92fstech it's a Model 63.

Nice unexpected score…

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Originally posted by Z06:
92fstech it's a Model 63.

Oh, I thought it was a K-frame, I actually have a 63 but mine's a newer 8-shot gun with the lock and a 3" barrel (-15, I think?). It's probably my most practical and useful revolver, and it's killed a lot of varmints. Yours looks like a 4"? I really like that!

Yes 4", it's the little brother of yours.

Here's my early production Model 67 with a stainless steel rear sight. S&W started producing them with a black rear sight around 1975 - 1976 due sun glare making it hard to get a good sight picture (same deal with the Model 66).

The Model 67 is the stainless version of the Model 15 and is a fantastic "first" or teaching revolver due to it's size, weight, and the mild recoil of the 38 special cartridge.

Like others have posted, those diamond magnas are Pre 1968 S&W manufacture. It looks like someone clear coated them which will affect their value.

Congrats on a nice addition to your pile.

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Originally posted by blindref:


Here's my early production Model 67 with a stainless steel rear sight. S&W started producing them with a black rear sight around 1975 - 1976 due sun glare making it hard to get a good sight picture (same deal with the Model 66).

The Model 67 is the stainless version of the Model 15 and is a fantastic "first" or teaching revolver due to it's size, weight, and the mild recoil of the 38 special cartridge.

Like others have posted, those diamond magnas are Pre 1968 S&W manufacture. It looks like someone clear coated them which will affect their value.

Congrats on a nice addition to your pile.

That's a beauty. It looks like nickel not stainless. Either way it's definitely a keeper.

Since I didn't see anyone say so yet, you're good at shooting that revolver. As good as it looks IMO.
Congrats on your acquisition!

Very nice.

Selling a gun to a gun store will not get you very much in return but I have bought some nice guns on the cheap from a few.

Blindref, that's a beauty. And you are correct, there is clear coat on my grips (some of which is flaking a bit), so somebody must have messed with them. Either way, I bought it to shoot it not for resale, so it's ok.

Got out to the range again yesterday because my son's friend inherited some guns from his grandpa and wanted to shoot them. Got to play with a Ruger SFAR 20" in .308 (very nice!), a p938 (too small and the rear sight fell off while he was shooting it, which launched the firing pin plunger safety spring into orbit because some idiot designed it with an exposed channel under the rear sight...I fixed it for him when we got home), and most relevantly a 4" 686-2.

It was interesting to shoot that 686 side by side with the 67. The sights were the same, but the L-frame and full underlug made it feel much bulkier and heavier...moreso even than the 66. Somebody had put some awful pachmayr grips on it, too....the thin ones with the finger grooves. The were hard and way too narrow in the butt to get a proper grip, and the 67 was a joy to shoot in comparison.

It's a beautiful gun in great shape and a good investment that should always be worth more than you paid for it.

Polished aluminum Tyler T Grips are available now on eBay from Robinsons Trading Post for 30 bucks. May have to act fast.
That is a nice revolver. Kind of the quintessential S & W., but in stainless. It will handle all the +P your wallet will stand. But the real joy is shooting it with target loads. Fun!
You helped a friend out and got a great deal. Congratulations!

OZ

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Originally posted by Oscar Zulu:
Polished aluminum Tyler T Grips are available now on eBay from Robinsons Trading Post for 30 bucks. May have to act fast.

Thanks for that...that's a killer deal for an original T-grip, and BK doesn't make them in aluminum. Just ordered one!

I bought a nice Model 67-3 in similar condition to yours last summer at a local shop, and paid $675 plus tax. I would say you did very well at $350 for yours.

It has always been my understanding that in the stainless steel S & W revolvers, the hammer & trigger are not stainless steel.
It seems they tried, and the parts could not be hardened sufficiently for an adequate service life.
So they went back to the tried & true carbon steel for hammers, triggers, internal lock work parts.
The hammer & trigger got "flash chromed" with industrial hard chrome.

92fstech, that's a really sweet revolver!

Nice revolver.

Yea I doubt it. My lgs doesn’t have any nice S&W for $350. If your does then buy them all and spread the love with us once para opens shop again. lol.

Anything as nice as that would come sans the holster and ammo and run 550 plus around here. No doubt.

I know that shop, and they'd have priced it between $600-$800 after giving him $215 for it. That's how they roll.

hmmm, 350 is what I paid for mine....15 years ago.

Tyler T-grip came in, and while they advertised it as being for a K-Frame it doesn't seem to fit up very well. It still works, though, and the grip is much easier to hold on to and stay consistent with through recoil.

I shot the current postal match challenge with it just to try out the grip. It's the Rangemaster bullseye course....starting at the 25 and working your way up. Of course I had to throw one because I'm nothing if not consistent...consistent at sucking. I actually did that at 7 yards because I was rushing trying to get the reload in under time. I wasn't successful in that, either, so technically I'd be down 50 points due to time penalties. I hate speed loaders. Fumbly awkward pieces of shit, especially with semi-wadcutters.

If you don't count the time penalty from the reload stage, though, and only consider the shot placement, I was only 3 points behind the P226.

I think Z06 is picturing on of the fairly rare first run 617’s ( the stainless version of the model 17) which made a brief appearance before the factory transition to the full lug barrel guns.