New S & W Model 60

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340PD said:
I bought a Mod. 60 Pro back a year or so. Took my 42 year old daughter to the range for her first shoot with any firearm. Twenty rounds through a Ruger/Volquartsen MKIII and on to the Mod.60 with Crimson Trace LG305's. Nice to have steady nerves. No, she does not have an eye problem, it is the angle of the glasses in the pic.
BTW. MY gun now resides in HER bedside gun vault.
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Nice shooting for first time out. Was that with 38 Special? My 60 Pro is 357 Magnum and is very accurate and easy to shoot well. I moved the fancy grip to my 36-1 and went with Hogue nylon for a better fit against magnum recoil, although reloaded to moderate level for small guns. I did note right away that the ECM rifling does not do well with hard cast, lead bullets.
 
.308 Norma said:
Yeppers, I like mine too. I picked it up last summer, and was going to make it my "bummin' around in the hills and creek fishin' gun." But mine shoots about 4" high at 25 yards with the loads I'm using. Does yours shoot high with .38+P loads? I load my own, using .357 brass loaded to .38+P pressures. I've lowered the rear sight as far as it will go, but because it's still grouping higher than I want with .38+P loads, I'm considering installing a taller front sight. What do you think?
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I-She-We haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. She shot a rental at Bud's Gun Shop. 158 gr Blasers .38 spl. Shot spot on at 7 yards.
 
this md 60 has been with me since 1974, it cost me 100.00 and tho i have never had to use it, its the most carried firearm for my defence and has been very cheap life insurence over the years. i did dehorn it after gaining some weight as i carry it mostly in a inside the pants holster. eastbank.
 

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Since we are showing off J frames here are a few of mine. The M442 is my current carry but before that it was the M642 and before that was the M36. I like them...

Here is the M442:
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My M640 and M642:
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Here is the M36, just love this revolver!
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RealGun said:
Nice shooting for first time out. Was that with 38 Special? My 60 Pro is 357 Magnum and is very accurate and easy to shoot well. I moved the fancy grip to my 36-1 and went with Hogue nylon for a better fit against magnum recoil, although reloaded to moderate level for small guns. I did note right away that the ECM rifling does not do well with hard cast, lead bullets.
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She also has the Mod 60 Pro .357. That extra inch of barrel really helps at 30'.
 
From another fan of the 60 ---

Here is my -3 , formerly a satin finish bead blasted Lady Smith , now polished. Great shooters , those 3' J 20170312_155024.jpg frames.
 
Driftwood Johnson said:
Howdy

I guess I'm old fashioned. I never wanted a 357 Magnum J frame. 38 Special is all I care to fire in a J frame.

I found this Model 60 about two years ago. It shipped in 1975 and is 38 Special only.


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Not old fashioned. I have a 1975 M60.
Never a problem. Mine doesn't look as good as yours but it was carried for 40 years. It's in retirement now but still comes out for a range day.
 
Another huge fan of the Model 60. I agree with Driftwood that the J-frame platform is not really suited to the .357 Magnum but works quite well with .38 Special. I have a 60-4, 3" full lug barrel with target sights. It is just a fantastic all-around performer and one of the last I would ever sell.
 
Here is my model 36-6. I have read that S&W only made 615 of these guns. These are the grips from the factory. I didn't get the box or paperwork. I have one other J-Frame 38, a model 637. And 5 other J-Frames in 32 long and 32 mag.

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