S&W 610 is a keeper

Very cool, CarJunkieLS1! This one is on the Short List, for sure.
Nice target, now let's see the 610!

Very nice! A 610 has always been high on my wish list.

I’ve got a pair of Ruger single actions chambered in 10mm. You might be surprised at the effective range of the 10mm from a revolver. I can hit a 10”x12” plate at 50 yards offhand pretty easily, and at 100 about half of the time.

I sold my 610 a year ago. It was the most accurate double action revolver I have ever owned, even better than my Lew Horton M-29 with 6" full underlug barrel, silhouette sights and un fluted cylinder. It was just bigger than I wanted. Wish they made them on the "L" frame. Currently the most accurate revolver I own is a FA 353.

My Gp100 Match Champion 10mm revolver is the most accurate handguns I own. And I own a lot of handguns...

I have the same revolver, a 610-3 w/6.5" barrel, and yeah it's a real tack driver with any kind of improvised rest or something to brace against. I've shot many balloons at 100+ yards with mine, using both 10mm and .40S&W.

I have a 610 no dash with an 8 3/8" barrel.
This is the pistol I want to be buried with.

Excellent shooter, amazingly accurate, completely irreplaceable!!
Besides the children won't miss one will they?

tommy.duncan said:

I have a 610 no dash with an 8 3/8" barrel.
This is the pistol I want to be buried with.

Excellent shooter, amazingly accurate, completely irreplaceable!!
Besides the children won't miss one will they?

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Totally unrelated, but where exactly are you planning on being laid to rest, and how is the soil up there?

tommy.duncan said:

I have a 610 no dash with an 8 3/8" barrel.
This is the pistol I want to be buried with.

Excellent shooter, amazingly accurate, completely irreplaceable!!
Besides the children won't miss one will they?

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Did not know they made a 8-3/8-inch 610. I though all the no dash 610's were either 3-7/8-inch or 6.5-inch The new ones are 4-inch and 6.5-inch.



This is my 610 (no-dash) 6.5-inch. This is my hunting rig but I originally bought my 610 for USPSA Revolver division and spend about five years shooting it in Competition. When I upgraded to a 625 and then shortly after that the rule changes drove me to a 627 the 610 became my hunting revolver. I picked up a M29 (configured the same as the 610, 6.5-inch full under-lug barrel) and now that will be my hunting revolver and I am not sure how much the old 610 will get used.

mcb said:

Did not know they made a 8-3/8-inch 610. I though all the no dash 610's were either 3-7/8-inch or 6.5-inch

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You are correct it is a 6.5" barrel. I confused it with my 8 3/8" 357 mag.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Totally unrelated, but where exactly are you planning on being laid to rest, and how is the soil up there?

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The soil digs pretty easy, it would be better in the spring when the ground is wet. Lol

I had one for a while. Good shooter but "Gawd awful" muzzle heavy. It's with a new owner now and both are happy

I am glad to see I am not the odd or ugly duckling well I may still be ugly but not odd but I am still not alone LOL. I just love a 10MM in a revolver. I am so blessed to have friends that love the 10MM also and have loaned me many of them to test and evaluate. http://www.dayattherange.com/?page_id=6173

Ahhh 10MM Revolvers --- I can't believe how many choices there are today. Thanks for sharing yours with us.

Yeah, 10mm seems to lend itself well to wheelguns. Of all my handguns, I am most accurate with my 610. It's almost effortless at longer distances compared to my autos.

This is sort of my dream revolver but also S&W needs to respond to the relatively new Ruger GP100 in 10mm Auto with an L-frame in 10mm Auto. I love my S&W 610 but the N-frame is really too big for only a 6-shots of little old 10mm Auto. (you could make it a 7-shooter on an N-frame if you wanted) but I would love to have an L-frame as a 6-shot 10mm Auto. S&W almost got there year ago with the S&W 646 a 6-shot L-frame in 40S&W but the titanium cylinder made 10mm Auto less than optimal due to extraction issues, it was probabilistic enough with 40S&W as it was.

Ideally it would start with a fixed sight 681 frame with a 4-inch slab-side under-lugged barrel, round butt, flutted cylinder and chambered for 10mm Auto. That would be one of the finest combat revolvers ever conceived. I would take an adjustable sight L-frame (think 686) but there is something about fixed sights on a moderate sized "combat" revolver that I really like.

We have two Ruger 10mm revolvers and both are really accurate. This is a great revolver cartridge.

tommy.duncan said:

I have a 610 no dash with an 8 3/8" barrel.
This is the pistol I want to be buried with.

Excellent shooter, amazingly accurate, completely irreplaceable!!
Besides the children won't miss one will they?

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Please send me the contact info of your next-of-kin. You won't know if the gun is in the casket.
And I will even plant watermelon on your grave!

I have a couple of pre- lock 610s, except for the moon clips, they're a ton of fun to shoot.