As Cosner said to the brave in Dances with Wolves...
"Good trade!"
"Good trade!"
The Model 60 is mine!
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Edmo
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I posted in another thread that I had the opportunuty to trade my Shield 9 for a Model 60 (no dash) .38 spl, and holster. The deal was almost killed when I found out that the gun had been modified - it only shoots double action. However, once I was informed that the mod was done by an LAPD Armorer because the previous owner was LAPD, and they are NOT allowed to use single-action pistols, I went through with the deal.
Of course, I will be replacing the Shield a.s.a.p. but I am the happy owner of my first revolver!
Posted below are a few pictures, taken after giving it a good cleaning and its FIRST polishing.
Nice model 60! Congrats on finding your first revolver and welcome to the "J Frame Club".
I'm also a fan of the "no dash" models 60s and mine makes the carry rotation weekly. I find I will often have it on me when goofing off around the house. It was also my first S&W revolver and I've owned it since the early '80s.
To be honest, it isn't really my handgun... The wife never lets me forget that I bought it for her and she is letting me carry HER revolver.
OBTW, keep that Shield if you can. It is also a great little gun and years from now you'll wish you had kept it.
Edmo
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OP
Protected One
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I thought about that with the holster. That's part of the reason I have not had the hammer bobbed yet. Need to find a holster.
OP
Protected One
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Well, I have a question for you all: The model 60 that has been the subject of this thread has pretty much sat in the safe since I got it. Carried it a few times, and took it to the range a few times, but mostly....a safe queen.
Today I was offered a trade - the Model 60 + $125 for a brand new Glock 44 (.22lr). I could use it to teach my grandkids and for fun at the range.
What do you folks think of the offer?
Today I was offered a trade - the Model 60 + $125 for a brand new Glock 44 (.22lr). I could use it to teach my grandkids and for fun at the range.
What do you folks think of the offer?
I posted in another thread that I had the opportunuty to trade my Shield 9 for a Model 60 (no dash) .38 spl, and holster. The deal was almost killed when I found out that the gun had been modified - it only shoots double action. However, once I was informed that the mod was done by an LAPD Armorer because the previous owner was LAPD, and they are NOT allowed to use single-action pistols, I went through with the deal.
Of course, I will be replacing the Shield a.s.a.p. but I am the happy owner of my first revolver!
Posted below are a few pictures, taken after giving it a good cleaning and its FIRST polishing.
I love a good project!
Personally, I would NEVER trade a 60 for a Glock!
Just buy the Glock outright....
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Bad idea! Keep it! Buy a Glock. Better yet, buy a M&P .22 or a Walther .22 as a teaching tool.
Green Frog
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If I did think about a trade involving a Model 60 for a Glock, and I can't imagine tha I would, but if I did, then I certainly wouldn't consider giving $125 boot... I consider the Model 60 no dash worth at least as much as that Glock... look what they're bringing on the auction sites,and 5-10 years from now, I predict the price differential will favor the S&W even more.
Froggie
Froggie
Ditto that. You're going to find several Glocks for sale before you find another nice M60. Plus the $125 should be coming your way in this trade instead of coming out of your pocket IMO.
raygixxer89
Member
Lol, this right here. I too had the model 60 as my first S&W revolver. Now I have so many I lost count. Beware OP, BEWARE!
wetdog1911
Member
I like my M60 no dash, but, I don't love it like either of M34-1s I also have, I would also NEVER trade it for a Glock, much less add $$.
I'm currently bidding on a Ruger LCP II .22 for me/wife and to be passed on to my adult son when I pass. Way less than the Glock and there are other Rugers that might be more suitable for teaching a youngun and still less than the Glock.
Buy the Glock, or, whatever fills the need, but keep the M60.
Rob
Put a new hammer/strut in and make it a real gun again.
hostler
Member
No, no and no way......
I wouldnt trade the 60 for any 22, especially the G44. I like Glocks, and I have a few that I trust 100%, but the 44 has been pretty problematic since its introduction. If you must have a 22 plinker there are much better options, M&p 22, Taurus 22, S&W Victory, etc. and none are worth what the 60 is worth, much less the 60 + 125.
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I'll add my emphatic "NO WAY JOSE" to the others' nay votes.
Keep the 60, and buy a 43C as a training tool. Lots of fun.
Keep the 60, and buy a 43C as a training tool. Lots of fun.
I know it's an old thread, but you also have one of the weird no dash model 60's that doesn't have a pinned barrel.
Mine is marked Mod 60 and also isn't a pinned barrel. AYN prefix.
Mine is marked Mod 60 and also isn't a pinned barrel. AYN prefix.
Jeff Napoleoni
Member
I know that feeling, I had bought a cheap revolver it worked. Then I saw this sweet 19-3 in the case. Bought that Smith and sold my M&P 40 cal. the next day to a friend.
transit
Member
Nice. Congrats! I would have done the same, for sure.
In the, "It would have been nice." column: If the LAPD armorer was doing that, a stamp, the way NYPD did their inspection stamps, would have been a nice feature.
That's just a historical footnote.
Great gun, I would have grabbed it in a heartbeat!
In the, "It would have been nice." column: If the LAPD armorer was doing that, a stamp, the way NYPD did their inspection stamps, would have been a nice feature.
That's just a historical footnote.
Great gun, I would have grabbed it in a heartbeat!
