My dad just bought a S&W M64-8 yesterday from a local shop. He was told that the revolver was a trade in from some LE agency but we don't know what agency it might be. The revolver is in great condition with the exception that "TR-4" is scratched/poorly electro-penciled into the sideplate and the frame under the cylinder on the left side and the shop owner told us that all the revolvers from that contract had been similarly marked except for one. Does anyone know what agency this revolver might have come from? I'm guessing it's most likely a prison system as prisons are the only LE agencies I know of still using revolvers in large numbers at such a late date (the -8, from what I can tell, was introduced in 2004), but any input would be appreciated.
S&W M64 Trade In?
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collector rob
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On Guns America there are a bunch of 64-8 and 64-5 for sale currently. They are Ohio DOC trade-ins, and some are marked with a facility ID also. Might be one of those.
That would certainly make sense. As I said before, my best guess is that these were issued to prison guards and the Ohio DOC would certainly be consistent with that theory. Are the facility ID's you mentioned marked on the guns a full name or simply a short abbreviation. As I mentioned earlier, the only markings on the gun other than what would be expected on any normal production M64 is "TR4" scratched into both sides of the gun.
collector rob
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From what I read in the ad for the revolvers it was a "ManCI", which according to the Ohio DOC map stands for Mansfield Correctional Institute.
They had several revolvers for sale from Ohio and others may be marked differently.
There is a Trumbull Correctional Institution, but their abbrev is TCI on the map.
http://www.drc.ohio.gov/web/prisprog.htm
They had several revolvers for sale from Ohio and others may be marked differently.
There is a Trumbull Correctional Institution, but their abbrev is TCI on the map.
http://www.drc.ohio.gov/web/prisprog.htm
At first, we thought that might be a possibility, but the abbreviation is scratched in pretty deep. Honestly, its really not that big a deal anyway as the gun was purchased to be a "working" revolver for my younger sister once she's old enough to carry, so some small cosmetic defects don't matter so long as the gun is in good mechanical condition (it is) and the price is right (it was).
Know anybody with the initials TR that currently owns three guns? 
You might try having something engraved over the initials. Or, just live with it, as you seem to have done. ITs no big deal. We see these things as really neat, somewhat collectible items. In reality, they were just tools. Nobody cared what someone down the road would think of the engraving, it was just to make some quarter masters job easier.
You might try having something engraved over the initials. Or, just live with it, as you seem to have done. ITs no big deal. We see these things as really neat, somewhat collectible items. In reality, they were just tools. Nobody cared what someone down the road would think of the engraving, it was just to make some quarter masters job easier.
