I let a model 10 get away...

[Old Dog]

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Indeed!

(As an aside, even with as many video games and motion pictures highlighting semiauto pistols, I'm finding that a lot of teenagers gravitate toward the revolvers when we have family shooting outings... rays of hope on the horizon, perhaps)

 

[SKILCZ]

So the other day I was hanging out with my buddy's boys, 12 and 15, and my 10 yr old son, talking guns. Turned into a show and tell, with all the handguns out of the safe. I was teaching them about the difference between action designs, when the 15 yr old (almost 16) picked up my 6" model 10-5 and says " now this is what a revolver should look like!" He's practically drooling over it, so I show him how nice the trigger is, and he wistfully says, "I need a s&w in my life..." It hit me that he was experiencing the same reaction I had to a model 29 that became my first revolver when I was 18.
He asked how much it was worth, and where to get one. I told him that even with the minor cosmetic issues it was about $500 bucks. He visibly deflated, and I told him I'd sell it to him for the $300 I paid for it 5 years ago. He got super excited, talked it over with his dad, and gave me the cash a few days later.
His dad took him out yesterday to shoot it and the boy is hooked forever. I will miss the old 6", but we have another s&w addict in the fold. Gonna hook him up with some dies and help him get started loading and casting for the old model 10.

I wish I grew up with you as a family friend!

 

[rs525]

As long as he learns to use it responsibly and be safe with it, not to mention supervised, I think it's a good choice.

 

[adcoch1]

Just curious--- Is it legal to sell a pistol to a 15yr old in Centralia Washington?

I can sell it to his dad who can let him use it...

 

[TheotherMikeG]

Selling him the gun was a good deed. Getting him set up and teaching him to hand load is a blessing and a lifetime gift. Well done, sir.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I let a model 10 get away...

This guy can help you with that.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/smith-and-wesson-model-10-5.906737/

 

[Alte Schule]

Can’t go wrong with a Model 10. Five inch nickel pencil barrel and 4 inch Pre Model. Both great shooters.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Saw a 10-7 in the case at a gun store I frequent. Fair condition cosmetically - I didn't handle it - $320 on consignment. Looked like it had been rode hard and put up wet a few times but other than that, an honest Model 10 in shooter grade condition. It's not for me, though. I'm done with 10's. They're good guns but it's time for the next generation to learn their mystique.

 

[adcoch1]

Can’t go wrong with a Model 10. Five inch nickel pencil barrel and 4 inch Pre Model. Both great shooters.
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That nickel one is sweet...

 

[1-12 INF (M)]

Most excellent story! The Model 10 is the perfect revolver. And, since revolvers are the perfect guns, that makes the Model 10 the Perfect Gun!

 

[Smaug]

There's no better way to let it get away. It's definitely better than dying with it and having it get auctioned off to God knows who.
Classy move.

 

[adcoch1]

His little brother hit me up for my other one yesterday... Had to turn him down, but I've got my eyes out for another for him if I can find a deal...my oldest son claimed the one I still have, and my little guy will need one as well. Model 10s are popular around here all of a sudden!

 

[Ted100]

So the other day I was hanging out with my buddy's boys, 12 and 15, and my 10 yr old son, talking guns. Turned into a show and tell, with all the handguns out of the safe. I was teaching them about the difference between action designs, when the 15 yr old (almost 16) picked up my 6" model 10-5 and says " now this is what a revolver should look like!" He's practically drooling over it, so I show him how nice the trigger is, and he wistfully says, "I need a s&w in my life..." It hit me that he was experiencing the same reaction I had to a model 29 that became my first revolver when I was 18.
He asked how much it was worth, and where to get one. I told him that even with the minor cosmetic issues it was about $500 bucks. He visibly deflated, and I told him I'd sell it to him for the $300 I paid for it 5 years ago. He got super excited, talked it over with his dad, and gave me the cash a few days later.
His dad took him out yesterday to shoot it and the boy is hooked forever. I will miss the old 6", but we have another s&w addict in the fold. Gonna hook him up with some dies and help him get started loading and casting for the old model 10.

You should be ashamed! You corrupted yet another young person with the gift of the REVOLVER.

I remember when I was about 15. A friend of our family was a Ruger collector and showed me a Single Action 4 5/8", stainless steel Ruger Blackhawk. I was mesmerized by the stainless finish, the way the action clicked when I cocked the hammer, the way the front sight sat on the barrel. Very much drool worthy. I quickly ran out and got a job (at 15) at fast food joint and saved every nickel I earned to purchase a . . . Smith and Wesson Model 29 8 3/8" blued revolver. Your story kind of reminded me of that wonderful, youthful corruption!

 

[adcoch1]

You should be ashamed! You corrupted yet another young person with the gift of the REVOLVER.

I remember when I was about 15. A friend of our family was a Ruger collector and showed me a Single Action 4 5/8", stainless steel Ruger Blackhawk. I was mesmerized by the stainless finish, the way the action clicked when I cocked the hammer, the way the front sight sat on the barrel. Very much drool worthy. I quickly ran out and got a job (at 15) at fast food joint and saved every nickel I earned to purchase a . . . Smith and Wesson Model 29 8 3/8" blued revolver. Your story kind of reminded me of that wonderful, youthful corruption!

I was a gun nut from the cradle, but at 17 my dad on a total whim bought a s&w mod 29 classic, 6.5" full underlug, bull cylinder. It was total revolver sexiness! First time I pulled the trigger I knew it had to be mine. A few weeks later, short on money, my dad said he was going to sell it. I panicked, and started counting my pennies, asked how much he had to have for it, and gave him most of what he'd payed for it. Took me a month to finish paying for it, but it was mine! Literally wore it out. That was the feeling I was thinking about when this young man was looking at my model 10.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

You should be ashamed! You corrupted yet another young person with the gift of the REVOLVER.

I remember when I was about 15. A friend of our family was a Ruger collector and showed me a Single Action 4 5/8", stainless steel Ruger Blackhawk. I was mesmerized by the stainless finish, the way the action clicked when I cocked the hammer, the way the front sight sat on the barrel. Very much drool worthy. I quickly ran out and got a job (at 15) at fast food joint and saved every nickel I earned to purchase a . . . Smith and Wesson Model 29 8 3/8" blued revolver. Your story kind of reminded me of that wonderful, youthful corruption!

Very similar story here. My mother’s brother used to take me hunting as a kid with my cousins. He lent me his old Colt 5” .38-40 for pigs and a .30-30 for deer. I didn’t like hunting deer as much as pigs but I loved that old Colt and the .38-40 did the job real well. When I turned 9 my parents got me a Remington bolt action as a reward for winning a local NRA sponsored club small bore shoot. Four years later they gave me a Ruger Blackhawk 4-5/8” in .357Magnum. It was hotter than the old .38-40 but also fired .38Spl for target. Same birthday my uncle gave me a Lymans Spartan press and dies for.38/.357. I had to go out and earn the money for reloading supplies. First season I took a small doe and two big bruiser hogs. The hogs went mostly for sausage and dog food they were so tough and wormy. But that was some darn good sausage!