(I've posted this on another forum as well but I'm spreading the Love!)
Thanks in part to DHart, whose photography helped convince me that I HAD to have a 3" model 13 or 65, I got one today. Traded in two old .22's and a little cash on a model 65 with roundish-looking black pachmayrs. (Actual price in the case was $299.) Funny-I actually was deciding between this one and a 2-1/2" model 66. I really liked that snubby. I came home, dropped the 65 off and had to go out for a while. The whole time I was out I'm thinking I should have gone the other way. But when I got home and brought it out again, I knew I made the right choice.
Can someone help me out with mfr dates, etc.
On the frame, inside the crane is "MOD. 65-3"
On the inside of the crane, (on the crane itself) is a number: "373xx" with a star above the last number. On the base of the grip frame is "AWE27xx" What is the reason for these two different numbers?
It is used, in what I consider very good condition, operationally sound, all function is good and it's tight where it needs to be and there's play where there should be-obviously I'll know better when I fire it but I don't expect any surprises. I bought it from a reputable dealer who will refund in full or take it back in trade for 30 days. My only concern is that-and I'm kicking myself for not noticing earlier-that all three screws, the one in the cylinder release and the two on the side plate, are ever so slightly "buggered". If it's an older unit, it may just be that the previous owner (or one of the many previous owners?) took the plate off with a too small screwdriver, to check it out, spray out some gunk or whatever. If the function proves as good as I expect it to be I won't worrry about it. They are not messed up bad enough to "need" replacing. I didn't even notice it until I started polishing it. I may replace them anyway for vanity's sake.
Anyway, I love the feel and fit of it and I can't wait to shoot it! Again, any basic info is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks in part to DHart, whose photography helped convince me that I HAD to have a 3" model 13 or 65, I got one today. Traded in two old .22's and a little cash on a model 65 with roundish-looking black pachmayrs. (Actual price in the case was $299.) Funny-I actually was deciding between this one and a 2-1/2" model 66. I really liked that snubby. I came home, dropped the 65 off and had to go out for a while. The whole time I was out I'm thinking I should have gone the other way. But when I got home and brought it out again, I knew I made the right choice.
Can someone help me out with mfr dates, etc.
On the frame, inside the crane is "MOD. 65-3"
On the inside of the crane, (on the crane itself) is a number: "373xx" with a star above the last number. On the base of the grip frame is "AWE27xx" What is the reason for these two different numbers?
It is used, in what I consider very good condition, operationally sound, all function is good and it's tight where it needs to be and there's play where there should be-obviously I'll know better when I fire it but I don't expect any surprises. I bought it from a reputable dealer who will refund in full or take it back in trade for 30 days. My only concern is that-and I'm kicking myself for not noticing earlier-that all three screws, the one in the cylinder release and the two on the side plate, are ever so slightly "buggered". If it's an older unit, it may just be that the previous owner (or one of the many previous owners?) took the plate off with a too small screwdriver, to check it out, spray out some gunk or whatever. If the function proves as good as I expect it to be I won't worrry about it. They are not messed up bad enough to "need" replacing. I didn't even notice it until I started polishing it. I may replace them anyway for vanity's sake.
Anyway, I love the feel and fit of it and I can't wait to shoot it! Again, any basic info is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
I will buy more but they're hard to find in 3".
