George Hill
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I’ve decided I am going to keep my .357 Magnum, the S&W model 66. I was going to trade it off for a Browning Buckmark, and as much as I want a Buckmark… It’s a bad move. This 66 is a FINE example of a .357 Magnum revolver. The action feels so smooth and the trigger is so fine… The single action breaks so crisp, it’s like a thin glass rod. I’m thinking it’s breaking someplace around two and a half to three pounds. Yeah, I am keeping it. However in it’s current configuration of a 4 inch barrel and a “square-butt†grip frame, it’s just not a packin gun to me. I am packing Saint Wesson (the 696) all the time and never the .357 anymore. I am going to have the barrel cut down to just under 3 inches, have an aggressive target crown cut into it, and have the grip frame recut to fit some nice wood boot-grips. I’m also thinking about having the stainless frame bead blasted, and have the trigger, hammer and cylinder all polished. Front sight will be a gold bead. That’s what I am going to have done to it for my birthday. Then instead of calling it my Agent Smith, I’m going to call it my Precious.