Polishing stainless steel to remove scratches?

[Martinjmpr]

I think it looks horrible, and you should send it to me so it can help my model 66 look better. This is some great info that I believe I may use as well. My model 66 has been used and carried, but I love it, and I think sending it back to Smith and Wesson is an excellent idea. Thank you for the topic.


P.S. if you need my address to send it to, PM me, I can take care of the BG check. Nice little gun, and I would love to find one, one of these days.

I got this one about 7 years ago from J&G Sales in AZ. I think it was maybe $265. Part of a bulk sale, I'm guessing from either a police department or security company that traded in their revolvers for semi-autos.

To restore it shouldn’t be any more difficult than having a standard hammer installed. Smith can restore the original semi brushed finish but there are more than a few local quality gunsmiths than can do so as well. A good friend has one of the NY-1 2” 64s that looked pretty bad after he got it. TJ’s in Aurora did a great job on the finish as well as installing a red ramp-3 week turnaround last year.

Yours isn’t terribly collectible (unless it’s from NYPD to le gun collectors) so do what makes you happy.

Yeah, it's definitely not a "collector" piece but I don't want to diminish any residual value it might have, regardless.

OP- are you seeing a trend here?

Send it to S&W

Yup, I'm getting that!

BTW I was quite surprised when I went onto the S&W web page and saw that the M-64 is still in production? At least it appears so as it has an MSRP listed:

https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/model-64

I had thought they "retired" all the old K frame .38 caliber guns in favor of the NEW! IMPROVED! J and L frame platforms but I guess not.

[encorehunter]

I got this one about 7 years ago from J&G Sales in AZ. I think it was maybe $265. Part of a bulk sale, I'm guessing from either a police department or security company that traded in their revolvers for semi-autos

I ordered 5 model 10s from Sportsmans Superstore about 6 years ago when they had them on sale for $200 each. I waited two weeks, nothing. I called them, they said they will be shipped in a week. I called them two weeks later, nothing. It took me almost two months to get my money back from them. I've been looking for a 4" .38 since then. (Or two or three, great truck/camper guns.)