I recently acquired a 4" Model 66 (Model HG-M66-B4) which Taurus says was manufactured in 1988, it has the straight numeric serial number.
For years I've had a 3" Satin Nickel Model 66 with the alpha-numeric serial number made in 1993.
I was a bit surprised when I pulled the grips off the new 4" 66 to find that the pins in the grip frame were different than my 3" 66. The 'newer', it's hard to call a 25 year old firearm 'newer', 66 has the common single solid pin in the lower part of the grip frame. The 4" has a hole roughly where the solid pin should be but no pin, instead it has two smaller roll pins on either side of the center hole.
I'd like to find new grips for it but I've never seen this two pin design before.
Is this normal for an older Taurus or did a previous owner modify it somehow?
For years I've had a 3" Satin Nickel Model 66 with the alpha-numeric serial number made in 1993.
I was a bit surprised when I pulled the grips off the new 4" 66 to find that the pins in the grip frame were different than my 3" 66. The 'newer', it's hard to call a 25 year old firearm 'newer', 66 has the common single solid pin in the lower part of the grip frame. The 4" has a hole roughly where the solid pin should be but no pin, instead it has two smaller roll pins on either side of the center hole.
I'd like to find new grips for it but I've never seen this two pin design before.
Is this normal for an older Taurus or did a previous owner modify it somehow?
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