S&W Model 60 Value
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A bit more than your blue Chiefs, but still not a barn burner.
Too bad someone wrote over the label markings... I agree that you have a first year R serial (1969) gun but not a first year gun. The model 60 started in 1965. Value around $600.
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As already mentioned, someone really hurt the value here by taking a pin and writing over the original markings on the box. That pretty much destroyed the value that the box would have added to the gun as a package. Probably a $ 600 gun now, with or without the box. Had the box been left alone with original markings , even faint to read, it would have added another $ 150 to the guns value.
Lewis
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I have an older "pre-R" serial numbered 60 with box and a newer -7. I wouldn't value either over $600 and paid much less for both, $350 for the first one and $399 for the -7. I'd actually value my two 3" 60s higher than the 2" and in fact, spent more on each.
But it's still a pretty darn nice gun, that I'd be proud to own! '69 was a good year. Maybe the year I got my first gun. 
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I have a mod 60 no dash trying to find year and price value A10 5971 any help please
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That is a really nice 60 , but the reality is that there are a LOT of them around. Even very clean ones are fairly common.
The evaluations already given are spot on.
An aside regarding the "original box" factor ...
I think that having that box only adds significant value to a gun that has collector value to begin with. A m. 60 - even a "nib" condition 60 - is a very fine snub nose revolver , but not much of a collectible.
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That is a really nice 60 , but the reality is that there are a LOT of them around. Even very clean ones are fairly common.
The evaluations already given are spot on.
An aside regarding the "original box" factor ...
I think that having that box only adds significant value to a gun that has collector value to begin with. A m. 60 - even a "nib" condition 60 - is a very fine snub nose revolver , but not much of a collectible.
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I have to disagree with above statement . Any pinned barrel NIB condition model 60 is collectable. These 40 plus year old revolvers in new in the box condition are not "common" . All Pinned or P & R J K N frames in above 98% condition are now in fact absolutely collectable .
Lewis
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That's not a serial number. Those are assembly marks. The only serial on a 60 is on the bottom of the grip frame.
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And inside the right hand grip. Maybe behind the star extractor too, mine has one but very difficult to read.
Can someone please help me?
For years now, I've been under the impression that the world's first stainless steel gun, the S&W Model 60, was first produced in 1965.
According to this thread though, production actually started in 1969?
I list various publications, over a time period of about 45 years, as the source for my belief of the '65 production start.
….confused....brain hurts.....please be my Tylenol?
For years now, I've been under the impression that the world's first stainless steel gun, the S&W Model 60, was first produced in 1965.
According to this thread though, production actually started in 1969?
I list various publications, over a time period of about 45 years, as the source for my belief of the '65 production start.
….confused....brain hurts.....please be my Tylenol?
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See post #3 above.
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1969 is the first year with R prefix, it's not the first year of production.
