Look What Was Just Willed To Me!!!

[bigmike45]

Ok all you knowledgable S&W guys. I just received a revolver in a will. It is a Model 10-5 according to the stamp behind the crane. It has a 4" pinned pencil barrel and has a pinned firing pin in the hammer. My uncle was a security guard and this gun was carried for many years so there is a lot of holster wear. The grip on the right side is almost worn smooth. It has a super smooth DA pull and the SA breaks like glass. It has fixed rear sights and the serial number is D796XX.

Can someone help me with some information, DOM, and so on. Not really looking at its worth, just information.

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[Heavy Metal Hero]

It's hideous.

 

[Old Fuff]

I wouldn't say it was hideous, just rode hard and put away wet...

Anyway, the serial number indicates it was made around 1975 or 76. At the time it was still "the" standard sidearm in most police departments and security services. It shouldn't be difficult nor expensive to find correct period stocks to replace the battered one(s). The rest of the gun looks to be in pretty good shape. I suspect you'll find it to be an excellent and accurate shooter. The sights are regulated for the standard 158 grain lead bullet/.38 Special load made during that period. Today's cowboy loads should duplicate those.

 

[Dave B]

Old Fuff is right,they are great shooters. You can,t get triggers like those any more. Bigger grips make it more comfortable for me ,but for showing,you can easily find some real nice stock grips.

 

[W.E.G.]

Excellent revolver.

But, I admit I AM biased.

I may admire a gun with no marks on it.
But, an unblemished gun doesn't have half the character of one that has seen some days.

BTW, if anybody runs across a Model 10 marked "MPDC" with serial number D279229, I really want it back.
(It can't hurt to ask...)

 

[Kaylee]

Ooh.. must be a lot of stories in that beat-to-heck right grip panel. I wouldn't change a thing.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[sm]

Great Gun!
Sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing.

My gut says the original right grip panel is somewhere, ask for folks to keep an eye out for it.

Security Guard, holsters of the day, bumping and hitting door facings, walls, armored car doors and such...I bet he took the nice one off, put on a old stock to get beat and battered.

Would not be the first time this was done.

I don't see "skittered" marks on the cylinder, on this gun.
I have seen some "skittered across the floor, pavement " guns and cylinders get the brunt of the "skitter".
Concrete walls, really "abrade" stocks in some of the Security holsters of the day.

 

[Sistema1927]

Great gun!

I hope that you have fond memories of your uncle each time that you handle it. While you could get a new set of magnas for it, the wear pattern is just another reminder that it was his gun.

 

[XavierBreath]

That's a nice item to receive. Much better than silverware. It looks to me like it was carried a lot, but shot very little. Cherish it and shoot it.

I agree with Kaylee. I would not swap the grips out.

 

[22-rimfire]

Always nice to get something unexpected. Great revolver. Shoot it and enjoy it.

 

[armoredman]

If it shoots well, leave it as is, and enjoy shooting it. Don't worry about anyone calling it ugly, because character is sometimes mistaken for ugly. That wheelie will outlive you and yours, properly cared for.
As for banging sidearms on armored truck dorrs, been there done that! That will ruin good wood grips fast. That's why I never used good wood at work.