S&W M64 4" 38 Special -1 ?

[Sir William]

I have found a pile of these in a used display. A pinned barrel, assorted grips, fixed sights, good actions and matte top heavy 4" barrel. What would you think of them? -1 IIRC was the change of ejector threads to solve the unscrewing of the ejector rod. Any opinions?

 

[sabre]

The change to left hand threads on the extractor rod was made around 1960, about 10 years before the M64 was introduced. On some/most of the earlier blued guns the -1 was the thread change. The -1 on the M64 was the introduction of the heavy barrel (instead of the tapered barrel). Basically, the M64 is a stainless steel M10, a good solid & reliable 38 SPL with the strength to easily handle +P ammo. If you don't need more than the 38 SPL has to offer, it would be hard to imagine a better home/truck/general bang around revolver than the M64.

Bill

 

[tomgow29]

I have a 2" model 64 that I enjoy very much. I would love to find a 4" to go with it. It is the gun that I have the most fun with just banging away at the range

 

[Sir William]

What CAN I say? I was around for the -1 blued ejector rod change. I didn't know that the -1 change in the M64 was a barrel change. I learned something. I have a M65-5 HB 4". I figured a M64 would be a nice companion. I figure I can get the M64-1, a G&G duty holster and some Pachmayrs for $280.00 OTD.