Model 64 snub nose price

I have a In the Blue Box (w/papers/tools), unfired 2in RB Model 64 that I paid $350.00 for three years ago. I also have a 2in, RB Police Trade In from CDNN that has CDC engraved on the side of it. The gun has been bead blasted and I paid $250.00 for it five or six years ago. I carry the police trade in on occassion. Has on of the best triggers and double action pulls on any of my S&W Revolvers.

Does anyone know what CDC means?

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I always wondered if it was the California Dept of Corrections.
Who knows?

Anybody else have a guess or knows for sure?

Rule 303
 
Last week I bought a NIB M64 for $300, while not a snubby, it is a 3 in barrel and marked BPD 13 Boston Police Dept, with #13 I can see why no one wanted to be issued it, it still has the original warranty card

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I no longer have a 2" 10 - the NIB 10-11 bought from a closeout dealer 9/03 for $280 (Those were the days!) - my wife absconded it! Still, it is a neat size - and a 2" 64 would be even nicer - easier to clean. My 4" 64-8, bought NIB as a security guard trade-in nearly three years ago, sure has been a keeper, 'hat-trick ' or not!

I have never seen a 2" 64 at a gunshow... but I keep looking...

Stainz
 
There was a whole mess of these put on the surplus market by the California Department of Corrections about three or four years ago. They were marked "CDC" under the cylinder.
 
I picked up this dash 4 at the Valley Forge show last Saturday and was curious about the CDC marking, so this thread was timely. The dealer had a small pile of them and this was the best of the bunch. It's mechanically perfect with a couple of dings on the top edge of the back strap which I may or may not buff out. I was pretty pleased to come home with a nice tight K frame snub for CCW duty.

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There's a gun store in Columbus that has a half dozen new old stock (never issued) for $400 in their April ad. Hit my PM and I'll give you the link.
 
I have two of them. The first one I bought I paid $400 plus shipping from GB. The second was a private deal from another cop for $175.

I was happy to get both and would gladly pay the same in the future.

(especially the one for $175 !!! )

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First, thank you all for an amazing resource. I am new to the forum and have been spending hours reading posts. Love the info you can find here.

Second, I was lucky enough to recently purchase a M64-2 2", pinned barrel, with original stocks, box and cleaning kit for $400 (originally $450). Looks gently used. Serial places it around '77-'79. Can't wait to pick it up, but it might be a month or two. MSP is soooo far behind on paperwork processing right now! It's my second, but first used, Smith.

I didn't realize how popular this snubby is. I had a chance to pick up a M64 3" heavy barrel in about 90% condition a few months back for about $335. When I went back to the shop it was sold. It has stuck in my head for months now. I kept looking for the best deal on various broker sites with only marginal luck. I am really happy to have found a snubby instead (which is what I really wanted).
 
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ffmedic: If you see something you like, want or need nowadays, not just guns, you should buy it while you can. 'Back in the day,' (can't believe I used that expression), whenever you wanted something, it was always there to buy. No longer. Even something as mundane as a certain brand of instant coffee, it might not be there on the shelf next week and the retailer might not know when it will come in again.

I've 'lost' 3 great guns in the last yer by not 'striking when the iron was hot.' Maybe I've learned...

P.S. Can't have enough 2" 64s.
 
I can help with the CDC marking. I bought 6 of them from CDNN 3-4 years ago. At the time my brother was Deputy Commissioner of the California Department of Corrections, he confirmed that they were from that agency, and that the 2" barrels were primarily carried by supervisory personnel and bosses and were shot very little. From time to time they were issued to a supervisor who was in charge of a large transport of inmates, and some guards got one to pack once in a while. They were also issued to personnel who worked outside the prisons-Parole Officers and such. He even tracked the numbers that I bought from the time they were acquired to the institution(s) they went to, sometimes more than one. I tried to find the one he carried, but it just wasn't on the market, wonder where it went????
All of the guns I got were carried some, but in otherwise perfect condition mechanically, and all cleaned up to like new condition.
 
Looking at the older threads (from 2011), I see where someone indicated CCDC was Cal Dept of Corrections (looks like one too many C's to me), another posted that his revolver came in an NYPD-marked box, but per the photo the gun was stamped BPD. ??
In any event, those 2" 64's are nice. I'm a j-frame nut, but a k-frame snubby would be a good addition to the accumulation.
 
hotrod150 said:
Looking at the older threads (from 2011), I see where someone indicated CCDC was Cal Dept of Corrections (looks like one too many C's to me), another posted that his revolver came in an NYPD-marked box, but per the photo the gun was stamped BPD. ??
In any event, those 2" 64's are nice. I'm a j-frame nut, but a k-frame snubby would be a good addition to the accumulation.
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BPD was probably the serial number prefix; for a while these were stamped on the left frame of LE contract guns so the stocks didn't have to come off to check the SN.
 
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BPD was probably the serial number prefix; for a while these were stamped on the left frame of LE contract guns so the stocks didn't have to come off to check the SN.
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A revolver marked with... BPD (without periods between the letters) followed by a three or four digit number, stamped on the outer frame below the cylinder has a strong possibility of being a "Boston Police" issued revolver.

If you have any questions about revolvers marked in this manner, contact:

Ben Cartwright SASS (he's a forum member)

He's quite knowledgable when it comes to BPD marked revolvers.

-Beachcomber
 
Thank you Beachcomber.

I collect Boston Police guns, currently I have over 25 of them, all lettered to the Boston Police Dept, over 12 of them Smiths, all the way back to 1872.
The BPD refers the department. Over the years and models it has changed, I have seen BPD B.P.D. and on some Colts B-P-D
Boston is not the only Dept to use that marking, Binghamton NY for one used it as well as a Dept in Texas, probably others as well.
The BPD was followed by a rack number for identification, but had no relation to the serial number. For example a couple of my Model 64's serial numbers start with a number and then a letter and yet on the side of the frame it has the BPD and the rack number.
On my Model 36 the BPD is on the backstrap while on a Colt OP it is on the butt, which could be covered by the stocks.
Police gun collecting is fascinating whether you collect a single department or as I almost did a single model, such as the Model 10 or pre-10's or the (dare I say it here) the Colt Police Positive series of multiple departments.
 
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