New Model 10?

[Delawarean]

I have a late 70s Smith and Wesson model 10-8.

Does Smith offer to tighten up a gun in terms of a little endshake and barrel cylinder gap?

It is a police trade in from Australia (from buds). I figured it would cost just as much to buy a brand new model 10 vs refurbish my 10-8. It is a pinned barrel gun and so I'd rather have this one be like new.

 

[DPris]

That they can still do on the older guns.
Denis

 

[Lucky Derby]

Yep. Give them a call.
While a 10-8 is not new, it is far from old as far as what S&W will work on.

 

[DPris]

They won't do parts replacements like triggers & hammers, and so on, but they can still handle end-shake.
Denis

 

[Kernel]

You can fix endshake yourself and save hundreds. It's not that hard. Check out this video:

MidwayUSA: Gunsmithing - Correcting Excess Cylinder Endshake on a S&W Revolver

 

[Delawarean]

You can fix endshake yourself and save hundreds. It's not that hard.

Wow, is it really that easy? I guess I'll have to try that.

I still think I may want to get it reblued though.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

From what I'm told, if you send the gun in to be reblued they go over the entire gun and repair anything they find wrong. If it;s covered by the warranty it's free, if it's not you get a call before they do any work.

 

[DPris]

Again, on the older models with a hammer-mounted firing pin, they're losing the ability to service some aspects involving replacing parts they no longer have in stock.
A re-blue & a general tune-up, things like end-shake, rebound slides & so on common to current versions are still do-able.

Re the re-blue, I have a 29-5 and a pre-27 that were both returned to S&W for refinishing before I acquired 'em. The result is nothing short of magnificent.

Both of those were done a couple years back, hopefully they can still achieve that level.
Denis

 

[rondog]

I have one of those too that I bought from Bud's. Seems to be in fine shape though, other than finish wear. I wish I could afford to send it in to S&W to have it purtied up, maybe someday I can. But it's real nice to know about Midway's fix-it videos! Thanks!

 

[Kernel]

It's not to hard to find a real immaculate Model 10 for something around $600. Box, papers, pinned, forged hammer & trigger, and the whole nine yards. Keep that in mind before sinking a lot into a well used police revolver. You might be able to sell your Bud's gun, even make a couple of bucks in doing so, and buy something much nicer and collectible for less than what you'd have in the factory rebuilt and reblued Bud's.