A number of years ago I bought an unfired 4" Model 64 in .357 Magnum instead of the usual .38 Special. It has the box and papers with matching serial numbers on the gun, grips, and box. It's still unfired.

What would that be worth in 2009?

Hi, is that model 64 in a comemorative box? The book says that 750 were make for the Oklahoma state police as commemoratives they were 64-1's.
I would say a gun N.I.B. like that would bring $1500-1800 in my neck of the woods...

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M.J.Hanna

This isn't the commemorative. I forgot about that one.

This appears to be a transitional model. It says 64-1 under the yoke, but .357 Magnum on the barrel. The box says 65-1 on the handwritten label, but on the box sticker it says ".38 Military & Police Stainless Steel Model 64 4 Inch Barrel."

Letter time!

Can't wait for photos,

Jerry

Shoot yeah letter that puppy. Some of the transitionals can bring a premium. Especially since you have the box and paperwork. A letter will only enhance the value. Especially if it was a test piece in developement for a Law Enforcement Agency or Military.

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M.J.Hanna

I just mentioned in another thread, that the blue version of your 64, the 10-6 in 357, brought $900 earlier this year. The example was 95% with original box and docs. Yours would bring just as much IMO. I would not sell it were I you. Rare piece.

If your interested in trading it, PM me. Regards 18DAI.

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7 +1 Rounds of hope & change

A gent is offering one to me in a trade. . His is not quite NIB, and has been shot. But, mostly sat in the box in the safe. His box is tagged the same way, also. S/N D672###. What would that beast bring?

The 64 in .357 Mag does exist. My buddy has one. I was argueing with him that it must be a model 65. An in hand exam revealed the stamping to be Mod. 64-1 in .357.

You're asking what it's value would have been 3 years ago? Probably not too much less than now, as it is somewhat of a specialized collector gun.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

Not sure what a model 64 chambered in 357 magnum would be created for... they already had that, it's called a model 65. The exact same gun except barrel and cylinder and yoke.

Sounds like a re-barrel, mismarking or bubba special...

It should bring around $650 with box & docs Victor Louis. I think it might bring a little more than that from a collector.

Nipster these were made up prior to the model 65. IIRC they were made for a Highway Patrol agency in the midwest. S&W then decided there was a market for these guns and produced the model 65. Regards 18DAI

Thanks 18, I appreciate it. I guess I wouldn't get hurt, but I might have to sit on it a bit, LOL.

Ok, kind of like the 10-6 in 357 prior to the 13, got it... but wouldnt the 64-1 have been released after the 65?

Those guns were made for LE prior to the Model 65 coming out a a catalog item. A run was made for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol I believe.
The Model 10-6 in blue steel, was made at the request of the New York State Police in 1972 prior to the Model 13 becoming a catalog item.

The 10-6 in .357 Magnum is more common but only some 3000 were made. The Model 64 in .357 is not as common.

value is what someone will pay as you know.

I knew about the model 10's in 357 and have actually run across them, but I was always under the impression that the 64's and 65's came out at the same time

Nipster, no bubba special here. My buddy has one. The real deal. Unmolested 64-1 in .357. A former FFL dealer, who is nearing 80 years old, was clearing some stock out of his safe. Sold this nice shape 64-1 in .357 to my buddy for $150. Story behind it was that it belonged to a sheriff in New Hampshire. I almost cried when he brought it over my house and showed me. His lucky day.

I bought a used one off of Gun Broker a couple of months ago, D6732**, pretty decent shape. I think I paid about $350.

According to the SCSW there were only 750 of those 64s in 357 made, in 1972. You fellows who found them really scored. Regards 18DAI

I was issued one of the 64 .357 chambered guns in the late 1980's. My agency confiscated it from a man who was attempting to enter the courthouse with it stuck in the middle of his back. It was a great shooter and attempted to buy it when we were issued Glock 17s in 1989. This was the last revolver I carried on the job. County policy required that all confiscated weapons be destroyed. Needless to say, I was not successful and it went to the grinder...I still miss it.

of the Supica/Nahas book, third edition. It confirms what has been said here...there were Model 64 in 357 Mag. Then the company started making the Model 65.