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Friday, March 11, 2022

The Revolvers of Tiger McKee

The big white dot of the front sight centers on the target as your finger rolls the trigger back, so smoothly it feels like an oiled ball bearing. The recoil of the .357 Magnum round is more reassuring than painful and the stippled grip doesn’t move inside your grasp at all as the trigger slides smoothly back forward, the white ball already centered again on the shot group forming downrange. 

You are shooting a “Chopper,” a sweet Smith & Wesson revolver made all the sweeter by the ministrations of one Tiger McKee.

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The Chopper featured here is one of a pair he built for Roger Caudle, a regular customer who already owns two or three McKee revolvers. It began as a Model 66-1 from the good ol’ days before internal locks, with a 2.5″ barrel and S&W’s micrometer adjustable sight. It looks a lot different now.
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2 comments:

  1. SarthurkMarch 11, 2022 at 1:35 PM

    My 66-2 is the sweetest thing ever. I could knock down steel chickens at least 1 out of six tries at 200 meters, offhand, at our range here. Traded a BLR in .308,for it, 'cause I never saw a deer to shoot at when carrying it. Bad JuJu. The BLR .243 is a successful story. Never going to get rid of that. Four deer, and a stupid antelope.

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  2. ElmoMarch 11, 2022 at 8:33 PM

    Sorry, Tiger. Your 'Chopper' is butt ugly.

    IMHO there are few revolvers as handsome as a Model 65 or 66 with a nice set of wood grips. Even a 65 or 66 with stock S&W Target grips is tough to beat for good looks. They're what a classic revolver should look like.

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