Those that follow my ramblings are just as surprised as I am.
I just bought a Smith Shield 9 ($280) last week, after selling my Walther PPS LE ($300) and I already had bought a Smith 64-7 ($400) to replace my Smith 10-8 police special ($275).
I am not in buying mode, and I even have my Ruger LC9 for sale now, but yet here I sit with two S/W 64 38 SS 4" revolvers.
I ran across the gun days ago and had my eye on it and the price was right, but I didn't need it (just bought one for $400), but the price dropped a little and I just lost control.
I told my wife not to worry, I'd sell one of them when I decide which one to keep.
It is a model 64-8 38 special +p, not a police trade in, and bought it from the original owner with not many shells through it, stayed in the safe.
My other one is a 64-7 and doesn't say +p on the barrel like the "new" one, or the 64-8 says.
1st one: 2nd one:
64-7 64-8
4" barrel 4" barrel
barrel says: .38 S.&W. Special CTG. barrel says: .38 S&W SPL. +P
grips: expose the metal 3/4 the way down grip: covers the back "spine" and has the screw that goes through the middle of the handle
the "back" or "spine" and has a screw
in the bottom of the grip and the word,
Hogue
Note: the ends of the barrels look a little different.
The 64-7 has a different look at the very end being a smooth rounded edge.
The 64-8 looks a little bigger (b/c +P??) and there is a rib (circular edge like an insert in the barrel) around the end of the barrel.
Sorry I don't have the terminology or the expertise to communicate it well.
I'd send pics but that take a bit and I'm going to bed. If anyone wants to see, let me know.
They are both essentially the same to this novice.
Should I keep the one that says: +9?
I thought the other one could be used with +P, even if it didn't say so on the barrel.
Is there any advantage to the 64-7 or 64-8 models?
I suppose the 64-8 is newer?
I would not know which was 64-7 or 64-8 to look at them except in a descriptor telling of the differences I mentioned.
Do you tell b/c of serial numbers.
When it comes to selling, is one worth more than the other?
I just bought a Smith Shield 9 ($280) last week, after selling my Walther PPS LE ($300) and I already had bought a Smith 64-7 ($400) to replace my Smith 10-8 police special ($275).
I am not in buying mode, and I even have my Ruger LC9 for sale now, but yet here I sit with two S/W 64 38 SS 4" revolvers.
I ran across the gun days ago and had my eye on it and the price was right, but I didn't need it (just bought one for $400), but the price dropped a little and I just lost control.
I told my wife not to worry, I'd sell one of them when I decide which one to keep.
It is a model 64-8 38 special +p, not a police trade in, and bought it from the original owner with not many shells through it, stayed in the safe.
My other one is a 64-7 and doesn't say +p on the barrel like the "new" one, or the 64-8 says.
1st one: 2nd one:
64-7 64-8
4" barrel 4" barrel
barrel says: .38 S.&W. Special CTG. barrel says: .38 S&W SPL. +P
grips: expose the metal 3/4 the way down grip: covers the back "spine" and has the screw that goes through the middle of the handle
the "back" or "spine" and has a screw
in the bottom of the grip and the word,
Hogue
Note: the ends of the barrels look a little different.
The 64-7 has a different look at the very end being a smooth rounded edge.
The 64-8 looks a little bigger (b/c +P??) and there is a rib (circular edge like an insert in the barrel) around the end of the barrel.
Sorry I don't have the terminology or the expertise to communicate it well.
I'd send pics but that take a bit and I'm going to bed. If anyone wants to see, let me know.
They are both essentially the same to this novice.
Should I keep the one that says: +9?
I thought the other one could be used with +P, even if it didn't say so on the barrel.
Is there any advantage to the 64-7 or 64-8 models?
I suppose the 64-8 is newer?
I would not know which was 64-7 or 64-8 to look at them except in a descriptor telling of the differences I mentioned.
Do you tell b/c of serial numbers.
When it comes to selling, is one worth more than the other?