stonebuster
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If I sent a model 10-10 to Smith for work would they convert it to transfer bar/hammer like the new models or leave it alone? I'd rather not have it converted because the trigger is so smooth now. I'd find a gun smith instead.
My 10-10 is 1998 or 99. I don't see any locator pins on extractor star or holes in cylinder on my 10-10 or 10-14(2007). Maybe only old model 10s have them?Well, sadly I don't know exactly what year the Model 10-10 was made - it may have a solid screw with no plunger. They went to the plunger tip screw sometime in the late 80s. If it is a solid screw it was carefully fitted by the factory to that specific revolver. If you buy a new one it will be a little long and require fitting. Go slow and file the tip until the yoke rotates in and out freely with no drag when the screw is fully tightened down. OK - I looked it up. The plunger screw was introduced on all Model 10s in 1988. I used to know all this stuff but it's been a few years and my mind is going.........
The correct way to remove the sideplate is to remove the screws and hold the gun with the sideplate down close to the benchtop and rap on the grip frame with a screwdriver handle or a plastic mallet. It should vibrate right off the frame and fall on your bench. Never try to pry a sideplate off. Brownells should also have new S&W sideplate screws if yours are chewed up. They must all go back into the hole they came from. The one with the flat head goes under grip and the yoke screw will have a spring loaded plunger in the tip (older S&W guns will not have the plunger tipped screw but the screw must be filed to the exact proper length for your gun). Chapman makes a nice affordable screwdriver set and the bits can be filed or ground for a perfect fit on each screw. They really need to hollow ground and be a correct fit so that the screw is driven from the bottom of the slot to prevent deforming the head. Midway should have most of the tools you need to work on a S&W.
They arrived today from Smith. Two yoke screws and four side plate screws. Screw driver came a couple days ago from Brownells. I compared the yoke screws(pointed) that arrived to the one I took out of the 10-10(1998-99 vintage) and they looked exactly the same length to my eye. I didn't try fitting the new yoke screw into the gun yet. I'll have to more carefully measure it. Thanks for the tips from all of you. I'm enjoying learning more about these revolvers.Worth repeating.
Also, unless you are a casual revolver shooter it is a good idea to purchase spare items like screws, in particular the side plate and yoke screws.
I'll have to more carefully measure it. Thanks for the tips from all of you. I'm enjoying learning more about these revolvers.