Landed a M66-2 today!

Very pleased to have traded/purchased a round butted S&W M66 snub today. The item was used excellent in box with some real stag grips and the factory wood, what appears to be a nickel finish though it may be highly polished. Included also was a Don Hume shoulder holster.

Cost me an excellent XD45 and $225. Figured it was a pretty decent buy considering the holster and the stag stocks but not a steal by any means.

How do you tell if a finish is nickel or highly polished stainless?

Thanks Oro,

I suspected it was nickel because it's got a mirror like shine, but after your reading your post I'm convinced it's polished. I'll have someone look at it and let you know.

I had purchased a Model 10 snub back in May and enjoy it very much. Had to have a Model 66 snub next.

So I go to the gun show today with $20.00 in my pocket just knowing I wasn't coming home with a gun...figured I'd pick up a book or two. So I'm walking through and spot this 66 and get real excited. You know that feeling when your at a show amongst thousands of firearms and you come to find that one item that just fits the bill perfectly better than anything else.

I asked the seller if he was open to a trade for an XD. He was willing to look at the XD but darned if I didn't then have to run home to get it (and permission from the wife to spend a little cash). So I scurry home and collect up the XD, put it all together in it's packaging, get the ok to make a deal and off I go back to the show. $225 was my absolute limit on what I was willing to kick in. Seller requests the XD and $240 to get it done. Worked a little negotiating and he did agree to the $225, good thing. Brought the piece to a grip seller specialist at the show to confirm that the stags were in fact real and not imitations. Got that confirm and made the deal.

The beauty of the deal was I was able to move the XD. Love my XD40sc and thought I would love the XD45 so I bought one at $425.00 a couple years back. Discovered that the .45ACP recoil and the polymer frame weren't agreeable to me, wasn't fun to shoot like a 1911.

I was able to move a piece that I wasn't at all excited about and convert it into a piece that makes me really excited without peeving the wife by laying out $600-$650 in cash. The seller made a profit so the deal was exceptional for all parties.

Heck of a good feeling getting value for something that doesn't appeal directly into something that really appeals.

Hi Jeff,

That's it, same finish. First time trying to submit a pic to THR, hope it works....

Edited to add: It worked. That's a really pretty finish on those 66's, no? Wow.

Your factory grips, real ivory?

I must say that I never expected in my lifetime to own a firearm with stag grips. Something I would not have sought out as an add on but here I am now with some stag grips! The stag grips, like your ivory grips look real nice on the this revolver.

I think so bangkok, I pretty much knew it was SS constructed but couldn't believe how shiny the finish was. Thought there was a chance it might be nickeled because of that. Turns out it's just very nicely polished.

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Sorry to report that those grips are not real ivory nor are they factory.

Yep, I agree with Gunkwazy - those aren't stag but synthetic "stag like" grips. That makes the deal less "sweet" "

Oro - are we talking about the grips on my piece or on Kwazy's?

It is my understanding that the grips on Kwazy's are not ivory and are not factory. Kwazy's grips look like there is a S&W logo on them (???)...again for confirm, Kwazy, your grips are not Smith and Wesson grips?

I believe mine to be real stag and of course not factory.

Thanks jakk and oro for the pics.

Oro - where can I get the grip insert? What's the title of that aftermarket insert so I can find one?

I have one installed on a Model 10 snub and would like to seek out another for the 66.

That's it, thanks smee.

http://www.t-grips.com/

smee -

Here's a pick of my Model 10 with the Tyler T Grip, noticed the bobbed hammer. Bought this one used as a package with the T grip, and two hammers one bobbed and one not.

Looks like a good price in the Tyler T Grip here

http://www.laguns.com/pages/4296/20A.htm

This was part of my second post in the thread -

"...Worked a little negotiating and he did agree to the $225, good thing. Brought the piece to a grip seller specialist at the show to confirm that the stags were in fact real and not imitations. Got that confirm and made the deal."

The grip guy did precisely what you just said, removed the grips and looked at the back. The real stags made me comfortable going in $225, otherwise I would have held firm at around $175.

Hey, Jeff, is that a S&W logo on your grips? Looks like it is, hence my wondering if they were factory. No big deal, just found it peculiar that an after market product could use a logo like that.