tough choice to make

[settersonly]

I have the option of a blue 4" model 15-3 or a stainless 4" model 64, both at about the same price range ($400) I cannot decide, the 15 has cheap rubber grips but adj. RS - but the 64 has original wood and fixed RS.? I can only buy 1 right now

 

[rags]

I'm not a "fixed sight" kind of guy, so the choice would be easy for me. But then again I just love Model 15's! Good luck with your dilemma.

 

[dscampbell]

If it will be a range gun go with the model 15. If it will be a carry gun go with the model 64. Best case eat cereal all month and use the money saved to get both. Seriously you can't go wrong with either.

 

[opaul]

I'm thinking nice 15's are harder to find? The 15's are good looking guns. I might would buy one and put the other one in jail.

 

[rxbrew]

I'm with dccampbell on this one. Range gungo with model 15 if you decide if you carry go with the Model 64.

 

[Stu Honea]

I'm thinking nice 15's are harder to find? The 15's are good looking guns. I might would buy one and put the other one in jail.

This would be my plan,if it were me.

 

[fishcreekrim]

I really hate it when a fixed sighted gun does not shoot to pt of aim with the preferred load. Grips are easily changed. I would go with the 15 unless you need it for outdoor carry in a moist climate.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Can't vouch for the 64, but my 2" 15-3 has the sweetest trigger of all in my S&W stable. Better than my 27. I prefer adjustable sights too, even though I enjoy shooting my fixed sighted guns. And correct wood grips for K frames are not all that hard to find at on Ebay.
John

 

[nipster]

The decision for me would be easy, I am a stainless/nickle guy. Personal preference though...

 

[Rapidray]

I would...

Buy the FS first...and put the other on lay-a-way. If you do this the seller may give you a cheaper price as you are getting both. You never know.

 

[TAROMAN]

Buy the FS first...and put the other on lay-a-way. If you do this the seller may give you a cheaper price as you are getting both. You never know.

What he said.

 

[redlevel]

From one setter guy to another, go with the Model 15.
They might be the finest revolvers S&W made.
Welcome to the forum, by the way.

My setters are Llewellins. That's my buddy Chipper in my avatar.

 

[chud333]

Have to agree with redlevel and most others. Go with the 15 and if you can put the other on layaway. I'm not much of a fixed sight gun buyer
either. What if it does'nt like your favorite load and won't shoot it
to point of aim? The 15's are very sweet shooters.


chuck

 

[alwslate]

Fixed sights can be a problem sometimes but I would buy the 64 if it
has the pencil barrel, you didn't say which, and get the 15 later. If the
64 is a heavy barrel, ugly in my opinion, I would get the 15.

 

[chief38]

I'd go for the M15. You can always find original grips and install them. The M15 is one of the "Classic Smiths".

Chief38

 

[Sportsterguy]

I really hate it when a fixed sighted gun does not shoot to pt of aim with the preferred load.


Same here. Had to tweak the heck out of my Moms 36 front sight to get close to POI as your shots can be longer than 7 yards. If you keep it maintained and keep a coat of wax on it it will hold up well to the outdoors. Have plenty of blued guns that have been soaked thoroughly, including my pre 64 Model 70 in .270 that was dropped in a lake and luckily recovered. A tribute to Leupolds scopes here as the rifle was in 12 feet of water for 2 days and held up. Swapped over to a synthetic stock after that as Alaska's hard on guns and people

The 15 is a classic and will always be so. Stainless revolvers just don't have the same aura about them.

If you want to beat the heck out of it stainless does win but I take care of my weapons and just love a nice blue job that's aged like me over the years.

 

[BUFF]

Get the one you like best.

 

[oldafsp]

Seeing as I have both, I would recommend the same. Etiher is a fine dependable weapon.

Model 64 No Dash (1970)

And Model 15-3 in nickle.

 

[Broker50]

In my neck of the woods, the 15 is a little over-priced, & the 64 is a lot over-priced. Given that I really don't like fixed sight revolvers, I'd buy the 15, unless I could locate a 66 or 67.

 

[M29since14]

...I might would buy one and put the other one in jail.

Good plan, IF the 64 is a pencil-barrel gun. Otherwise, I would leave the 64 to find religion elsewhere.