S&W 64 NY-1 Question

[Will049]

I bought a gun off Buddy a while back and have had several years back.
This one is 64 no dash 4" Serial#BHJ71xx Orig stainless finish, not the Vapor Hone. The gun is SA/DA with full ss hammer. The plan brown distributor type
box is marked DAO in a couple places. Buddy got it at a gun store and said
there were eight others all the same and picked the best one. The NY-1 is on
crane and BHJ71xx is lasered on frame. Could this gun have been converted back to DA/SA to help sell or were some ordered this way? What would gun
be worth it is VG and tight.
Thanks For Looking
Will

[mrchuck]

Yesterday, at the Tyler,TX gun show, a fellow came by my table with a Smith@Wesson Model 64-3, 38Special caliber large grips,magna style, and offered it to me for 300 cash. I checked it out, and it was perfect. A police turn-in I am sure. I have seen them on the Bud's website, and others.
Trigger job for sure as double action pulled thru at less than 5#.
I paid the cash without any "negotiation".
This morning in the shop, I took the large factory walnut scales off.
Everything is just fine.
It locks up tight, normal cylinder marked circle.
The barrel to frame is not pinned., but no marks, so it could be the original.The barrel is 4" and HEAVY. No taper.
I've cleaned it up nicely, with very crisp lands and grooves.
I loaded it with +P rounds and will go try it out in the Trinity River bottoms soon. A nice heavy reliable revolver.

[pharmer]

Not possible "no dash." This one is a 64-4 with a BEK prefix, before yours. Joe

[ladder13]

That serial number is for a later 64, probably -4 or 5. Possible they left the - # off. But it should be vapor honed if a legit later made NY1. The earlier NY1’s were brushed stainless. Color me

I once had a bogus NY1 2” that was vapor honed with an NY1 stamp but it had a pinned barrel. I got it cheap.
I knew it was not the real thing and when I sold it I advised the buyer that it was a copy. It was a -2.

[S. Kelly]

I'm not sure, but I believe the NYPD range staff could modify a Model 64 to NY-1 specs if asked to for MOS.

[murphydog]

I have seen a few three-letter prefix NY-1 model 64s that should have been a -3 or 5, but not stamped at such. Perhaps the factory was concentrating more on getting the NY-1 stamp on it than the engineering change number right .

I have not seen an SA/DA NY-1 revolver so I presume it was converted back after original production.

You didn't mention if yours is a SB or RB frame or its condition, but there were many more of the former made; I would guess as a modified gun it would be worth about as much as a standard bull barrel model 64, or $350 - 400.

[Will049]

SB on gun. Conversion was a great job. Thanks all.

[Blueinterceptor]

I had my ny-1 converted to traditional d/a. That is da/sa complete with the correct hammer