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I Bought a Smith & Wesson 66-1 Yesterday
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<blockquote data-quote="Glock &#039;em down" data-source="post: 3785471" data-attributes="member: 684"><p>Dude. What you have is arguably, the quintessential best Smith and Wesson K frame, Combat Magnum revolver. The blued and nickel versions, the model 19, came first. They were created by a tall drink of water by the name of Bill Jordan. He was a US Border Agent and scaled down the .357 magnum, which was built on S&W's N frame revolver at the time. Thinking the N frame was a little heavy for most lawmen to wear on a daily basis, the K frame Combat Magnum was born.</p><p></p><p>As for the "marcas registradas" it's on almost every Smith and Wesson revolver, and some autos. Basically it's Spanish for "registered trademark." I'm not quite sure S&W chooses to use Spanish instead of English, but whatever.</p><p></p><p>Yours is also an early model that features a pinned barrel and recessed chambers. S&W guys refer to those features as P&R models which was discontinued in the late 70s. A no dash model 66 would also have a stainless steel rear sight assembly instead of the blued as yours does.</p><p></p><p>Congratulations on an awesome revolver. For a guy just dipping his toes into the wheelgun world, you picked a dandy one to start with. <img src="/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glock 'em down, post: 3785471, member: 684"] Dude. What you have is arguably, the quintessential best Smith and Wesson K frame, Combat Magnum revolver. The blued and nickel versions, the model 19, came first. They were created by a tall drink of water by the name of Bill Jordan. He was a US Border Agent and scaled down the .357 magnum, which was built on S&W's N frame revolver at the time. Thinking the N frame was a little heavy for most lawmen to wear on a daily basis, the K frame Combat Magnum was born. As for the "marcas registradas" it's on almost every Smith and Wesson revolver, and some autos. Basically it's Spanish for "registered trademark." I'm not quite sure S&W chooses to use Spanish instead of English, but whatever. Yours is also an early model that features a pinned barrel and recessed chambers. S&W guys refer to those features as P&R models which was discontinued in the late 70s. A no dash model 66 would also have a stainless steel rear sight assembly instead of the blued as yours does. Congratulations on an awesome revolver. For a guy just dipping his toes into the wheelgun world, you picked a dandy one to start with. :thumb: [/QUOTE]
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