padwan
05-31-12, 13:37
A friend recently passed away and left me his Model 60 in .38 Spl. I took possession of the revolver last week and noticed that it had a pinned barrel and chromed hammer & trigger.
This is different from the Smiths I've owned as all of them had case hardened hammers and triggers and none had pinned barrels. (They all had hammer-mounted firing pins though and no locks.)
Based on the limited research I was able to do, this is a pre-'82 production but where between 1965 and 1982 it falls, I cannot tell. SN range is R175xxx.
Would this be safe to use with +P? I've been trying to look for Nyclads in my area but to no avail. The only available fodder is Federal 129gr HS and Blazer 125gr JHP.
I don't intend to shoot +P exclusively but I wanted to know if it was safe to run a couple of cylinders of the hotter stuff every few months.
This is different from the Smiths I've owned as all of them had case hardened hammers and triggers and none had pinned barrels. (They all had hammer-mounted firing pins though and no locks.)
Based on the limited research I was able to do, this is a pre-'82 production but where between 1965 and 1982 it falls, I cannot tell. SN range is R175xxx.
Would this be safe to use with +P? I've been trying to look for Nyclads in my area but to no avail. The only available fodder is Federal 129gr HS and Blazer 125gr JHP.
I don't intend to shoot +P exclusively but I wanted to know if it was safe to run a couple of cylinders of the hotter stuff every few months.