Didn’t exactly fall from the sky but…

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Wambli Ska
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Got another one of THOSE phone calls from my main enabler to tell me that I needed to call another “friend of ours”… 😎

Just arrived today! Model 66-1 Combat Mag Stainless (pin and recessed) with original box and book. The single action trigger on this gun is ABSOLUTELY pre-lawyers! I’m in ❤️
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So not a dash two then. Sweet! We're twinsies! :lol:

I had some expectation my skinny grips were going to arrive today. Sadly, no, but probably by the weekend. :cry:
WWJMBD?

I believe we should stand on Ceremony. . . while our friends handcuff the sanctimonious little prick and take him away.
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Well isn’t that nice!😉
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Bigslug wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:54 am So not a dash two then. Sweet! We're twinsies! :lol:

I had some expectation my skinny grips were going to arrive today. Sadly, no, but probably by the weekend. :cry:
Yep! Twinsies 😎
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Elk Creek wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:03 am Well isn’t that nice!😉
Yes it is…

You know, someday I should tally how much your friendship has cost me… 🤣
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Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:11 am
Elk Creek wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:03 am Well isn’t that nice!😉
Yes it is…

You know, someday I should tally how much your friendship has cost me… 🤣
Yeah, that’s probably not a good idea! 💵💵💵
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Yeah…. Probably not 😱
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Question: I need to take the grips off again to confirm on the flat-headed, rearmost sideplate screw, but I noticed that the front two seem to have their slots deliberately timed to be horizontal when they bottom out. Wonder if that was on purpose or a happy accident. What's yours into?
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Nice score
See, you don't need my 6" 686-3's 4" little brother back (which is a good thing) ;)
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Bigslug wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 3:21 am Question: I need to take the grips off again to confirm on the flat-headed, rearmost sideplate screw, but I noticed that the front two seem to have their slots deliberately timed to be horizontal when they bottom out. Wonder if that was on purpose or a happy accident. What's yours into?
The two I can see are vertical.
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GrapeApe wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 3:55 am Nice score
See, you don't need my 6" 686-3's 4" little brother back (which is a good thing) ;)
Yeeeeaaaahhhhh, I kind’a do 😁
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Sorry, you must have missed the
"ALL SALES FINAL"
in the fine print.
:lol: :mrgreen:

(some of us don't change guns, vehicles & cell phones as often as we change socks :P :P :P )
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Well that's disappointing... I mean, you have TWO...
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Nuce, Verry nice!














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Thanks Gene!
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Wambli Ska wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:52 pm Well that's disappointing... I mean, you have TWO...
but only one 4"
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Hoarder… 😁
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Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:36 am The single action trigger on this gun is ABSOLUTELY pre-lawyers! I’m in ❤️
Yeah... We attended to the transfer of mine yesterday and I was able to give that aspect a more serious survey. It may not quite be the staggering creep-less perfection of my 2nd mod .44 Hand Ejector, but it assuredly DOES NOT suck. 8-)

Almost a shame seeing as I hardly ever run them in SA any more. . .almost. :mrgreen:
WWJMBD?

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Bigslug wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:02 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:36 am The single action trigger on this gun is ABSOLUTELY pre-lawyers! I’m in ❤️
Yeah... We attended to the transfer of mine yesterday and I was able to give that aspect a more serious survey. It may not quite be the staggering creep-less perfection of my 2nd mod .44 Hand Ejector, but it assuredly DOES NOT suck. 8-)

Almost a shame seeing as I hardly ever run them in SA any more. . .almost. :mrgreen:
Mine has ZERO creep. I can't feel any movement of the trigger in SA. Like you I hardly ever do SA anymore but damn, it's nice to know that's there and that someone in the old S&W factory knew how to do a proper trigger.

And again, congrats on your new toy.
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Wambli Ska wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:39 pm Hoarder… 😁
Hi pot, meet kettle
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oh hush...
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Wambli Ska wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:53 amoh hush...
:P

Let's see, how many guns have you acquired in the last few weeks?

vs.

How many have I acquired THIS YEAR? (zero)
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As my daughter would say… THAT is a YOU problem… 😎
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I didn't call YOU a hoarder though :P

So it sort of sounds more like a YOU problem :D
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Oh hush…
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