Did S&W ever make a factory nickel 66?

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branrot

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I went ot the gunshow today, and one of the few really interesting pieces they had was a nickel S&W Model 66 with wood grips and a 4 inch barrel. The guy said it was used, and was a factory nickel finish. I've never heard of a factory nickel finish on a 66. Can anyone help? Was this guy giving me a line?
 
I don't really see how that could be possible. Any S&W revolver with a "6" as the first number is stainless steel. The 66 is the stainless version of the 19(?), so if you did have a nickel one that's what it would be.
 
Branrot.....were you able to open the cylinder and verify that it was a 66 ?

Highly unlikely twas nickle 66.

Sam
 
Either A: Gun was nickeled M19 and seller was mistakenly calling it a M66. B: Gun was a M66 with a high level of polish making it so shiny the seller thought it was nickel. Or C: It's a very rare nickeled M66.
 
My guess is that it's polished stainless.

It can come very close to resembling nickle, as on stainless Ruger Vaqueros. It's always possible that it could be a factory error, IOW, a mis-stamped M19. I read about such things from time to time on other boards.:)
 
nyetter: That's a neat trick with the first 6 in the model number. Makes sense (I have a 686 and 60).

Sam: No, I didn't, but I should have. I did ask the guy if that was a model 66, and he said yes. Always better to check out the model number yourself.
 
One of those showed in my local pawnshop last year. Was a 66 that had been buffed to look like nickel. Inside the crane it said 66.
 
What's the point in putting nickle over top of stainless steel? -- Mike Irwin
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We could ask SIGArms. :cool:

I think those high-polish stainless arms look more like chrome- than nickel-plating. Nickel has a much warmer tone to it.
 
A M66-2 should come with hard-chromed

hammer and trigger. This one clearly has case-colored parts, just like nickle-plated models have always had.:cool: Looks like this could be a heckuva collectible variant if it's legitimate, and not aftermarket.:D
 
Hammer and trigger are cased. It's a M19. Might be mismarked M66 on frame. This actually happens quite often with S&W revolvers that use the same frame. Lots of .44s out there marked M57. You'd think the workers would know the difference between stainless and plated, but then again, they are probably union members.
 
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