What's a used Model 64 snubbie in nice shape worth? Non-pinned barrel. Local shop has several but they want $425.

I bought a Model 64 no dash with pinned barrel in mint shape for $450 a year ago.

Bought a used one, polished up nice though...for $450 off GunsAmerica a couple months ago

These are 2" barrel used guns - but in nice shape. I'd use it for concealed carry. They've got one that locks up tight, no endshake at all, times perfect, etc.

Might as well be new except for some finish wear and maybe some wear on the stocks.

I'm tending toward heading back and picking it up. I don't see too many 2" 64s and I doubt they will get any cheaper.

I'd say go for it, if it's something you'd want. I love my M64-2. It feels much better in the hand, has a better trigger, and one more round than my M60's.....still carries fine in a jacket pocket, and of course on the belt, too.

I paid the same price for mine:

My LGS is a Brinks Armorer and found a half dozen M64-8 bobbed hammer snubbies in the back stock room new in the box from 2007. Brinks had gone to automatic pistols and these were over-runs from the last order of revolvers. They put them out on the shelf for $400 and I bought one. The remaining three are now marked $629.

Of course this gun is a hat trick for the haters here - IL, MIM and a two-piece barrel!

Saw a LNIB one, with box, docs and tools at Pasadena, TX gunshow two weeks ago @ $475.00. Saw it on Sat, went back on Sun and you guessed it...it was adios.

I went back today - only two of the four left. Got the best of the last two for $399.

Seems like decent Smith K frames are in high demand, particularly snubbies.

Rather hard to find and a good deal at that price. I've got one and it's a favorite.

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Centennial Every Day

I paid 450.00 for my 64-2 complete with box and factory grips in great shape. I love it, shoots like a house of fire with Golddot 135gr short barrel.

Good get. Pictures please???

It may depend where you live but S&W snub nose revolvers are very popular in States where getting a concealed carry permit is easy. This is especially true in states wtih a lot of hot weather because people are in shorts and tee shirts a lot and the snub nose is fairly easy to conceal.

My S&W 64 with Ahrends finger groove coco bolo grips

I saw a 2" 64-2 in 'not so hot' shape at a gun show this past weekend in northern Virginia for $365. It had 'CCDC' stamped on the area below the cylinder and Pachmyer gripper grips, but no box or papers. In retrospect, I probably should have bought it, as I don't have this variant in my collection. But would have taken a some work with the Scotchbrite pad to get it presentable. I don't see 2" model 64s that often or any stainless 38 special revolvers for responable prices for that matter.

The California Dept of Corrections sold a big lot of them about three years ago. Wish I had bought a half dozen or so.

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I paid $250 for mine and it came with a neat Bianchi 5BHL holster which I'll probably never use, plus two HKS speedloaders. It helps when you buy it from a family member.

Dave Sinko

Paid 400 for this one with NYPD marked box.

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Sure you did

Last fall my BIL picked up a Brinks trade in for $285 off of GB, it had the usual holster wear but it was mechanically sound...

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"Shall not be infringed"

I keep looking for a 2" Model 64 and one just never pops up. I guess I am stuck with my 2" Model 10. Maybe soon..............

Well actually I put it on layaway. It always takes the feds an hour or so to clear me and I didn't have the time.

I'll pick it up in few days and post a photo. And it is one of the CDC guns, by the way.

I have a In the Blue Box (w/papers/tools), unfired 2in RB Model 64 that I paid $350.00 for three years ago. I also have a 2in, RB Police Trade In from CDNN that has CDC engraved on the side of it. The gun has been bead blasted and I paid $250.00 for it five or six years ago. I carry the police trade in on occassion. Has on of the best triggers and double action pulls on any of my S&W Revolvers.

Does anyone know what CDC means?

Rule 303

California Dept of Corrections, evidently.

Center for Disease Control....I don't think they carried M64's though

I always wondered if it was the California Dept of Corrections.
Who knows?

Anybody else have a guess or knows for sure?

Rule 303

Last week I bought a NIB M64 for $300, while not a snubby, it is a 3 in barrel and marked BPD 13 Boston Police Dept, with #13 I can see why no one wanted to be issued it, it still has the original warranty card

I no longer have a 2" 10 - the NIB 10-11 bought from a closeout dealer 9/03 for $280 (Those were the days!) - my wife absconded it! Still, it is a neat size - and a 2" 64 would be even nicer - easier to clean. My 4" 64-8, bought NIB as a security guard trade-in nearly three years ago, sure has been a keeper, 'hat-trick ' or not!

I have never seen a 2" 64 at a gunshow... but I keep looking...

Stainz

There was a whole mess of these put on the surplus market by the California Department of Corrections about three or four years ago. They were marked "CDC" under the cylinder.

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Centennial Every Day

I picked up this dash 4 at the Valley Forge show last Saturday and was curious about the CDC marking, so this thread was timely. The dealer had a small pile of them and this was the best of the bunch. It's mechanically perfect with a couple of dings on the top edge of the back strap which I may or may not buff out. I was pretty pleased to come home with a nice tight K frame snub for CCW duty.

There are several CDC stamped guns on the gun websites right now in the $389-399 range.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

There's a gun store in Columbus that has a half dozen new old stock (never issued) for $400 in their April ad. Hit my PM and I'll give you the link.

I wasn't really looking for one but I couldn't pass up the chance. The LGS was asking $300 and they took my offer of $250. A little Flitz and a Dremel helped a bit.

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A Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces

I have two of them. The first one I bought I paid $400 plus shipping from GB. The second was a private deal from another cop for $175.

I was happy to get both and would gladly pay the same in the future.

(especially the one for $175 !!! )

First, thank you all for an amazing resource. I am new to the forum and have been spending hours reading posts. Love the info you can find here.

Second, I was lucky enough to recently purchase a M64-2 2", pinned barrel, with original stocks, box and cleaning kit for $400 (originally $450). Looks gently used. Serial places it around '77-'79. Can't wait to pick it up, but it might be a month or two. MSP is soooo far behind on paperwork processing right now! It's my second, but first used, Smith.

I didn't realize how popular this snubby is. I had a chance to pick up a M64 3" heavy barrel in about 90% condition a few months back for about $335. When I went back to the shop it was sold. It has stuck in my head for months now. I kept looking for the best deal on various broker sites with only marginal luck. I am really happy to have found a snubby instead (which is what I really wanted).

ffmedic: If you see something you like, want or need nowadays, not just guns, you should buy it while you can. 'Back in the day,' (can't believe I used that expression), whenever you wanted something, it was always there to buy. No longer. Even something as mundane as a certain brand of instant coffee, it might not be there on the shelf next week and the retailer might not know when it will come in again.

I've 'lost' 3 great guns in the last yer by not 'striking when the iron was hot.' Maybe I've learned...

P.S. Can't have enough 2" 64s.

I bought this -2 in the classifieds about 9 months ago, it sat there for a week with no interest. $325 shipped, with goodyears.

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I can help with the CDC marking. I bought 6 of them from CDNN 3-4 years ago. At the time my brother was Deputy Commissioner of the California Department of Corrections, he confirmed that they were from that agency, and that the 2" barrels were primarily carried by supervisory personnel and bosses and were shot very little. From time to time they were issued to a supervisor who was in charge of a large transport of inmates, and some guards got one to pack once in a while. They were also issued to personnel who worked outside the prisons-Parole Officers and such. He even tracked the numbers that I bought from the time they were acquired to the institution(s) they went to, sometimes more than one. I tried to find the one he carried, but it just wasn't on the market, wonder where it went????
All of the guns I got were carried some, but in otherwise perfect condition mechanically, and all cleaned up to like new condition.

Looking at the older threads (from 2011), I see where someone indicated CCDC was Cal Dept of Corrections (looks like one too many C's to me), another posted that his revolver came in an NYPD-marked box, but per the photo the gun was stamped BPD. ??
In any event, those 2" 64's are nice. I'm a j-frame nut, but a k-frame snubby would be a good addition to the accumulation.

BPD was probably the serial number prefix; for a while these were stamped on the left frame of LE contract guns so the stocks didn't have to come off to check the SN.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

A revolver marked with... BPD (without periods between the letters) followed by a three or four digit number, stamped on the outer frame below the cylinder has a strong possibility of being a "Boston Police" issued revolver.

If you have any questions about revolvers marked in this manner, contact:

Ben Cartwright SASS (he's a forum member)

He's quite knowledgable when it comes to BPD marked revolvers.

-Beachcomber

Thank you Beachcomber.

I collect Boston Police guns, currently I have over 25 of them, all lettered to the Boston Police Dept, over 12 of them Smiths, all the way back to 1872.
The BPD refers the department. Over the years and models it has changed, I have seen BPD B.P.D. and on some Colts B-P-D
Boston is not the only Dept to use that marking, Binghamton NY for one used it as well as a Dept in Texas, probably others as well.
The BPD was followed by a rack number for identification, but had no relation to the serial number. For example a couple of my Model 64's serial numbers start with a number and then a letter and yet on the side of the frame it has the BPD and the rack number.
On my Model 36 the BPD is on the backstrap while on a Colt OP it is on the butt, which could be covered by the stocks.
Police gun collecting is fascinating whether you collect a single department or as I almost did a single model, such as the Model 10 or pre-10's or the (dare I say it here) the Colt Police Positive series of multiple departments.

I paid $475 this week for a very clean 64-5. There are a lot beat up pd turn ins that go for $300-$325

Lots of Police guns, and many are in nice shape

Okay, someone sent me a PM asking for the place selling the NIB 64's for $400. This thread is 2-1/2 years old and they had six to sell. No doubt they're all gone!

Hi Alan, me again. I would have been hard pressed not to take all 6, but not at $425 apiece! Best wishes.

Alan (Kaaskop49)