Revolver Project finally complete

[wlewisiii]

Last spring I found online a silly cheap Model 10 that had seen better days.



While thinking about how I would work with this revolver, I stripped it and cleaned it thoroughly



and picked up a T-Grip for it.



It had also been converted to DAO. Since I would have had to replace the hammer to fix that anyway, I decided to go the other way.





Then a bit of cold blue to help the finish a bit.





Now back near when I first picked it up, on April 23, I ordered a new set of "K/L Square Dymondwood" grips from S&W. They finally arrived yesterday... That said they give the old girl the last bit of dress up she was waiting for.



So there you have it. Not a collector's item but it is a revolver I now know intimately and with a cylinder full of Buffalo Bore FBI +P it's capable of anything good old police revolver could be asked to do.

 

[jimbo555]

The finished pic looks great! Big difference!

 

[WestKentucky]

Not sure why but the barrel looks shorter in that last pic. Nice gun and nice work up.

 

[cc-hangfire]

Very nice, & congratulations. The model 10 is a workhorse.
I have a couple of Model 10's I've "rescued". One was badly pitted so it got a Brownells Aluma Hyde II paint job for use as a truck gun, & the other is now reblued with a matte finish.

 

[zerobarrier]

Ahhh the labor of love. It can make something that is old and worn out turn into a nice new toy.

 

[Center fire]

Very nicely done. You should be proud.

 

[MartinS]

Fine piece, well done. Safe queens are boring.

 

[03fatboy]

Good looking pistol, good job.

 

[il.bill]

Time well spent. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bannockburn]

Nice fixer-upper. Makes for a great truck/car gun.

 

[BobWright]

Thanks for you post! I'm a Single Action man through and through, prefer the big .44 Magnums or .45 Colt, with 7 1/2" tubes, case hardening, handsome grips.

Sometimes it refreshing to me to see a plain Jane working gun get some attention and affection. Nice change of pace now and again.

Bob Wright

 

[MagnumDweeb]

It's a shooter. That's all that matters. If you are good with it, and it'll do the job. Not too much else matters in my book. If I could find some Model 10s cheap 'round my ways I'd probably do the same thing.

 

[wlewisiii]

Thanks all. It's a whole lot of fun with a little Unique behind a 158 LSWCHP Right now it's my bedside gun but the idea of keeping it in the van has possibilities. Need to get some rounds run through the press and get her out to the range again soon.

 

[Dframe]

I love it. I'm a big fan of simple USEFUL guns that don't have a lot of "bells and whistles". Your great old model 10 has everything you need, and nothing you don't. I'd be shooting the heck out of that old gun.

 

[Hometeached1]

Very nicely done!

You just made my day, thanks!

 

[v8stang289]

I like it! I personally like the look and character of the original grips better, But it's still a job well done.

 

[Lucky Derby]

Very nice working gun.

 

[evan price]

I kind of agree with V8stang.

Not saying you did wrong to put those nice new grips on your 10. They are very nice grips indeed.

The old grips had character because they wore together with the gun. If they are serially matched to the gun they were there from day #1. I like the used but cared for look on that sort of gun. A nice solid pair of original grips just feels and looks right. Like a nice used Nardi steering wheel on a Jaguar XKE that's been taken care of.

However, now's a great time to send her out to Ford's and have her polished and reblued to live up to those grips!

(Yes, I'm the kind of crazy that searched eBay for a heavily well used, some say worn out, set of Nill or Sile grips for a beat-to-heck Army Special...)

 

[bannockburn]

wlewisiii

Well I like the new grips as it's a great way to "dress up" a used gun without it getting too fancy or looking out of place (kind of like the guys who spend a couple grand on new wheels and tires for a car that's worth half of that and looks it too).

 

[wlewisiii]

No serials on the grips, though they are tucked away to keep.

I do hope to get a hot blue done eventually (and have them buff out the Century re-import mark - legal since Century didn't change the serial) but it's out of the budget range for now.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Nice job. Looks like you've built yourself a nice old school "kit-gun" for fishin', campin' and such.

Where did these come 10s from that it has importer markings?

 

[wlewisiii]

Don't know. Century has ignored my questions.