Description
Item Description
**Japanese Service Revolver**
Model: 360J Airweight
Serial: CZV3053
Caliber: .38 Special +P
Finish: Black PVD
Barrel Length: 1.875"
Optics/Sights: Pinned XS Night Sight Front / Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Textured Synthetic w/ S&W Logos
Action: Double
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Smith & Wesson 360J is a .38 special only version of Smith & Wesson’s scandium added aluminum alloy J frame revolvers. As of 2006 this revolver beat out competing designs by SIG SAUER, GLOCK and Beretta to become the standard sidearm of the Japanese police. Japanese procurement numbers of the 360J are now in the tens of thousands. Every other year production overruns hit the domestic market, making this the cheapest scandium revolver S&W has offered commercially in the US.
The 360J is considered a variant of the Airlite PD line in Japan although its technical specs are much closer to the later M&P variant of the 360, which the 360J chronologically precedes. It is a standard 5 shot J-frame and sports a 1.8 inch barrel with a stainless steel liner. The titanium cylinder of the PD was replaced with a stainless steel cylinder with PVD finish. The change was justified due to not needing the .357 Magnum chambering, this is .38 special only, and as a matter of economy.
The 360J has a standard ramp front sight, also as a matter of economy. The three-finger grip, made by Minebea, has an integral lanyard ring; the frame is modified to fit a stud that holds the ring. Unlike many police guns the trigger weight is stock, the trigger is the same as any other off the shelf S&W J-frame. It retains the scandium frame of the PD line; it’s everything the Japanese police wanted without anything they didn’t need.
The 360J’s markings are of some interest and worth briefly explaining since when it hit the US market in 2008 these were unlike any other scandium frame. Of course under the cylinder yoke you’ll find its model designation 360J, and serial number, making these easy to identify. The serial number replaces the S&W logo under the cylinder latch, as the usual location, on the grip frame, would be covered up by the Japanese grip.
The 360J is also marked as an Airweight unlike the PD which is marked Airlite. The likely reason for this is the change in cylinder material, but a little speculation on my part is that it is suggestive of the M37, which although never adopted was well liked in the Japanese police community.
Contents:
This example will ship with the factory labeled S&W box and all other contents pictured above!
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