Hello, sorry for the late reply, this one slipped by me somehow.
Prices for BNIB 640 revolvers generally hover a little north of the $600 range. I have a 640-3, which to my knowledge is still the most current dash version, and I paid $599 new for mine a little over a year ago. In general, I see used 640 models in good condition ask around the $500 mark for private sales, maybe a little more if someone has added a front night sight, or after market grips.
I would say between $450 - $500, depending on condition, would be a fair price from what I've seen recently.
Hello, sorry for the late reply, this one slipped by me somehow.
Prices for BNIB 640 revolvers generally hover a little north of the $600 range. I have a 640-3, which to my knowledge is still the most current dash version, and I paid $599 new for mine a little over a year ago. In general, I see used 640 models in good condition ask around the $500 mark for private sales, maybe a little more if someone has added a front night sight, or after market grips.
I would say between $450 - $500, depending on condition, would be a fair price from what I've seen recently.
Thanks. This is a 640-1 for about $475. So in the middle.
How are the DA triggers? Long heavy- yes?
Just don't practice with magnums (this is my thread from 13 years ago):
S&W says "J-Frame 357 is for carry not shooting"! - THR
The problem with this gun is I believe you SHOULD practice with something "in the same ball-park" to the load you carry in it. According to S&W in the conversation I had with them over the phone and in the printed letter they sent me the J-frame .357 Magnum is NOT up to that task.
Unless of course you carry .38 Specials. But if you do that you would be better off carrying a gun chambered in .38. The .38 Special (even the +Ps) have precious little in the way of velocity that it can spare with the triple disadvantage of a barrel-to-cylinder gap AND a long .357 chamber to overcome as it makes it's way to a snub barrel.
My "training" is thus:
New gun - shoot 200 rounds of range ammo/ball through gun without a cleaning. In same session shoot 50 rounds of my carry/HD load through it. If gun does the above with no problems I deem it fit to carry and/or load up for home defense. Of course I won't load up for defense with a piece unless/until I can keep a 5-10 shot group on a standard paper plate at 10 yards.
After the above is satisfied I try to go to the range (I'm a Redbrush member) at least once a month (usually comes out more like every 6 weeks) where I will do 50 (revolvers)-100 (autos) in a session. I will only shoot ONE gun per range session. I clean/lube said gun the same day I shoot it. I don't like holstering dirty guns so I like to have two identical carry guns that I can swap out each session (one to carry and one to shoot). My main (and practically ONLY) interest in guns is for defensive use. I've never hunted and probably never will unless I have to!