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Mdl 64-5 pick up
LGS pick up. Mdl 64-5 4" 38 SPC stainless bull bbl nice grips, Prison turn in (don't know what prison - but could find out if it even matters). Been carried/tossed around/dinged a good bit, but prob not shot 50 rds/yr over its lifetime. Only really ugly thing about it is the stenciled (I assume) property book # on frame...
But $269. Couldn't pass it up.
Serial is BHM7566. DOM appreciated. Thanx!
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04-06-2018, 11:46 PM
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You’ll love it - I do mine. Have fun!
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04-07-2018, 12:31 AM
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Good deal! I couldn't have passed it up either.
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04-07-2018, 02:03 AM
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.... Serial is BHM7566. DOM appreciated. Thanx!
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September - October of 1991.
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Originally Posted by Oscarflytyer
LGS pick up. Mdl 64-5 4" 38 SPC stainless bull bbl nice grips, Prison turn in (don't know what prison - but could find out if it even matters). Been carried/tossed around/dinged a good bit, but prob not shot 50 rds/yr over its lifetime. Only really ugly thing about it is the stenciled (I assume) property book # on frame...
But $269. Couldn't pass it up.
Serial is BHM7566. DOM appreciated. Thanx!
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You can "pretty it up" some easily. Should be a great shooter! I have a 64-3, and they perform well. "PRICE was RIGHT" on yours! Bob
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04-07-2018, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Oscarflytyer
LGS pick up. Mdl 64-5 4" 38 SPC stainless bull bbl nice grips, Prison turn in (don't know what prison - but could find out if it even matters). Been carried/tossed around/dinged a good bit, but prob not shot 50 rds/yr over its lifetime. Only really ugly thing about it is the stenciled (I assume) property book # on frame...
But $269. Couldn't pass it up.
Serial is BHM7566. DOM appreciated. Thanx!
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Interesting grips... halfway between targets and FG combats. Are they marked by maker? I can’t quite identify them..
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04-09-2018, 12:13 PM
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Kernel - thanx for the DOM. was struggling with that.
Figure some FLitz/Mother's polish and some elbow grease.
Current grips are marked Made in Italy. Pretty comfortable shooting. One are I may smoot down under R thumb. And/Or may replace frips. It will DEF shoot.
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Figure some FLitz/Mother's polish and some elbow grease.
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To get that serial number off your gonna need more than polish.
Took me a couple hours to remove the one on a 65. Could have done it with sand paper, but being where it was at I used a file, then paper.
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I believe you will enjoy this gun. Here are my two NYPD Mdl 64's - DAO from the factory along with a 20 yard target from my first range trip with them. I like them enough that I have decided to invest the elbow grease necessary to make them pretty (they are wearing a couple of K frame Altamonts I had available).
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The grips on the OP's gun look like Sile grips. Many of them were made in Italy.
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04-10-2018, 06:23 AM
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This one looked just like that when I got it. Use wet/dry sandpaper down to 2000 grit before using polish. That will save a lot of time.
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04-25-2018, 01:06 AM
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September - October of 1991.
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Perfect! Thanx! Will just call it on my Bday, 1991 (9/26)!
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You can "pretty it up" some easily. Should be a great shooter! I have a 64-3, and they perform well. "PRICE was RIGHT" on yours! Bob
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Have some Mother's polish. couple evenings in the hammock with a good bourbon!
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The number electro-penciled on the frame under the cylinder looks more like a case number than a prison inventory number. The first two numbers are the year and the rest is the assigned incident number.
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Have some Mother's polish. couple evenings in the hammock with a good bourbon!
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Your gun is pretty rough, and has some deep gouges and inscriptions. I'd recommend you start by using 3M wet/dry sandpaper. Buy a pack with various grades from 200 to 1200. Start with the most aggressive and work your way down. Use a lot of oil as you sand.
Once key point to emphasize, the importance of keeping edges sharp and the flats flat. You want to keep the gun looking original, so be careful not to give it a "melted" or rounded look. Which can happen very easily if you just go at it with loose sandpaper.
You need to use a rigid sanding block to back the sandpaper. I find a small piece of hard foam ideal, about the same size as a pack of traditional Wrigley gum. (Small wood blocks work about as well). Cut the sandpaper to wrap around the block precisely. Hold it in place with tape, it can even be glued into place.
Clean the blocks often, while you work, with oil and an old tee shirt, and you'll find they stay effective a surprisingly long time, so the extra effort to make them is not wasted.
I could go on and on. Refinishing these old stainless Smiths is a whole "thing", and there's lots of ways to skin a cat.
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I believe you will enjoy this gun. Here are my two NYPD Mdl 64's - DAO from the factory along with a 20 yard target from my first range trip with them. I like them enough that I have decided to invest the elbow grease necessary to make them pretty (they are wearing a couple of K frame Altamonts I had available).
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Looking at some Altamonts for mine.
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Originally Posted by Kernel Crittenden
Your gun is pretty rough, and has some deep gouges and inscriptions. I'd recommend you start by using 3M wet/dry sandpaper. Buy a pack with various grades from 200 to 1200. Start with the most aggressive and work your way down. Use a lot of oil as you sand.
Once key point to emphasize, the importance of keeping edges sharp and the flats flat. You want to keep the gun looking original, so be careful not to give it a "melted" or rounded look. Which can happen very easily if you just go at it with loose sandpaper.
You need to use a rigid sanding block to back the sandpaper. I find a small piece of hard foam ideal, about the same size as a pack of traditional Wrigley gum. (Small wood blocks work about as well). Cut the sandpaper to wrap around the block precisely. Hold it in place with tape, it can even be glued into place.
Clean the blocks often, while you work, with oil and an old tee shirt, and you'll find they stay effective a surprisingly long time, so the extra effort to make them is not wasted.
I could go on and on. Refinishing these old stainless Smiths is a whole "thing", and there's lots of ways to skin a cat.
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KC - Thanx! IF I ever decide to make it look 'new' I will go this route. But honestly, I kinda like the 'character' of it as is. I will do a little polish with Mothers, but I am notoriously lazy, like character, and an ugly gun is as an ugly gun shoots. And this one SHOOTS! Combine that with my laziness and you get the picture! lol!
Having said that, I AM a nice wood and grip bigot. And I do intend to make grip improvement. Prob Altamont.
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KC - .... honestly, I kinda like the 'character' of it as is......
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I understand entirely. Every one of those scars and nicks was earned honestly, and tell it's story.
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It looks like an evidence number, likely from a crime. I'd leave it alone, because it's part of her history.
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