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Here's a quick phone camera picture for those asking.

The 10 and 19 are 4 inch. Pulled off the Pachmeyer's and it's clean underneath, no pitting or rust, it looks very unfired and uncarried. Lock up on the 28 is incredibly tight. I went back and bought four of the five, all but the Model 36, $2330+ tax or $582.50+ tax per gun if you average...

I went into my favorite local shop today, just to see what they had. Turns out they have four or five revolvers that piqued my interest and I am actually considering buying three of them if not all five. The prices seem reasonable, but there is one I'm not sure about. The most expensive and...

The markings look similar to the ones in your first picture. However, there are periods after each letter and there isn't a number after the C.P.D. I picked up on the Cincinnati angle after a Google search turned up a gun for auction that had the same markings and a serial number not too far...

After I got out of the Army in early 1987, I put myself through the police academy using my GI Bill educational benefits (I was sponsored by a small agency as a reserve officer). Upon completion of the academy I got picked up by the Sheriff's Office. I trained with a personally owned 4 inch...

I started in civilian LE in 1987. We were issued Model-64's that had no agency markings. When I first picked this one up I thought it was a 64 until I turn it over and saw the .357 stampings on the right side of the barrel. Now I need to find a Model-66 to complete the series from 64 to 67...

Picked up my first Model 65 today; 4 inch, square butt, P&R, grips are serialed to the gun. It's marked "C.P.D." on the left side under the cylinder. I've only found one other reference to a gun marked this way that indicates it was a Cincinnati Police gun. I think it's a 1979ish vintage...

You would be correct sir. :) I figure any stainless gun in good working order under $300 is worth it. It can always be buffed/polished/or media blasted back into a decent looking weapon.

I wandered into a local store today just to look around, not expecting to find anything. The store is a rather large retailer, sometimes they have good deals sometimes not. When I looked in the used gun case I see an old Model-64 with a standard profile (aka pencil/tapered) 4 inch barrel. The...

Quick update. I got the Model-15 back about 8 weeks ago. It's not in as good of shape as I remembered it, but my friend said it probably hadn't seen the light of day for he past 15-20 years. It has some rust and pitting under the grips. The action "sticks" a bit, and feels like the...

Did Elvis kill his tv with that one?

It looks like a model 36. Model 37 will be an "air weight." I am presuming the gun is .38 caliber.

Look inside the cylinder crane, on the frame, it should tell you what model it is. Will be something like Mod 36, 36-1, etc.

There's another aspect to this that I've been thinking about. As I said earlier I've known about this particular revolver since I was probably 7 or 8 years old. I've been friends of this family since I was five. My pal is a year or so older than me. My friend and I also became deputy's at the...

Oh I agree. That way I wouldn't feel like I'm taking advantage.

I was not aware of that. I will ask some more questions about the grips to find out if they are real or faux stag.

I have seen Model-15s in my area LGSs range from $399 at the smaller modest shops to $595 at the bigger, tend to be over priced, stores. I'm sure condition has a lot to do with the price range. I can afford up to $450-$460. $375 was a possible opening bid. I don't want to insult my friend...

One of my best childhood friends father is willing to sell me his "Combat Masterpiece". I remember first seeing the gun at his house when I was a kid in the 70's. Mr. B as I will call him, was a deputy sheriff and the gun was his issued duty gun in 1960. In the late 1960's the sheriff's...

So where does the 10-5 fall in line? I have seen guys asking when their 10-5 was born and the replies here indicate the early to mid 1970's. I'm just asking. Did Smith make 10-5's in a different sequence? By the way I am fortunate to have a really nice 10-2 I picked up years ago as an estate...

What about just retouching spots? The gun (along with a couple others I have) have a couple spots that the finish is either thin or rubbed away. There no pitting or rust, the previous owner was, shall we say, a little aggressive in the cleaning realm. They rubbed some bluing off when cleaning...