As some of you know I have been collecting these for a while now. I just added a few more with the help of a forum member. So heres a few pictures broken out a little bit but. I think I have at least one of every model offered, but not every variation of.

J Frames

3 M60 NY-1 All AWP serial Prefix, all have silhouette stamp. A NYPD 640 and a later 640-2 38 special.



A group of 64s NY-1 varying ages and dashes. 4" Square, 4" Round, 3" Round, 2" Round.



More of the 64s with doubles and two 1946 pre 10 NYPD guns. Both have badge numbers stamped on the grip.



We cannot forget that Ruger was the other supplier during this time so, this is what the offered. In no order, GPNY, SPNY, Speed Six, Police Special,



The accumulation all at once...



As far as I know its the only collection of all the DAO NY-1 guns with some extras.

I might actually start filling in all the variations of each model as time and funds allow.

Feel free to add yours to the thread.

I know not everyone loves NYPD or DAO guns but I enjoy them and hope you will too!

Just fantastic! Truly a great collection to be extremely proud of. Thanks for sharing!

Great collection Tom,and well presented.

Rich has a few more left, hurry up and get them.......before I do

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Nice comprehensive collection. Thanks for sharing the photos with the forum.

Very nice collection!

I like DAO revolvers and plan on getting some of the NYPD revolvers, but for now my 64-6 snub will do.

I've got exactly one (64-4), unfired outside the factory. Joe

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Joe, I could not help but shoot that gun. What a treasure! Love it.

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P.S. Is it OK to call something as ordinary and plain vanilla as a 2" 64 a treasure? You bet it is.

Man, I love that 640. I would kill to find one.

That is a great collection.

Very nice collection! I haven't seen all those variations of DAO revolvers in one place..

Awesome collection! I like how you really focused on one unique facet.

Very sweet

Very nice collection-I sold off my NY-1, 640, SPny and GPNY collection, all I was missing was the 4 inch RB NY-1 and the Mod 60 NY-1. It's nice to see a complete collection. Great guns with great history!

WOW! That is a mindblowing collection. Incredible work! Adopt me?

Never saw an NYPD 640, that is too cool. How do you come about that one?

Great collection! Thanks for sharing.

That is a great collection. Thanks for the pics.

Congratulations, that is a very nice collection.
I look at and enjoy all the family style threads but the ones that standout, are the ones with a thyme. Yours is at the top of that list.
Thanks for sharing.

Revolvers without hammer spurs have no soul, but that is a nice collection.

Thank you to everyone for the positive comments!

As for how I found many of these, well I live close to NYC so I hit up many of the LGS in the area. I travel the region for work and get around the Tri-State area. I also have friends here that keep an eye out for them and help me out when they find one or a collection of them.

I bought one or two from forum members, several from retired officers. Having a friendly gun shop in NY to do the transfers helps alot too.


Most of the time they sit locked up but its nice to take one out and shoot it, I have shot many of them but not all.

Its nice to take them out and showem off too.

Thank You!

Very cool collection. I have thought about doing the NYPD guns also but there are still a few S&W guns I would like to purchase before I start on that actively. I have the 640 my parents purchased it as a gift for me when I graduated the NYPD police academy and I will never give that gun up.

wheelgun28, Do you know when NYPD made the switch from the "pencil barrel" Model 10 to the heavy barrel Model 10? If anyone else knows, please reply. I'm thinking particularly of RichCapeCod. Thanks to all in advance.

The only person I know that may top that is RMVivas, I've never seen a better collection on this forum.

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Beautiful collection.
Can you tell what models these are?

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Can anyone tell me what exact model the gun with the wooden grip is?

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It appears to be a model 640, a stainless DAO J frame. The one above it appears to be a model 642, with an alloy frame - the finish difference between the steel barrel/cylinder and the frame is visible in the photo.

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When the job made the switch to semi autos in 1993, guys with revolvers were selling them for 100 bucks including the leather duty gear. Blued spurred hammer revolver guys hung on to theirs more often since a blued spurred hammer gun was kind of a status symbol, labeling you an "old timer", even if you got the last of them in 1988.

The Ruger Six duty gun was called the Police Service Six. It got replaced by the GP100 when Ruger stopped making the Six guns.

Great collection, but one only gun enthusiasts and cop collectors can appereciate. I once tried to sell my Ruger SPNY to a local shop and he offered me 20 bucks!

I found one of the 60's at a local pawn shop, still debating whether or not to make the purchase, kinda wanted a 3" SA/DA, I didn't realize it's a classic.

I have a frosted finish SB 4" NY-1 if You decide to fill in this spot PM me.Its a 64-5 with the Serial Number stamped under the Cylinder on the Frame.

I purchased the 640 around 1993 while on the NYPD and was told it was called the 640 Centennial, but after reading through the forum, it appears that there are different variations of the 640.
I was also told by Smith and Wesson that the gun was not made to shoot + P ammo while the NYPD not only said the opposite but trained us and supplied us with + P.

Welcome! The model 640 is called a Centennial Stainless. The first ones were stamped "Tested for +P+" in the frame window but I think the lawyers heard about that and squashed it, so it is not surprising the factory stated no +P. There was an NYPD specific 640-2 and you may have purchased one of those.

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Trade wind- as I understand it if you see a three inch 60 ny1 it was a gun the nypd returned to smith when they phased them out ( these would be guns still in nypd inventory left unsold when they decided to withdraw them) and smith rebarreled to three inch for resale. References state this specifically to avoid confusion since the three inch 60 was never authorized for duty

Now THAT'S a collection. And HE'S a collector, not an "accumulator?, "sorta?," collector, guy-who-just-likes-buying-guns like me.

I'm just blown away, impressed, and now feeling like I gotta up my game.

Thanks for sharing with us.

This needs to be bumped, just in case anyone missed it. Wonderful collection.

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Wheelgun28:

Wonderful collection!!! This thread needs new legs...

Best Regards, Les

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wow.......just wow

Heard about a break in at the NYPD armory yrars ago..

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Really nice collection. Thanks for sharing.

That's odd, because the blued M-36-1 was authorized. Ayoob once wrote that it was developed for NYPD women, as I recall. Back then, 1967 (?), they still used selective DA guns.
M-36-1 was well received and most commercial three-inchers thereafter were that heavy barreled type. I think the Queensland state police in Australia also issued them.

What percentage of cops in NYC used Rugers? I know the S&W's were more popular.

At one time, Colt Official Police revolvers were common, but I think they got tired of timing problems and of Colts often needing the barrels turned slightly to get the sights on target. Chas. Askins told me that he had to re-sight almost all of the Colt .38's he bought for the USBP. The final straw was that Colt dropped the OP in 1969 and the redesigned Colts made later did not prove popular.

Thanks for all the kind words!!

I have added a few, and am looking at the automatics now too...

Heres probably the nicest NY-1 that is not an overrun gun.

My newest NY-1 addition its a nice one!!

I have a few 3914 DAOs too but no pics...

Most of the guys chose the S&W. I'd say maybe 25% chose the Ruger for duty guns. The off duty SPNY or earlier Speed Six were more common. They were cheaper than the Smiths.

So,.....how rare is a NYPD 640?
I have read about a -1 and -2, mine is a no dash.

any info?