MCgunner
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Well, I can understand. I'm about the worlds least observant person. LOL When I looked at my revolvers, I first checked timing, end shake, hammer/sear engagement, gap, forcing cone and top strap condition, yadda, yadda. I do that with any revolver, new or used, no matter brand. When guys tell me they bought a revolver and the timing was off, that's something I would NOT have missed. Revolvers are neat in that if you check 'em out throughly, at least you KNOW the gun is in functional enough shape. It might not cap every round if the strain screw is loose or someone trimmed the hammer spring too much or it's just not powerful enough, but those are things easily fixed.
I picked up that 4" M66 Nickeled .357 for 197 used at a gun show. It is like new wear wise and it's the most accurate 4" medium frame gun I've ever owned. Unbelievable deal. I went over it several times trying to find the catch, LOL. It's been a super gun. There are great bargains out there on used Taurus revolvers at the gun shows. That's just not so with used Smiths. Everyone is after the pre-lock Smiths and they're great guns, but I don't know, I prefer that 4" 66 to the M19 I had, more accurate anyway and just as good a gun in every other way and better in one, no flat spot on the forcing cone where K frames crack. I had a M10 crack on me there. Still have the gun, different barrel on it. The frame on the Taurus is a little beefier in that area around the forcing cone than the K frames. For strength of design, though, neither gun could come close to that old Security Six. That thing was built tough and was still K frame light.
I picked up that 4" M66 Nickeled .357 for 197 used at a gun show. It is like new wear wise and it's the most accurate 4" medium frame gun I've ever owned. Unbelievable deal. I went over it several times trying to find the catch, LOL. It's been a super gun. There are great bargains out there on used Taurus revolvers at the gun shows. That's just not so with used Smiths. Everyone is after the pre-lock Smiths and they're great guns, but I don't know, I prefer that 4" 66 to the M19 I had, more accurate anyway and just as good a gun in every other way and better in one, no flat spot on the forcing cone where K frames crack. I had a M10 crack on me there. Still have the gun, different barrel on it. The frame on the Taurus is a little beefier in that area around the forcing cone than the K frames. For strength of design, though, neither gun could come close to that old Security Six. That thing was built tough and was still K frame light.