Model 60 info

[12many]

Just purchased a Model 60 .38 S&W Special, The latest edition of the S&W standard catalog I have is the 4th.

Was trying to look up some info on this handgun and the same thing is happening with the last J frame that I purchased.

I assume the number on the bottom of the grip frame is the serial number, it is ABT9412 .

It is marked MOD. 60 on the yoke with no dash.

I am having no luck finding anything on this serial number.

Anyone have any thoughts.

Thanks

 

[Goony]

I'd call it as dating to 1983.

 

[Alk8944]

If you call S&W Customer Service at 800-331-0852 they can give you the production date for the alpha-numeric serial numbers to the actual day!

 

[JohnnyW]

The 5th edition of the SCSM identifies the ABT triple alpha as 1983.

 

[12many]

I'd call it as dating to 1983.

Thank you!

 

[12many]

If you call S&W Customer Service at 800-331-0852 they can give you the production date for the alpha-numeric serial numbers to the actual day!

Thanks, I will do that

 

[12many]

The 5th edition of the SCSM identifies the ABT triple alpha as 1983.

Thanks

 

[pasound]

I have a 60, ADKxxxx, lettered to the end of December 1983. Seems they made a lot of stainless 60's that year. Great shooter, DA trigger is smooth.

 

[giguchan]

That's a fine looking 60. I'm looking for one of similar condition. I found a 36 pristine in condition.. seems like they're easier to find.
Good luck with yours.

 

[halfmoonclip]

Early one, no dash, flash chromed action parts. Those were made of unobtanium, back in the day.
Finally got one, had it awhile, and then swapped it on a M640.
Yours will clean up nicely with a little 3M cloth.
Great little gun.
Moon

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Early one, no dash, flash chromed action parts. Those were made of unobtanium, back in the day.
Finally got one, had it awhile, and then swapped it on a M640.
Yours will clean up nicely with a little 3M cloth.
Great little gun.
Moon

Oh, my goodness,

Great little revolver.

Congratulations.

 

[sw dan]

as you notice, the barrel is not pinned, so mid 80's

 

[giguchan]

as you notice, the barrel is not pinned, so mid 80's

"Pinned" would mean prior to the 80's?
Thanks.

 

[halfmoonclip]

as you notice, the barrel is not pinned, so mid 80's

Now, there's a puzzlement. A 60-1 should indicate the deleted pin in the barrel, yet the OP's gun is a 60 dash nothing.
Time frame is about right, regardless.
Moon

 

[Dave686]

I have a Model 36 that has been performing J-frame duties for almost 50 years. I'd like to retire it and get a Model 60 in .357Mag. I wouldn't carry .357Mag in it, but having that ability is good.

 

[Goony]

Now, there's a puzzlement. A 60-1 should indicate the deleted pin in the barrel, yet the OP's gun is a 60 dash nothing.

There was a 60-1, which was a 3" heavy barrel with a square butt. 171 of these were made in 1972. The practice of pinning revolver barrels was abandoned in 1982. For whatever reason, I don't believe this resulted in a "dash" number (denoting an engineering change) being upped one or added on to any of the various models being manufactured at that time.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Now, there's a puzzlement. A 60-1 should indicate the deleted pin in the barrel ...

Goony nailed the first Model 60-1. Parts made in 1972, and Smith & Wesson assembled and shipped 169 on June 12, 1978.



The second Model 60-1 was a 2" Chiefs Special Target model in 1985.



Neither had anything to do with an engineering change.

The model was still a Model 60 until 1988 when Smith & Wesson made an NYPD exclusive Model 60-2 that was double action only with a bobbed hammer. Then that year or the next the Model 60-3 came out with either a 2" lightweight or 3" Heavy Barrel.

The last Model 60 in the database with a barrel pin shipped in February 1983. It was serial number AAS2345.

 

[halfmoonclip]

For whatever reason, I don't believe this resulted in a "dash" number (denoting an engineering change) being upped one or added on to any of the various models being manufactured at that time.

The Second Edition (yeah, I need a new one...) notes the -1 includes the 'pin delete', in '83.
Moon