Howdy Folks,
My lunch break ritual of hitting the pawns near HQ yielded a pretty nice Model 60-7 LadySmith for $375. She's in pretty nice, minty shape, but did not have a box or the LadySmith case. I am inclined to think it was someone's sock drawer gun because of the condition and the lint residing in the immaculate bore, cylinder, and frame window. Pawn broker did say it came into the shop loaded and with a few spare rounds in the Boyt case. Only issues I see are the incorrect MIM thumb piece and stocks, which will be remedied in due time. It came with some Hogue Bantams which I promptly replaced with some Uncle Mikes boots. It oughtta be an excellent shooter. Overall, I am pretty stoked to have a Model 60 (and a -7 at that) after selling one a few years ago.
What is stumping is the date of manufacture. My serial prefix is CAU. I have not found any other CAU prefix guns in my research. I think its probably from the tail end of production due to the C prefix and dot matrix model and serial markings.
My lunch break ritual of hitting the pawns near HQ yielded a pretty nice Model 60-7 LadySmith for $375. She's in pretty nice, minty shape, but did not have a box or the LadySmith case. I am inclined to think it was someone's sock drawer gun because of the condition and the lint residing in the immaculate bore, cylinder, and frame window. Pawn broker did say it came into the shop loaded and with a few spare rounds in the Boyt case. Only issues I see are the incorrect MIM thumb piece and stocks, which will be remedied in due time. It came with some Hogue Bantams which I promptly replaced with some Uncle Mikes boots. It oughtta be an excellent shooter. Overall, I am pretty stoked to have a Model 60 (and a -7 at that) after selling one a few years ago.
What is stumping is the date of manufacture. My serial prefix is CAU. I have not found any other CAU prefix guns in my research. I think its probably from the tail end of production due to the C prefix and dot matrix model and serial markings.
