Model 64 over stamped
- Thread starter HRMF1975
- Start date
Register to hide this ad
I have a Model 13-1 that was originally stamped 10-6. It's a .357 magnum. I've been using S & W's since 1965 and this is the only one I have ever seen.
SnidelyWhiplash
Member
When I was a LEO the agency issued Model 64s…4” heavy barrel for uniformed officers and 2” for investigators. One of the 2” revolvers was stamped “MOD. 65” on the frame and “.38 Special” on the barrel.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2007
- Messages
- 27,660
- Reaction score
- 21,300
I have seen this occasionally, especially between models in which a barrel and cylinder/yoke traded onto a frame makes it a different model, as is the case here.
I have one like yours too!
You're the only other person I've seen post that they have one of these 13-1 revolvers that was built on a factory over-stamped 10-6 frame.
Last edited:
Birdhunter6
Member
My 581 is stamped 58-1!
Could have been someone misreading the work order, having a bad Monday morning, or in a hurry late on Friday afternoon.
charlie sherrill
Member
I saw 4" .41 magnum in a shop that was stamped 629 instead of 657. The shop owner thought that made it very rare and priced it out beyond what I was willing to pay.
General question here: The K-Magnum frame is slightly longer in the cylinder window area. How would the factory accommodate bbl/cyl gap in this case? Wouldn't the M64 bbl shank (proper term?) be too short if using the M64 cyl? Or would magnum-length bbl/cyl be used and re-marked?
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
I do not think there was any difference in frame dimensions between the 38 Special and 357 Magnum K-frames, at least not until the redesign for the 2-piece barrel system. With the older K-frames, I'm pretty certain the difference was in a longer cylinder for the 357 Magnum and a shorter barrel shank.
Mine as well.
Engine49guy
Member
The Model 19/66 and 53 Jet frames have the same frame window dimensions, their frames are longer in the front of the yoke top to bottom so the ejector rod shroud aligns with the frame otherwise it would overhang the frame.
If you compare a Model 10 , 14, 15 or 13 to a Model 19 from the muzzle you will see it.
The exception to that rule are the full underlug 14's, 17's 617's which are longer there as well since they have full underlug barrels.
Last edited:
What's very common is in the eyes of the beholder. You noticed it because you're one of those gun nuts that make life miserable for those whose only concern is getting the product out and the money in. That, of course, is viewed as an entirely unreasonable attitude by the latter group. There was a time, long gone these days, when such a boo-boo would've been scrapped without hesitation!
Such times are known as "the good old days" by totally unreasonable folks like you-----and me-----and I dare say pretty much anybody else who's reading this----a bunch of weirdos.
Ralph Tremaine
