Model 60 in .38 Special?
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Deuce Caboose
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Count me in as well. 1983, first in my heart still.
You never forget your first...
You never forget your first...
palmetto99
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feralmerril
Absent Comrade
I seen one today (ladysmith) for a few dollars under $400, It is at beaver sport and pawn in beaver utah. While I didnt handle it, it looked nice in the case. Clarance is a good guy to deal with.
Beaver Sport and Pawn - Full retailer of Sporting goods for Southern Utah
Beaver Sport and Pawn - Full retailer of Sporting goods for Southern Utah
diamonback68
US Veteran
I cut that tabs off mine, same on Bianchi's. Makes it smaller to carry and there is no right or wrong end to orient and you can load from either end.
357larry
Member
My wife still carries her 1980 vintage Model 60 I bought for her when we got married in 1986. Bumped into a friend a few weeks ago who was the department armorer at my old agency and asked him do a spring job on it. Just got it back and man is that thing sweet.
In follow up to my earlier post, I use the Bianchi strips with my 66-1 and always use the six strip for the 60. 11 rounds are better than 10 anyday, and who knows, you might need that extra round for the kill shot. I can understand cutting the tab, but I look at it as something extra to grab a hold of in a fire fight especially if you are on the move finding cover.
Just my thoughts, yours may vary............
Just my thoughts, yours may vary............
diamonback68
US Veteran
I just grab the strip either end and strip off two at a time. On a 5 or 6 shot, it's three strip offs, two at a time, either way that I've gotten used to. Everyone does it their own way, that's mine.
Model 60
They just did a run of Model 60's in .38 and all of the dealers in my area had a few. i grabbed one and love it. It does have the lock, but its great looking, great shooting, and easy to carry .
I also have a 3inch 60 .357 no lock which i use as my hiking gun, but there is nothing like the 60 in .38 only
They just did a run of Model 60's in .38 and all of the dealers in my area had a few. i grabbed one and love it. It does have the lock, but its great looking, great shooting, and easy to carry .
I also have a 3inch 60 .357 no lock which i use as my hiking gun, but there is nothing like the 60 in .38 only
Terry C
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I can see your point. I like the tab but then I'm just used to it that way.
The ones I have were made sometime back in the 20th Century.
They're just not as pliable as they were when new.
The tab broke off one and if it broke there it might break anywhere under stress, so it's about time to retire them from carry and replace them.
I still have the broken one, I just tossed it to the side. I may clean it up and experiment with it.
labworm
US Veteran
Have like many others carried mine for many years.
Sometimes wonder if it was the best purchase I ever made.
Sometimes wonder if it was the best purchase I ever made.
AZretired
Member
Bought my first J a M-60 in 1977 and carried daily as a back up and off duty gun til 1994 when I stupidly traded it off for a new M-640. I have several j frames nowadays but sadly no M-60.
I like the Model 60, compact, strong, well built and fun to shoot. Here is a photo of an early 60 and some papers that were with the gun when I bought it.
And here is a Target sighted brother.
And here is a Target sighted brother.
This is a picture of a no-dash Mod 60 I bought new in 1982. It was the first S&W revolver to show up in my area that didn't have a pinned barrel, yet still retained the "no-dash" designation.... It and many other S&W's of that era shipped without a pinned barrel and/or a recessed cylinder. They became known as "transitional guns" until both those features were completely phased out later...
I would guess these fine Mod 60 firearms had to be among the most carried off-duty and CCW revolvers by law enforcement officers for a couple of decades. They were in short supply to the public from their introduction for that very reason....
Just a short recalled history lesson, children...
Long live the Mod 60!!
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Love mine. It's a 60-7 and is rated by S&W to be ok for +P ammo due
to internal improvements but retains the older and smaller pre magnum
size frame.
to internal improvements but retains the older and smaller pre magnum
size frame.
Texas Star
US Veteran
This is a picture of a no-dash Mod 60 I bought new in 1982. It was the first S&W revolver to show up in my area that didn't have a pinned barrel, yet still retained the "no-dash" designation.... It and many other S&W's of that era shipped without a pinned barrel and/or a recessed cylinder. They became known as "transitional guns" until both those features were completely phased out later...
I would guess these fine Mod 60 firearms had to be among the most carried off-duty and CCW revolvers by law enforcement officers for a couple of decades. They were in short supply to the public from their introduction for that very reason....
Just a short recalled history lesson, children...
Long live the Mod 60!!
No .38 ever had recessed chambers. That was just for .22's and Magnums.
samandglove1
Member
Its a strange thing, the model 60 is one of the most affordable S&W's you see up in these parts. I constantly see nice (to very nice) conditioned no dash 60's priced at $299-349 at local gun shops. I have carried an early 70's one for approximately 15 years and will never give it away, but that hasn't stopped me from buying 3 more in the last two years. How do you say no to a $300 model 60 no dash???
Most of my gun friends usually carried the typical Glock/XD/Sig semi-autos and they constantly ribbed me about carrying an "old man's" gun. But I kid you not, all three of my recent model 60 purchases are now owned by three of those semi-auto guys. Two of them use it as their primary carry gun, and the third is leaning that way. I guess an "old man's" gun is not too bad after all.
And yes, I will still buy more if I see them at a nice price.....
Most of my gun friends usually carried the typical Glock/XD/Sig semi-autos and they constantly ribbed me about carrying an "old man's" gun. But I kid you not, all three of my recent model 60 purchases are now owned by three of those semi-auto guys. Two of them use it as their primary carry gun, and the third is leaning that way. I guess an "old man's" gun is not too bad after all.
And yes, I will still buy more if I see them at a nice price.....
66Park
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When I had one, it was my most carried gun. I didn't plan it that way, but they just conceal so well that it is a gun that can always be with you. When I bought it, my main carry was a 1911. That M60 really came in handy!
What's not to love about the little guys?
That just might be the pertiest little gun I ever saw.
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