I found this at a local show today. According to S&W Standard Catalog #4 478 2 inch gun were made between 1987 and 1993.
NY-1 2 INCH ROUND BUTT
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I don't care who you are, that is a cool gun!
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Roy Jinks advises shipped April 1993 but was not shipped to NYPD. There were some overruns sold through dealers.
Still a nice example of the guns produced for NYPD.
Still a nice example of the guns produced for NYPD.
Great find. Really neat gun. You gonna carry it? I carry mine occasionally.
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The gun is double action only and it has a very smooth DA pull so I will shoot it and may carry it.
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The 4" square butt and 2" round butt came from the same NYPD officer. The 4" rode with around Harlem and Washington Heights. He bought the 2" from another cop and carried it mostly off duty. I like a good history / story more than anything else. Much preferred over "new in box." These NY-1 guns, many of them, have been around the block a few times. My favorite thing about these two guns is that I got to speak with the officer who carried them. He probably thought that I was nuts, with all my ridiculous questions. A couple years later he found the Cobra OWB / IWB holsters and send them to me, no charge.
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The 4" square butt and 2" round butt came from the same NYPD officer. The 4" rode with around Harlem and Washington Heights. He bought the 2" from another cop and carried it mostly off duty. I like a good history / story more than anything else. Much preferred over "new in box." These NY-1 guns, many of them, have been around the block a few times. My favorite thing about these two guns is that I got to speak with the officer who carried them. He probably thought that I was nuts, with all my ridiculous questions. A couple years later he found the Cobra OWB / IWB holsters and send them to me, no charge.
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Very nice!!
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I have a DAO 64 with 4" barrel (some sort of LE trade in but isn't marked anywhere). It has a great DA pull and shoots lights out. It's the one revolver where I can shoot DA as well as single action on any of my other revolvers.
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A hard to find 4" round butt is listed in the classifieds. Took me awhile to find one myself.
Took me a long time to find one as well. Got lucky. Saw it listed on GB with Pachmayr stocks that concealed the round butt. Looked like a square butt....until the 20th or so picture with grips removed. I've since come across a few round butts by checking beneath the grips.
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I have a 64-6 in the same configuration. It is not an NY-1, but was nearly new when I bought it a few years back. I swapped out the factory goodyears for some magnas and a Tyler T. It had a very smooth, but horrendously heavy trigger. Swapped a couple of springs out with the Wolff "factory standard" ones and it makes a real nice jacket pocket carry gun.
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I found this one NIB a couple of years ago.
I think it was one of the ones that was sold to the public after the NYPD no longer authorized their people to carry them. From what I've read there are a couple of versions. I think this one is a later one.
It does have a noticeably shorter trigger pull, before the hammer drops, compared to any of my other S&W revolvers.
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I think it was one of the ones that was sold to the public after the NYPD no longer authorized their people to carry them. From what I've read there are a couple of versions. I think this one is a later one.
It does have a noticeably shorter trigger pull, before the hammer drops, compared to any of my other S&W revolvers.
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Only one of these is a NY-1. The others three are impersonating a police officer.
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Toyman that is one nicer revolver!
Cool story NCBeagle
I also have a RB 4" LEO Model 64 DAO trade in that is my go to DA revolver for target practice. (it would also be a great, truck, house or carry gun) Action is unbelievably smooth. I don't know how they spec'd these out but they are definitely nicer than the standard Model 10 or 64 actions.
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Very neat guns in this thread!!!!
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Yeah I have no clue what makes the trigger pull special but it is real nice. Best $200 gun I've ever bought or shot!! If I had a guaranteed pull like that in my other revolvers, I'd drop that hammer into my 686 and 681 in a heartbeat!
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Aimsurplus has a bunch of DAO 4 inch RB 64's listed for sale. Appear to be dash 6's.
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I bought that one this morning
Spoke with the detective it was issued to on the phone this evening. Really nice dude. Says he hasn't shot it since 1990 because he hates cleaning revolvers. Haha!
Worst part is though... now I'll need a NY-1 2" RB to go with it
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I bought that one this morning
Spoke with the detective it was issued to on the phone this evening. Really nice dude. Says he hasn't shot it since 1990 because he hates cleaning revolvers. Haha!
Worst part is though... now I'll need a NY-1 2" RB to go with it
Jimmy D(demkofour) who listed the gun is a real nice guy too. We did a few gunshop visits together when I lived in NY.
All his det buddies are good to go as well.
Maybe he'll come up with that 2" NY-1.
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Jimmy was awesome. Even though he was sick as a dog he made it happen. Good people.
Also, I've bought a good handful of police guns but never thought I'd get a phone call from the detective who it was issued to. That was so cool. He's going to send me an email with some details too so I can use it as provenance when time comes to have it lettered.
These cops who claim to "not be gun guys" probably think we are crazy when we get excited about duty weapons.
That's been my experience. A lot of puzzled looks.
It's funny. As an attorney, I have occasion to talk with small town police officers across North Carolina and have managed to derail dozens of conversation with questions about service pistols, revolvers, etc. No cop with enough time on the job to have carried something other than the latest plastic can avoid the questions. Most are kind and accommodating. Also, I've found that a few of the smaller departments here can give very specific information if you provide a serial number / inventory number, including but not limited to identifying the officer who carried it.
If I was ever to take a DAO revolver into a fight, I wouldn't feel unarmed with my NY-1. As mentioned above, the action is smooth as silk.
I picked up my NY-1 years ago at a local gun shop for like, maybe(?) $150...? It is really a well balanced smooth shooting pistol!
Roy ship dates it to October 1989, and confirms it as a "cop gun".
And thanks for the kind words Mike and Mason- same goes for you two!
Roy ship dates it to October 1989, and confirms it as a "cop gun".
And thanks for the kind words Mike and Mason- same goes for you two!
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I'm always up for a NY-1 thread 
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Funny thing is, I wasn't even looking for one. I was actually holding out for a LNIB Model 49 to pop up for the right price. When the round butt NY-1 Model 64 popped up for the right price instead I just couldn't say no. I wanted in the club
Oooh...Ooooh, pick me, pick me. NY-1 marked but wholesaled from maybe Jerry's Sports Center or another Pennsylvania outfit in 1989. BEK prefix. This is a 10+ y/o pic but the gun is still unfired by me. Joe
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Ugh, yep. a 2" RB is a must have to go with my 4". Thanks a lot guys! Haha
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