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S&W 60
- Thread starter ArmySon
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I've forgotten if a 60 is airweight. If it is then it's aluminum. You can shoot +p thru it but it will loosen up eventually. If you don't put +p thru it as a regular diet then it would be o.k. Or at least that was the consensus when I was active in the field. All steel guns on the other hand can handle +P with no problem.
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Mike in VA
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I have a M60 in stainless chambered in .357 (so .38 +P isn't an issue), never heard of an airweight version. Yours is likely all steel, should be fine with +P. Good luck, M2
The new ones are made for .357 so obviously +P would not be a problem. Look on the side of the gun, the older ones say .38 and the new ones say .357.
Even the older ones should be fine, as they are all steel, the model 60 has always been all steel as far as I know. It is the airweights and airlites that are not recommended for +P but these would not be a model 60.
Even the older ones should be fine, as they are all steel, the model 60 has always been all steel as far as I know. It is the airweights and airlites that are not recommended for +P but these would not be a model 60.
You probably want to write S&W (with the SN) unless you KNOW it's a new gun. They used to say "no" to +Ps even with these steel frames, but then they said "occasional use is okay," and they probably now say it's fine.
If it were my gun (and I'm not recommending you do this), I'd probably shoot +Ps a few times for practice, and carry them, but I'd do almost all shooting with regular .38 spl.
If it were my gun (and I'm not recommending you do this), I'd probably shoot +Ps a few times for practice, and carry them, but I'd do almost all shooting with regular .38 spl.
As far as I know, the model 60 came in 2 versions: the .38 with the 1 7/8 inch barrel, and the .357 with the 2 1/8 inch barrel (I have a .357).
They are J-frames, and while they made J-frames in Airlite and Airweight versions, I don't believe they were called the model 60. For example, my titanium is the 342ti.
Anyway, unless the barrel says .38 +p (or .357), I wouldn't shoot +p's out of it unless I got the OK from the factory.
They are J-frames, and while they made J-frames in Airlite and Airweight versions, I don't believe they were called the model 60. For example, my titanium is the 342ti.
Anyway, unless the barrel says .38 +p (or .357), I wouldn't shoot +p's out of it unless I got the OK from the factory.
BTW, it's stainless. The model number stamped inside the yoke cut is 60-9. In the manual I got with it, 60-9 is not listed.
I don't plan on carrying it around. I just was finding out all the capabilities of this little beauty. Sweet little revolver.
[This message has been edited by ArmySon (edited August 17, 2000).]
I don't plan on carrying it around. I just was finding out all the capabilities of this little beauty. Sweet little revolver.
[This message has been edited by ArmySon (edited August 17, 2000).]
Son,
You have the later version. It is just fine with .38+P because it's rated for .357 magnum.
Mine is the old version in .38 special only and they don't recommend a steady diet of +P for mine.
They are both EXCEPTIONAL snubbies and far more accurate than they deserve to be.
Mikey
You have the later version. It is just fine with .38+P because it's rated for .357 magnum.
Mine is the old version in .38 special only and they don't recommend a steady diet of +P for mine.
They are both EXCEPTIONAL snubbies and far more accurate than they deserve to be.
Mikey
I went and checked. Model 60 is stainless steel. I checked and they can handle +P's(And since yours is a 357 it is surely o.k. to put +P thru it.) I get the numbers mixed up sometimes. Sorry about that.
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