model 10

Ahh shoot I have my first S&W, a model 19-4 on 10 day waiting and now I want to get a model 10 to keep her company!

I have a late 70s model and love it sooo much it goes almost everywhere with me.

As wnycollector stated, "few good reasons to live in NY". Except cheap revolvers. Picked up a 90 % Model 15 for $190. $125 will get you a holster worn but tight a a tick Model 10 around by me. A 2" Model 10-7 is the wifes choice of home protection. Cannot go wrong with a good 4" Model 10, just cannot! Bill

Go for it. The model 10 is a beautiful thing! And I gave a Sig to my dad and gladly use the 10.

You mean there is still hope? I actually got my wife to hold my M 15. I bought a nickle M 10 with the hope I could get her to adopt it as her own. No luck yet.

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13 years here. Yes there is still hope. Not a Mod.10, but a Mod.19 for her first centerfire target is just as good IMO.

Price is reasonable, they went from $199 to $299 around Central Ohio in the past couple years.

K frames ! 1911Tuner has it right. The classic Model 10 is timeless, likely the perfect HD/SD piece for most users.

Hello. Model 10's and 64's remain particular favorites of mine.

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/model_10_family.htm

Best.

I guess the Model 10 is the AK47 of revolvers. Smith & Wesson made'em by the tens of thousands for decades, and there's no telling how many of'em are out there tucked away in dresser drawers in near-new condition. I remember seeing new ones with $79.95 price tags in the day when Pythons were going for 200-210 dollars. A nice used Model 10 could be had for as little as 35 bucks in those days.

I don't like the heavy barrel versions as much as the ones with tapered barrels. The balance isn't as "right" but I still wouldn't turn one down over that if the price suited me. I have a HB model, and shoot it a lot...but the tapered barrel M10 just does it for me.

For those who like the heavy barrel, the Model 13 is almost as prolific...not that much more expensive...and it gives .357 magnum capability...though it should probably be limited with the full bore, romp'n'stomp stuff. It's still a K-Frame.

I like that, "the AK-47 of revolvers"

Save for the extreme accuracy.

The gun turns good shooters into artists, and rapidly ages "green" shooters into maturity.

And if you can pull the Model 10 from the stone, you will be king... (sorry couldn't resist..... but it really is a gun of nearly magical proportions)

Thought I'd revive this thread long enough to say that I finally made it down to Guns & Ammo Warehouse yesterday to snag one of those Model 10's for $245.

W.E.G. -- thanks again for the heads up, Man!

The one I picked out was a locked model, but between two salesmen and myself, we pretty much concluded it was the most pristine one of the bunch. It had a little bit of finish wear on the barrel but absolutely no dings otherwise -- plus the lockwork was supremely tight, and the trigger pull felt phenomenal. Mine had the "+P" marking on the barrel. I have no great knowledge of rating used gun quality, but I would easily adjudge this a 85-90 percent job...

They had a few pre-lock 10's, but none of them were in nearly comparable condition...

I yam happy...

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My love of M10s will never die. I have two. A M&P pre10 4 inch tapered barrel and the newer M10-14 4 inch heavy barrel. I still shoot both of them the best and with 158 gr LRN they shoot point of aim. They are the Police service revolver. That will never change.

Howard,

10-8 HB, also a 1905 4th change hand ejector long action, and a couple M66's... I never used to appreciate these for what they were back when I was into tactical tupperware. Now I loves me those "K"-frame Smiths!

I was in my local shop last night, and they were showing me a few guns (You know you're a regular when you walk in and they say "I know what you're looking for."). I didn't see anything in particular that jumped out at me, until my wife said "what's that one?" and pointed to the end of the rack.

It turned out to be a near mint S&W 10-5. I say "near" because I don't know enough about them to say it's 100%. It literally looked like it had just come out of the box to me. It had some powder residue on the face of the cylinder and the forcing cone, but not very much. Everything else was absolutly pristine. Just no box or papers.

S/N is D255XXX. 4" pencil barrel, fixed sights, square grip, blue of course. It looks about like the ones 1911 and Roaddog have posted here. Maybe a little better. (JUST KIDDING!) My wife said "That is NICE. You should get that." I himmed and hawwwed a bit...I had said I wasn't going to buy any more for a while. She told me "Just put it on layaway. You might never find another one like it."

I made an offer...they counteroffered just a few bucks more than mine, so I said "Deal...put it on layway." No pictures yet of course, sorry.

Funny. Years ago, I never wanted a pencil barrel Model 10. I thought they looked "quaint and old fashioned." Now the reason I like them is they look "quaint and old fashioned."

Buy It! Do it now!

I'm a revolver loving guy in an auto loading world. I've had my M-10 heavy barrel since 1993. I almost sold it a few months ago.( Why?? Stupid) Thankfully the dealer would only give me $200 for it. Then I shot it again and fell in love all over again.

Sturdy, accurate, beautiful. Better than most women I've married..

I will never, never part with that gun.

Somebody once told me years ago:"Buy quality guns and never ever sell them."

...until my wife said "what's that one?" and pointed to the end of the rack...It turned out to be a near mint S&W 10-5... absolutly pristine.

My wife said "That is NICE. You should get that." I himmed and hawwwed a bit...I had said I wasn't going to buy any more for a while. She told me "Just put it on layaway. You might never find another one like it."

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CajunBass: I hope you didn't "hem or haw" when asking that INCREDIBLE woman to marry you! You'll never find another one like her.

When I can afford to add to my collection a model 10 is on the short list. (4" pencil barrel for me, thanks.) In the past I've leaned toward the k-framed magnums for versatility but I own 3 and haven't fired "full-house" loads thru any of them. ("Target" .38 loads for the range and "Treasury loads" [158 gr.LSWCHP] for defense.) Dad has a 4" M10 and it's a true joy to shoot.

$300 is a very reasonable price. I just picked up a five screw post war 5" M&P transitional a couple days ago for $300. I now own two M&P's and I plan on getting more in the future. I want an M&P/Model 10 snubbie next. Can't go wrong with the Model 10 in my opinion.

Yep . . . everyone needs a "Model 10" . . . which is an M&P after they started calling it by a model number starting in the mid-50s.

Here's a "Model 10" from 1949 that I recently picked up. It is a post-war M&P, called the M&P handejector. This "five screw" one sports a 5" pencil barrel, as well as the post-war hammer-block safety mechanism still used today.

However, it has some features that were later dropped by S&W to save money:

"Diamond" S&W Magna stocks (grips) that were serial numbered to each gun (Smith dropped the diamond stocks in 1968 for a plainer style).
Pinned barrel-to-frame (dropped from production models in 1982 for the "pressed" barrel)
Forged hammers, triggers, etc. (dropped for MIM parts in the early 2000s)
Barrel and cylinder serial numbered and matched to the frame, etc.





I love S&W revolvers from most all ages . . . but I'm being drawn more and more to the pre-80s days and earlier. The M&P Handejector (Model 10) is an iconic revolver . . . and one still much appreciated by their owners!

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W.E.G.,thats not the one you got right? The cylinder is about a 1/4" too low to match the barrel and the flash marks must be a camera issue, rigut? I wouldn't take the one pictured for a fishing anchor! Joke, right?

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At first look I saw it that way to. It's the reflection off the cylinder that gives you an optical illusion.

You guys on the east coast way some good prices on those M10's, out here in Indian country they are a bit higher.

post war pre 10


pre war M&P, target version.


Another pre war target.

I just bought one here for $300 out the door with Pachmayer grips (today!!!) I cant put it down! I cant WAIT to shoot it. Can someone hook me up with some info on sending it back and having it re-finished and tuned? They had about 10 of them there and I had to sort through to find one that was in good condition. I also passed up an alluring Mod. 19. Bull Barrel is good for me

They are great guns and that is a great price.
I have had several including this HB model that was owned by a security guard for twenty years.
He rarely shot it but it was beat and worn on the outside. I had it matte nickeled because I wanted to shoot it in competition.

Dang, I wasn't planning on buying another pistol any time soon, but y'all have gone and put temptation in front of me! The search begins for a Model 10 in SW/Central Florida!

I have three Model 10's, all with 4" barrels. This revolver just feels so natural in my hand. Easy to shoot accurately. So much so that it makes a klutz like me look like I'm a marksman.