Mad Scientist:
A friend bought one yesterday and said that they had 6 or 7 2 1/2 inchers left. Call Travis or Donnie at Green Top, they can give you a count. A year or two ago, the boss(my wife) caught me trading steaks for guns. We now have a tighter cash control system than anything the IRS could put in. But do stop by and introduce yourself. I spend most of the day and night at Jimmy's Too! next to Saxon Shoes, except for my twice weekly visit to Green Top.
Johnny Guest:
Regrettably there were no 3" 66's in this lot that the Hanover Sheriff traded in. Curiously, there was one 2 1/2 incher with a square butt. I may go to my grave looking for a 3" 66 at the right price with no paperwork. The 3" 65 is my favorite wheel gun. I have a salt and pepper pair, a M-13 and a M-65, both 3", both round butt, both with hammer spur ground down and identical action jobs by the same gunsmith. I am looking for the right matching grips to dress them up with.
The 3" M-65 is commanding a premium. Every used one I see at a gun shot is over $300. It seems that new ones are going in the 369-399 range locally. My penchant for buying stainless Smiths probably stems from the fact that I could not afford one for the first ten years they were on the market. Now they are cheap and I have a bigger allowance, I can't seem to buy enough. I'm now looking for another safe just for the stainless Smiths. The boss says she is going to have me committed if I keep buying guns. Some women just can't stand to see a guy having fun. When Virginia first enacted the "one gun per month" law, I had my wife convinced for almost a year, that you had to buy one gun a month to keep your elgibility. Boy, was she PO'd when she found out the real scoop on that miserable law.
shoot often and safely
Jay