Hello all, new member to the site.
My wife had been asking me for a bedside .38 for some time and I happened across a cheap used 67-1 at a local Big R store. According to them, this pistol came from S&W and was a reworked police trade in. It had a printed sticker on the back strap that read "P12" (not that this means anything). I found the action to be tight, the timing to be very solid, and the pistol has very little end-shake. As expected, the finish was pretty nasty and it had a fair amount of scratches and dings. The Hogue grips it came with were also toast so I knew they had to go. They wanted $350 for it so I found that to be fair and I picked it up.
The serial on the pistol is: AWY3578
I took it home that night and began polishing it. I took some 1000 grit paper and gave it some wet sandign in some spots (I'm new to this so I didn't want to get crazy), I then took some mother's aluminum polish to it by hand:
Funny enough, under that sticker was the same thing, etched into the metal. In the end, I really do not care, it adds some character to the pistol.
I took it out the next day and ran some various ammo through is as well as a few rounds of +P. Everything worked as expected and the firearm was accurate.
Here's where she sits now, I put it on a polishing wheel ans popped on a set of VZ grips. She shoots wonderfully and my wife was very pleased with the outcome.
I didn't get it perfect, but I'm more than pleased with the results.
Any help on the manf date would be awesome!
New member intro and help to ID a S&W revolver
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