Buying a prohib rebarreled to 4.25"

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I'm interested in getting an SW 19 or 66, and I've been made aware of a 66 rebarreled by a gunsmith with a 108mm barrel- so it's now restricted.

What do people think? Good idea? Has the firearm been desecrated? Should I consider it?
 
The deed is done. Buy it and enjoy it. Be glad you have saved one from getting taken away and destroyed.
 
nntw said:
I'm interested in getting an SW 19 or 66, and I've been made aware of a 66 rebarreled by a gunsmith with a 108mm barrel- so it's now restricted.

What do people think? Good idea? Has the firearm been desecrated? Should I consider it?
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Yes, but with our dumb laws sometimes that is the only way to keep some of these type of guns around......
 
Yeah it's blasphemy, absolutely nothing looks worse than a ppk that has been bastardized with a 4 1/4 inch barrel. That said, what else can most people do. I consider myself fortunate to have 12/6 and a mint ppk:D
 
so, the gunsmith, who's selling this out of his shop, wants $600 taxes in.

not terrible i suppose, but for that much, i could probably get a 66 6", one that hadn't been rebarrelled.
 
jdman said:
Yeah then you could have it cut to 4.2 inches. :D
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well, it's more a case of all other things being equal, would prefer a pistol that HADN'T been modded.

i'm glad that this prohib has been rescued, but still would prefer all original, whether 4.2, 5, or 6"
 
A lot of the 66's were simply measured wrong in the first place. At the time, Smith and Wesson was owned by a company that didn't really care if the barrel was exactly on spec or not. I had 2 in my collection, 5 or 6 serial numbers apart, one measured 103mm, the other measured 109mm. I changed it's class just by measuring the barrel correctly!!

Scott
 
I would like to find a S&W 59 with a 106mm barrel. Don't suppose the company let any barrel lengths slip that far above Spec.
Nobody seems to be making replacement barrels for these, although I have heard that they have in the past. However, by the time you paid for having a 59 re-fitted with a longer barrel, you could buy other restricteds for less.
 
dogzilla said:
Yeah it's blasphemy, absolutely nothing looks worse than a ppk that has been bastardized with a 4 1/4 inch barrel. That said, what else can most people do. I consider myself fortunate to have 12/6 and a mint ppk:D
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Bastard!


We'll all be laughing when we finally get our cans on our guns. :D
 
Once it has been "verified" as over 105mm, it is good to go.

I just went thru having a 6 inch put on a model 65 4 inch. got it as a restricted now.

it was an inherit, so had sentimental value.the job was not cheap, but was cheaper than picking up a used 6 inch.
 
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