I chose the 4-inch barrel over the too-short-for-serious-work 3-inch and the comically over-sized 6-inch for purely aesthetic reasons. I’d love to say I chose the 65-4 for that brainy reason, but the truth is less impressive: I was a newbie. The suffix “4” designates a 4-inch barrel, which is identical to what ammo manufacturers test their loads in. If it can hold up to Louisiana humidity than the Smith engineers certainly did their jobs. It comes with a nice matte steel finish that resists corrosion and wear. The Model 65 is the big brother of the Model 64, a stainless variant of the Model 13 chambered in. If the boys in blue trusted their lives to the Model 65 than it’s good enough for me. Guns like mine rode on the hips of countless officers for over two decades. The Model 65 is built on S&W’s K-frame, a medium-sized revolver type manufactured from 1972-2004 and marketed primarily to law enforcement. In my case it was a beautiful stainless Smith & Wesson 65-4 revolver chambered in. 22 handed down from your father or granddad’s old 20 gauge, it is a memorable experience. (Photo by Stewart Finkel)Įveryone remembers their first gun. The Smith & Wesson Model 65-4 in all its stainless glory.
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