S&W model 66-4 project. Pics.

Bailey boat wrote:
Going forward (no help for the current "job") Never, ever cycle the action of a Smith without the side plate in place. Fastest way to bend the pins that I know of (short of a claw hammer) I would suggest you buy a manual before working on another one.
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Bailey boat, the spring was out of the revolver when I was cycling the action with the sideplate off. So there wasn't really any tension on the parts or pins that could cause a bending of the pins. I've worked on guns and revolvers for close to 42 years, and seldom need a manual. I look at the interaction of the parts. Although a manual is nice to have, it isn't a necessity.


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Oh man. Seeing a beautiful gun like that but butchered like that is painful. Your friend got the gun for 300. I would have sent it in to s&w for an overhaul. Even if it cost 200 he would only have 500 in the gun and it would be restored to its former glory
 
Homerboy wrote:
Oh man. Seeing a beautiful gun like that but butchered like that is painful. Your friend got the gun for 300. I would have sent it in to s&w for an overhaul. Even if it cost 200 he would only have 500 in the gun and it would be restored to its former glory.
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Seriously? "Butchered"?

Just because the (replaceable) hammer was bobbed and the formerly all badly scratched up stainless revolver was buffed out to a nickel like high luster?

Each to their own opinion and taste I guess. My friend didn't want to spend an extra $200.00 on it as you advised. He is very happy with it and since he is the owner, that's what really counts. Especially since when he brought it to me, it was so scratched up and with a broken hammer spur that had been in-artfully welded back on and looked like it had been thrown from a speeding car...(which it may well have been).

I doubt if the majority of people would think it was "butchered" simply because I bobbed the hammer and buffed the revolver out to a high luster, but you are certainly entitled to your opinion. :)


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Not trying to offend. I shined up my 66 with Mother's Mag and a rag and it came out great. Maybe the flash on your pics made it look different. As for the hammer, bobbed hammers on 4 inch revolvers just look wrong to me. I can deal with them on a 2 inch if it's a carry gun, but the lack of a hammer spur just ruins the smooth lines of a beautiful revolver.

And it's more than just the hammer spur. from what you described, there were some serious issues with the revolver. I wouldn't own a revolver that couldn't function in the way it had been designed.
 
When you get ready to replace the sight parts, be especially careful not to lose the tiny spring and pin that will come out with the screw. Those pins are awfully tiny and have a way of launching themselves in a way where you will never find them again. I know of folks that take the sights apart with the sight in a plastic bag just to catch the errant pin if it should get loose.
 
If the gun belonged to me I would have you blue the hammer and trigger to match the rear sight base. I can imagine that would look very cool.
 
Old Stony wrote:
When you get ready to replace the sight parts, be especially careful not to lose the tiny spring and pin that will come out with the screw. Those pins are awfully tiny and have a way of launching themselves in a way where you will never find them again. I know of folks that take the sights apart with the sight in a plastic bag just to catch the errant pin if it should get loose.
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I am aware of that Old Stony. I watched a YouTube video of it being removed. Those are tiny parts. Good advice about removing the pin and spring in a plastic bag.


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chesterfield wrote:
If the gun belonged to me I would have you blue the hammer and trigger to match the rear sight base. I can imagine that would look very cool.
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I thought that would look nice like that too. I gave my friend the option of me doing that for him, but he opted for and liked the all one color of the highly polished stainless.


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