Posted: 3/16/2009 7:42:50 AM EDT
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Did Smith DAO k frames ever come with the hammer spur?
Picked up a 64-3 this weekend. Three inch, round butt. Got it home and discovered it was DAO (gun show rule, all triggers and hammers are tied down). Not a deal killer, it will be used mostly as a double action. My initial thought was someone converted it to DAO, law enforcement most likely. Popped the side plate and pulled the hammer out. I could find no obvious signs of trigger work. In my experience most DAO Smith wheelguns had the bobbed hammer,but with Smith you never know. Gun appears all but unfired. Serial number puts it at 1988 production, last year of the dash 3. My copy of the Smith book did not shed any light onto this. Thanks |
Yep. I have a 66-5 that is DAO and has a hammer spur. It was originally ordered by a canadian police agency. It's the 4" gun in the pic.
If the show or the owner of the gun wouldn't let me cut the tie to try the action/check timing/check lockup/endshake/check the forcing cone/Check the topstrap there is no way in hell I would buy a revolver at a gun show. |
