Could I see your s&w model 10’s please

ok, i cheated a little with this 1950 masterpiece .38 spl in its original gold box with rod-screw driver.

eastbank said:

ok, i cheated a little with this 1950 masterpiece .38 spl in its original gold box with rod-screw driver.

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What is the screw driver for?

Here's a 10-6 I bought from my neighbor a few years ago.


I got this 10-5 when my Father passed.

I bought a 10-10 and 10-14 NY DOC trade ins for $330/ea. two years ago at LGS. More recently I found a LE trade in Model 64 in great shape for $300. I highly recommend the old Bucheimer "Concealer" holster for K frames like I found on ebay for $17-30 that hold the gun high and tight to your body.

Does a Model 14 count? I think it's just a Model 10 with adjustable sights and a very long barrel.

This one has hardly ever been shot. Its trigger isn't even broken in yet.

Sorry, I have no photos. But I do have a 10-5 with a square butt and a 2 inch barrel. Turning plum on the barrel and cylinder.

I've had a few over the years, this is the only one I have left:

My Step dad was a colonel and pilot in the Air Force.
This model 10-5 was his issued side arm, I believe during the Korean War era.
He left it to me when he passed a few years ago.

My ugly duckling. I still need to finish this project up. 10-6. Super accurate, well balanced, great action. All I have done to it is the red dot and a little bit of cleaning. I did buy a wonderful competition type holster and I still intend to get some additional cylinders to convert it over to 9mm and possibly .380 since my wife shoots .380 and I need more volume in .380 to justify reloading.

the screw drivers were for taking the grips off,and side plate and adjusting the rear sights . the eary drivers bring pretty good money.

J-Bar said:

Thank you.

The heavy barrel is a 10-5 from 1966. It's little brother is a 10-5 from 1963. I imagine I paid more for them than some other folks would, but I don't regret it.

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Heavy barrel with an odd dash number??? I was under the impression that even numbers were heavy and odd numbers were pencil or tapered barrels. I may be wrong.

A model 10 turned into a ppc revolver.

bannockburn said:

No Model 10s though I owned quite a few over the years. My favorite was always the heavy barrel version. All I currently have is a pre-Model 10 that is not a Victory Model as it doesn't have any of the military markings on it and does not have the "V" prefix serial number. More than likely it was a gun assigned to a guard at some bank, defense factory, or non-military installation, somewhere in the U.S.
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I love the way those guns with the slick grips and lanyard ring look. I don't even know why.

Tallball said:

Does a Model 14 count? I think it's just a Model 10 with adjustable sights and a very long barrel.

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If it does I'm going to post a picture of my model 15. Just a model 10 with adjustable sights and a short barrel.

ratshooter

I love the way those guns with the slick grips and lanyard ring look. I don't even know why.

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Me neither but I still get a kick out of looking at it too!

Years ago I went to a weekend gun show, just looking around and came across a blued pre-Model 10 with a 6" barrel. Thought it might make for a decent bedside home defense gun so I haggled a little bit with the old gentleman who had it on his table and got it for around $230-$240. Took it home, cleaned it up, and decided that while the gun was in great shape I really didn't want that long of a barrel.

Went back the next day to the gun show and spotted the gun I have in my post sitting by itself on a table filled mostly with Ruger revolvers. Now this was more like it even if it wasn't a Victory Model! Loved the matte blue finish, plain wood stocks, and that lanyard ring! Knew the table holder and asked him if he was interested in a straight-up trade of my gun for his and surprisingly enough he said Yes!

As I stated in an earlier post, I found this model 10-5 in my dads safe after he passed away. I thought the grips were after market but looking through the box I found the original receipt stating otherwise. Maybe some of you guys can tell me for sure. Any way she was 95.68 out the door[ ATTACH=full]904748[/ATTACH]

This is my model 10-7 C&E revolver. It was a Hong Kong Customs and Excise issue firearm. When I bought it the gun appeared to have never been fired or handled much. The grip panels were in poor shape. I think someone swapped the grips out before the gun was shipped back to the states. I installed the BK “T” grip. I am looking for another set of grips that I can leave the lanyard ring. As it is now my hands are too big and I have to readjust my grip often when shooting it. I was looking at Altamont grips trying to find a set that ends at the bottom of the grip frame that aren’t the same shape as the grips that are on it now. I won’t remove the lanyard ring. I may just leave as is.

I really do like this revolver a lot.

Kinda wish I'd kept this one. Police trade in 10-8 I picked up in 2012 for $125. Ended up selling it to a buddy for $200 to fund another purchase.

Where is armoredman? He always had great pictures of his model 10-8.

You guys are making me want to get another skinny barrel model 10 with 4" barrel. I stupidly sold the one I had marked RHKP. The lanyard was missing but the gun was in good shape with worn grips. But it was a shooter for sure.

ApacheCoTodd said:

I loved they had *Fatso* running his Model 10 snub against the magnum boys in Magnum Force.

Todd.
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Did you know that's John Mitchum brother of Robert Mitchum?

There are always plenty of Model 10's on Gunbroker and if you're patient it isn't difficult to get one for <$300. I'd suggest avoiding the Pre-10's with the half-moon type sights. The 10- Models with the ramp sights are much better.

My 10-7 came from Classic and it's pretty scuffed and scratched but shoots extremely well. My 10-5 came from Gunbroker and is in nicer condition, but has those grips that feel like they were made of 2x2's. I wear one of mine every day while working around the place here and in fact the 10-5 (and me) got a nice hydraulic oil bath when I blew a hydraulic hose on the tractor day before yesterday.



The only pictures I have of mine are those I've already posted on another thread. I should have a little time to shoot tomorrow after work and will try to get additional pics then.

35W

Lord...I don't even know how many Model 10's I've had over the years. At least a dozen. Probably more. And that's not counting Taurus copies, or Colt and Rugers in the same class.

Alas, I don't have any now. I sold off a lot of my stuff as I got older, and have pretty much simplified my inventory. Now the closest thing I have to a Model 10, is a Model 15...a Model 10 with adjustable sights.



It's funny. When I was young, I used to wear out the "Shooter's Bible" just "wishin'". I'd stare at the images of the Model 10 HB and think..."That's the gun I want." It looked like a real gun. That silly thing with those tiny grips and that skinny barrel? Who would have ever wanted one of THOSE?

Well, when I got older, and started using them I completely reversed my opinion. I've owned both and don't care a whit for the heavy barrel version, in Model 10/64, or the Model 13/65. But the tapered barrel Model 10...that just looked and felt "right."

CajunBass, I do regret not choosing one tapered barrel model 10 when I had the chance. I think all the K frames I've handled feel right.