My dad's S&W M-10

[Doug.38PR]

Got this for him about 3 years ago for his B day. 1971. With the Box and all it's papers.
Always said he wanted a ".38 Special" meaning "the old Policeman's revolver" that the "police always carried." To him it was just called "a .38 Special" no M-10 or Official Police. He looked at pictures that I showed him and he pointed to the S&W M=10 and said that's it. A few months later I went out and bought the above gun. A few months later I...turned it over to him as a gift. NICE gun. 100% blue. TIGHT action.

 

[foghornl]

Doug:

Whenever I hear the term "Service Revolver", that pic you show is what first pops to mind.

Hard to imagine a better basic .38Spl than the 4" skinny-barrel S&W Mdl 10..or the "Military & Police" as it was called before Mdl 10

 

[Lucky Derby]

Funny, when I think of "The old police revolver" a M19 usually springs to mind. I think that is because that is what my dad carried when he was on the Granger WA PD. Later he switched to a M66 and eventually a P226.
This in no way means I think less of the M10. It was more likely in many more police holsters during the 20th century than any model, by any manufacture. It much more "classic" revolver than the M19.
BTW, nice gift for your dad.

 

[Doug.38PR]

about a year prior to that, the first gun I got was a 1944 Colt Official Police (same thing as M-10....only better ) and put it down on his footstool with the cylinder open. He walked in the door and immediately identified it as "a .38 Special"


The gun was for me but I knew he would want to see it as it was a "policeman" .38 Special revolver with a four inch barrel.

I showed him a photobook of all different kinds of guns, and he said he liked the S&W M-10 better (I guess more policemen in Jackson, MS where he grew up in the 50s and 60s carried those)