge difference in carry weight . In other Security Six thread s ebody just mentioned that Ruger lost money on every one they built so came up with the GP 100. Well the security six is no S&W 66-1 so you are going up two tiers higher in quality , just saying....
 
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I would keep the M66 and put on a set of wood target , combat or presentation grips

Yes, this too! A nice set of wood grips would be well befitting this momentous reunion of gun and owner!
 
The GP's are great guns but I do have a deep love of pre-lock S&W's. If they were mine, I'd keep both use the GP a lot and use the S&W as a fun range toy.
 
I'm not a big fan of Ruger. I'd keep the 66 for sure. I owned a 19-4 with 6" barrel for almost 30 years, it was so well balanced in my hand that it was a joy to shoot. I sold the 19 when I bought a 66-5, I liked it even more.
 
Keep it, a great gun and a half a pound is a huge difference in carry weight . In other Security Six thread s ebody just mentioned that Ruger lost money on every one they built so came up with the GP 100. Well the security six is no S&W 66-1 so you are going up two tiers higher in quality , just saying....

I have two GP-100s, a 4" and the 6" mentioned along with two Security Sixes, an SP-101 and a model 65 4' police turn in. So I'm not short of 357 guns. My very first centerfire revolver was a 6" model 19 TT,TH, WO. I won a few trophies with that gun in the falling plate matches. I don't need to sell any of them. I love them all. I should have known better than to ask you guys about selling a gun. Y'all would have me buying even more.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

And I won several trophies with the GP-100 also. I worked on the trigger and frankly its a little smoother than the model 66 trigger.
 
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I would keep the M66 and put on a set of wood target , combat or presentation grips

When I bought the gun many years ago I wished then it had the old Coke Bottle target grips on it like my first model 19 had. I never found a set from S&W I wanted to pay $75+ dollars for. I guess i need to get on ebay and see if their are some of the after market wood grips made for a price I can live with if I decide to keep the gun.
 
I have two guns...one for each of you...
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My personal experience....selling a good gun, for no expressed reason, never works out well, usually results in my buying another at a higher price than I sold at. Having two good guns, has never caused me a problem.
 
I have both a GP100 and a 19-5. And I don’t plan on selling either.
The GP100 is my everyday shooter and although the 19-5 still goes to the range, it is not my everyday tool.
If you can- enjoy both!!!’n
 
Charlie if I decide to sell I will give you first shot. Fair enough? I would rather see someone here get it than some stranger off of gunbroker.[/QUOTE]

Thanks - just so you know that it would be going to a good home, I will share that I have a 4" 66-1 that I would pair with the 6".
 
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