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Originally Posted by sal1911a1
Hi Everyone
Ret MOS you bring great memories
My tax number was 894***
My class was the second or third to have the NY-1 revolver(1988 I think second)
my collection is growing fast with my friends leaving the job.
I love the S&W model 64 four inch the best, but I still have a few 3" around.
I purchased a few at the equipment section all are very well fitted with clean action.
Over the years I did see a bunch of fake NY-1, lot of cylinder bind, my guess some gun stores sent out a bunch of frames to get the NY-1 stamp from some guy having a bad day with the hammer and the yokes were mixed up and made proper fitting near impossible for a quack gunsmith. oh well
the fake stamps are easy to spot.
stay safe!!!
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Actually the no dash Model 60 NY-1 Stamping was done at the NYPD Range, here are some pictures of the Punches, The NY-1(and yes it didnt line up straight), The Silhoutte that was stamped under the NY-1 after it passed inspection and the actual Go/No Go gauge that was used on the sideplates to see if the trigger pin hole was within specs. I compared my NY-1 and Silhoutte marking to the punches and its a match. The later NY-1 Model 60-2 were stamped at the factory and were aesthetically more pleasing, I havent seen any -2 model 60's with the silhoutte stamp yet.