The Model number says MOD. 60
The right side of the barrel says .38 S&W. SPL.
The left side of the barrel says SMITH & WESSON
Thanks to a member on a message board I frequent, I now know that the revolver left the factory in July of 1987.
Unlike modern S&W revolvers the firing pin is where is should be (on the hammer) and there is no lock built into the firearm.
I have a respectable collection of firearms. This has got to be the most important one.[/I]
As far as a review is concerned this thing is the smoothest double action revolver I have ever shot. It's accurate and has a perfect balance for it's size. My experience with this MOD. 60 is that it is quite possibly the perfect gun. While I understand that this is only my personal opinion I feel it necessary to explain my bias to this particular MOD.60
Well my father came by my house and handed it to me. He told me that he knew I always liked it growing up and he wanted me to have it. He had just retired from 30+ years with the sheriffs office. My father thought I was dropping hints that I wanted the revolver if he should retire because I had recently been calling him on a daily basis to talk about guns. The truth is I was fishing for information, because my brother, sister and myself where shopping around for a retirement gift for him. We had planned for everyone to be at my house for dinner. My siblings and I were going to tell our father how much we appreciated him working so hard for so long to help give up a comfortable life growing up. Then we were going to give him a very clean, pre-lock S&W 442 I had picked up earlier that week.
Imagine my surprise when my dad preempted this little ceremony by giving me his Model. 60.
It means a lot that my father gave me this revolver, seeings how it seemed he was never without it growing up. When I have time I will take some photos of it in this ankle holster he had.
Sitting here on the table, in this holster I can remember my father wearing this on his ankle everywhere we went when I was a kid. I would ask him why, and he would tell me "How else are we going to fight off the Indians". I was into The Lone Ranger at the time so this made perfect since to me. I could relate, The Lone Ranger was a hero just like my dad. As far as I can remember this is one of the most tender moments between my father and I as a kid. Memories like that, make me look forward to having my own children.
It is crazy that firearms are able to bring back memories like this.
As my primary pocket carry gun I have swapped out the grips for some rubber Uncle Mikes to help keep the snubby from sliding around. But every once in a while I pull out my fathers old wooden grips and swap them back on to the MOD. 60 and in a blink of an eye I am suddenly eight years old again.
The right side of the barrel says .38 S&W. SPL.
The left side of the barrel says SMITH & WESSON
Thanks to a member on a message board I frequent, I now know that the revolver left the factory in July of 1987.
Unlike modern S&W revolvers the firing pin is where is should be (on the hammer) and there is no lock built into the firearm.
I have a respectable collection of firearms. This has got to be the most important one.[/I]
As far as a review is concerned this thing is the smoothest double action revolver I have ever shot. It's accurate and has a perfect balance for it's size. My experience with this MOD. 60 is that it is quite possibly the perfect gun. While I understand that this is only my personal opinion I feel it necessary to explain my bias to this particular MOD.60
Well my father came by my house and handed it to me. He told me that he knew I always liked it growing up and he wanted me to have it. He had just retired from 30+ years with the sheriffs office. My father thought I was dropping hints that I wanted the revolver if he should retire because I had recently been calling him on a daily basis to talk about guns. The truth is I was fishing for information, because my brother, sister and myself where shopping around for a retirement gift for him. We had planned for everyone to be at my house for dinner. My siblings and I were going to tell our father how much we appreciated him working so hard for so long to help give up a comfortable life growing up. Then we were going to give him a very clean, pre-lock S&W 442 I had picked up earlier that week.
Imagine my surprise when my dad preempted this little ceremony by giving me his Model. 60.
It means a lot that my father gave me this revolver, seeings how it seemed he was never without it growing up. When I have time I will take some photos of it in this ankle holster he had.
Sitting here on the table, in this holster I can remember my father wearing this on his ankle everywhere we went when I was a kid. I would ask him why, and he would tell me "How else are we going to fight off the Indians". I was into The Lone Ranger at the time so this made perfect since to me. I could relate, The Lone Ranger was a hero just like my dad. As far as I can remember this is one of the most tender moments between my father and I as a kid. Memories like that, make me look forward to having my own children.
It is crazy that firearms are able to bring back memories like this.
As my primary pocket carry gun I have swapped out the grips for some rubber Uncle Mikes to help keep the snubby from sliding around. But every once in a while I pull out my fathers old wooden grips and swap them back on to the MOD. 60 and in a blink of an eye I am suddenly eight years old again.
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Got lots of good wear on it.
