someguy2800
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Did smith and wesson ever make a 3 inch J frame in 38 special with adjustable sights? What model? I've always wanted a 3" model 60 but with a 38 only cylinder.
Did smith and wesson ever make a 3" j frame in 38 with adjustable sights?
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someguy2800
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Bingo! Now that I know what to look for I see 2 of them on gunbroker. Thanks
BobWright
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Many years ago a friend of mine, an auxilliary deputy (so he claimed. I had doubts) had such a blue revolver. I believe it was all blueed steel, not alloy. Factory or custom installation, I never knew.
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J-Bar
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I got a stainless one, pictured here with its big brother, a 686. Someone traded it in on a Glock, along with the box and papers. Very shootable. Notice absence of lock.
NIGHTLORD40K
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The Chiefs Special Target-
Most were marked as Model 36s but some 580 or so were marked as Model 50s and those are hot collectors items. I've seen a handful of the M36 Targets over the years. Bizarrely enough, they also made a 2" version with the adjustable sights.
Here's my wife's....I bought it for her Christmas present in '92 or '93. It's a Model 36-6, .38 Special with SN: BEA 23xx. I don't recall which grips came standard on it, but she's fond of the same vintage S&W finger groove combats. It's a great shooter which we've both carried for the last 31 years. These Pachmayr's are a bit sticky feeling and not the best match for it. The lower gun is a Model 63 sporting the aforementioned Smith Combat grips. Best regards, Rod
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As others have mentioned, yes, S&W did make such a revolver. A few decades ago, I also made one, not stainless but blued. I used a S&W Model 36-1 and installed a S&W J frame adjustable sight. It was a great little revolver!
Kevin
Here is an Ashland Distributers Model 60-1 (38 Special) with factory adjustable sights. It is one of 660 that Ashland ordered in the summer of 1985.
Not a 3" barrel, but S&W may have made some 3" guns with adjustable sights for someone.
Not a 3" barrel, but S&W may have made some 3" guns with adjustable sights for someone.
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gbw
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My 60-4 3” has a target hammer and trigger, both are quite wide and made from case hardened carbon steel. Rest of gun is stainless. I put a set of S&W ‘Banana’ stocks on it, It’s one of my favorite revolvers.
Bazoo
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I had no idea such a gun existed. It is a very handsome model though, and I'd love to have one. Thanks all for sharing both information and pictures.
Charlie98
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Yes, I bought one for my mom may years ago... 1992 or thereabouts...
Lower left in photo... .38SPC only, not the later .357. It WAS a shooter...
ETA: Looks like J-Bar has one, too. He did the right thing, however, the stock Uncle Mike's grips were horrible if you had bigger hands.... mom did not, and she could out-shoot me with it, with loads I loaded for her. That doesn't seem fair...
Lower left in photo... .38SPC only, not the later .357. It WAS a shooter...
ETA: Looks like J-Bar has one, too. He did the right thing, however, the stock Uncle Mike's grips were horrible if you had bigger hands.... mom did not, and she could out-shoot me with it, with loads I loaded for her. That doesn't seem fair...
Dave DeLaurant
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Just got one a few months back. The .38 M60 is on top, it's later .357 Pro Series brother below:
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I have a 3” full lug model 60, but it’s a .357 magnum.
357smallbore
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I have this gun. Marked as a 36-1
Dated back to 1976
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I have to ask…What’s on the bullets of those cartridges? It almost looks like polymer with gold flakes when I look at them enlarged on my iPhone.
It might be from the drool on my phone over that model 60.
That’s a nice set up.
J-Bar
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Good eye! And thanks for drooling!
I lube homecast lead bullets with a light wash of diluted Lee Liquid Alox, dried quickly with a hair blow dryer, then sprinkled with a dusting of cornstarch to eliminate the stickiness. I can load them immediately rather than waiting a day for the Alox to dry. But it does make them look grungy.
Most folks use way too much Alox. I dilute the original goo with mineral spirits about 1 part Alox to 10 parts mineral spirits, and use a dab to get a slight color change on the bullets, tumbling and drying by hand in a plastic bowl. No leading with low power loads. And as I said I can use them immediately without worrying about contaminating the small powder charge.
Even with this small amount of Alox on the bullet I still have to clean my seating and crimping dies (Dillon) about every 1000 rounds or so. I use mineral spirits for that also.
More than you wanted to know, I'm sure.
I lube homecast lead bullets with a light wash of diluted Lee Liquid Alox, dried quickly with a hair blow dryer, then sprinkled with a dusting of cornstarch to eliminate the stickiness. I can load them immediately rather than waiting a day for the Alox to dry. But it does make them look grungy.
Most folks use way too much Alox. I dilute the original goo with mineral spirits about 1 part Alox to 10 parts mineral spirits, and use a dab to get a slight color change on the bullets, tumbling and drying by hand in a plastic bowl. No leading with low power loads. And as I said I can use them immediately without worrying about contaminating the small powder charge.
Even with this small amount of Alox on the bullet I still have to clean my seating and crimping dies (Dillon) about every 1000 rounds or so. I use mineral spirits for that also.
More than you wanted to know, I'm sure.
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