Model 64 Passion

[TAROMAN]

My all-time favorite .38 Special revolver is the Model 64.
Slick, smooth and durable, they just seem right.
Finally found one of the elusive 3 inch model to fill a gap.
This one's about as new as a used revolver can be. Less than one box ever fired:

Getting to know the rest of its bretheren:

Now, to find that elusive tapered barrel no-dash...

 

[riverrat38]

Nice gun!
Considering the ammo thats available today, up to near Magnum Buffalo Bore 158 gr Keith, and others, the 3 inch M64 might just be the most versatile revolver that S&W makes, if they still made them! I would even put up with the lock if i had to. With an Ahrends boot grip, and a Lobo Gunleather pancake holster, I would feel well armed.

Rick

 

[ogilvyspecial]

Sweet! The Model 64 is also one of my all-time favorite S&W's.

Pistolsmith, Teddy Jacobson, worked his magic on the above M64 and
it's not only as smooth as silk, but a stone cold tack driver ta boot!

The M64-2 below is giving my 2.5" M66-2 a serious run for it's money as my primary carry gun,
which is no small feat since "others" have tried, and failed, to bump the M66 from the top spot.

If I ever come across a 3", I'll probably add one of those to the mix. One can only hope.

 

[18DAI]

My first model 64 was a DAO 64-3 I picked up from J&G.

Better trigger than my Performance Center guns. Tack driver too. Best gun money I ever spent.

I've since added a 3 inch 64-3 and a 3 inch 64-3 NY-1. Great revolvers! Regards 18DAI

 

[MDMarauder]

Congrats!

I too have a fondness for my 3" 64 so much so I shoot Pin matches with it and do very well. Have fun at the range.

 

[Maximumbob54]

 

[deanodog]

Model 64s rate near the top of the favorite list for me also. The most accurate one I have is a J&G DAO with the best trigger I have also. I have 357s but I shoot more 38s by far.

 

[C Islander]

Can't do a link to there web site, but Jaquas in Findlay Ohio has three 3" 64's for sale. They are all -7's with the lock. They also have seversl 4" and a 2".

 

[L Pete]

I have a M-64, too. I need several more. When I find the right ones, I'll yank out the wallet.

PS; I like M-67s, too.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I need to find one of those two inch bad boys. I had to pass on one at a show after having paid for car repairs. Only now do I see how much better shape I would be in if I walked everywhere.

 

[KLYDE]

Taroman, Ogy, Ladder 13 and all who posted, those are some beautiful guns. Great thread. My favorite also.
64-3

64-3

64 no dash

64-2

 

[oldafsp]

Now, to find that elusive tapered barrel no-dash...

You mean like this one???

 

[Engine49guy]

What Model 64 collection would be complete without a Tapered barrel ?

Kinda gives me an idea for a grail gun that S&W never made,
By adding a SS barrel and cylinder to a Model 12 frame that has had the paint removed would result in a sort of Model 612 SS/Airweight K frame 38....hmmm.

 

[jpwhel]

Congrat on the 3" Mod 64. Your family does need the tapered barrel no dash though. I've been lucky over the past few years to pick up a 64-3 3" and a 64 no dash 4" with the tapered barrel. Both are great shooters. Looks like I'll have to look for the HB and the 2" now. Too many guns and not enough time.

 

[Kestrel]

I've preferred S&W revolvers for a while now but only just recently had the pleasure of purchasing a few 64-5's (4" bull bbl, pre-MIM) during the recent Sportsmans Outdoors sale @ $250 ea. Although they were most definitely 'users' and one needed a timing job, these particular ones had the finest double-action trigger of any revolver I've ever handled.

A very nice introduction to K-frames, I feel pretty fortunate.

 

[Maximumbob54]

The irony is I can't find a HB 64 that hasn't been beat to death abused and hung up wet.

 

[vrichard]

mdl.64,showed these the other day but I like to post pictures since I learned how.
Dick

 

[ladder13]

Missing pics of my recently aquired 64-2 snub

NY1

NY1

NY1

NY1

 

[vytoland]

i, too, like 'em 'trimmed"...............

S&W 64-4 Brink's snub
S&W 64-3
S&W 64-5 NY-1

 

[Lee Barner]

my one and only 64. began life as a 4" sq butt and is now a 2 7/8" rd butt, bobbed and polished up. slick as glass action too. lee

 

[TAROMAN]

Thanks to everyone for sharing their 64 passion!
Its great to know that there are others out there.

 

[ruffbird]

My only one so far & I really like this 64-1.

These stainless K-frame S&W revolvers are my favorites too.

I also have a couple model 65-5 guns with the 3" barrels. They can fire 38 spl ammo,
therefore I hope you don't mind me showing them....

Please, lets see some more & thanks for letting me play....

 

[OIF2]

I only have one 64 now...this one was a former armored car gun, carried much and shot little. I sent it back to S&W for a master action job (minus the trigger stop), added the stocks and T-grip then polished out the scratches myself. It came out quite nice. I now have a superb factory-tuned revolver for a little over $400.00. The round-butt is a favorite. Gotta love the 64.
Bob

 

[papajohn428]

I picked these bad boys up a couple of years ago and they get shot more than anything else I own. The triggers are like glass, they were used security guns but mechanically they're still like new. I also have a 3" M-65 dash two that I shoot 38's in, but I'm still on the hunt for a three-inch 64!

 

[nosreme]

I would love mine if it didn't shoot 4" high and to the right at distances as close as 7 yards. Laser boresighting confirms that the barrel simply isn't pointing in the same direction as the sights. I bought it used but unshot and now it looks likeI have to consider junking it. It sure is a nice shooter, though, if you aren't concerned with accuracy within a standard deviation or two.

 

[arjay]

I would love mine if it didn't shoot 4" high and to the right at distances as close as 7 yards. Laser boresighting confirms that the barrel simply isn't pointing in the same direction as the sights. I bought it used but unshot and now it looks likeI have to consider junking it. It sure is a nice shooter, though, if you aren't concerned with accuracy within a standard deviation or two.

Contact S&W,they may be able to fix that.

 

[nosreme]

Contact S&W,they may be able to fix that.

Thanks. I should have pointed out that I've given some fleeting thought about doing that but wasn't aware that fixing what seems like a bad barrel or barrel installation was possible. I'll send it to them after I produce a couple of bench-rested paper targets to send along with the gun (recognizing that it's probably not necessary but just something I want to do following the "picture is worth a thousand words" philosophy.

 

[ladder13]

Finally took some pics of the aforementioned 64-2 with some of Patricks grips. All I need now is a factory bobbed hammer.

 

[ladder13]

my one and only 64. began life as a 4" sq butt and is now a 2 7/8" rd butt, bobbed and polished up. slick as glass action too. lee

Lee, THAT is a thing of beauty.

 

[arjay]

Thanks. I should have pointed out that I've given some fleeting thought about doing that but wasn't aware that fixing what seems like a bad barrel or barrel installation was possible. I'll send it to them after I produce a couple of bench-rested paper targets to send along with the gun (recognizing that it's probably not necessary but just something I want to do following the "picture is worth a thousand words" philosophy.

I had an anaconda with the same problem,contacted colt and they fixed it.