S&W Model 10 w/6" barrel. Old school charm

[JC111]

I'm a huge fan of Smith's K frames and I also like revolvers with long barrels. I now have eight various K frames to include four M&P/Model 10 revolvers. For awhile I've been wanting to add a long-barreled Model 10 (I also own a Model 1905 3rd Change M&P with 6" barrel) to my collection. By the fifties the 6" barreled revolver was on it's way out with law enforcement. It just wasn't very comfortable to have a long barreled revolver while sitting in a car. But S&W kept offering the 6" barrel until the mid-eighties. However I don't usually come across them. The Model 14 yes, but not the Model 10 with 6" barrel. I let this one sit in the display case at my favorite LGS for a couple weeks and decided I had to get it. Went over this morning and it was still there. Which is what I figured. Most folks don't want a 38 caliber service revolver with a 6" barrel in 2015. Oh well their loss is my gain. Mine was made in 73.It's serial number is D51****. The frame is clearly stamped 10-5 under the crane. In my opinion the long barreled Model 10 is just sharp looking. this particular example has some minor finish blemishes, but mechanically it's in very good condition with a clean bore.

 

[critter]

I have a model 10 6". They are absolutely superb shooters!

 

[bannockburn]

JC111

Definitely some old school charm and classiness with that 6" barrel. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JC111]

Certainly. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[Partizanai]

Great shooter....

A "K" frame model 10 with a 6" barrel was my very first pistol. I
bought it many years ago from "Montgomery Wards". I believe it was
about $158.00 ???
P

 

[JC111]

Mine was $399.00 My how times change. I own a Model 28 that I paid $400.00for in 2004. Many folks told me I paid too much at the time. A few days ago I stopped in at that same gun store and I saw a Model 28 priced for $650.00 and it sold! Amazing.

 

[Sistema1927]

Ditch the rubber grips, put on some decent wood, and possibly a T-grip. That will make the old gal feel appreciated.

 

[usfan]

Nice find on a sweet pistol! The old wheel guns are in a bit of a slump, right now, but they'll be back.

 

[Iggy]

Those 6 inch model 10s are as smooth as a mule's nose. That's a beauty.
Them thar Pach's look like snow tires on a Ferrari!

That gun needs some stag grips from Patrick Grashorn.

This is a Model 1917, but you get the picture.

 

[jrod]

Very nice! Wish I could find one like that!

 

[JC111]

Thanks. I waited for a couple of weeks - frozen by indecisiveness. I was a little worried that I was it was going to be gone when I finally decided that I was going to regret not picking it up. Fortunately there are advantages to being a 'dinosaur" and an 'old-timer" (descriptions of me by my co-workers who are into all the cool black tactical firearms) and it was waiting for me.

 

[GRIZ22]

6" Model 10s have a certain charm. Still looking for a 5".

 

[PJSprog]

I like the 4" bull barrels best, but that is definitely a sweet find. Congrats, fellow "dinosaur."

 

[Hondo 60]

Very nice! Perhaps someday I'll have a 6" M10.

 

[Gun Master]

Ah....., refreshing, and it has those comfortable Pachyderm ears too.
Nice !

I have a 4" and a 5" . Make my next one a 6" !

 

[JC111]

I've replaced those with early 1970's k frame wood target grips. Correct time period. Looks better. If I get around to it I'll post a photo. Sorry.

 

[RON in PA]

Congrats. very nice.

Keep the rubber grips on if you are going to shoot a lot, way more comfortable.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Yup, gotta love those long barreled K frames.

At one point, 6 1/2" was a standard barrel length. This M&P shipped in 1908.






This one shipped in 1934.




Now do yourself a favor and get rid of that ugly rubber grip and put some proper Magnas on it. A 38 does not recoil enough to need rubber grips.

 

[Old Fuff]

Oh darn!!!

For a long time I have tried to convince everyone that a .38 Special with any barrel length over 4-inches (and 6-inches in particular) is absolutely nothing but total useless.

Having some success I was able to rob, steal and pillage the longer lengths at lower prices for my own benefit.

But now some people have been extolling they're virtues. :banghead:

I am a ruined merchant.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

I've got a 10-5 with a 6" barrel...I kinda like it.

 

[JC111]

Like those stag grips.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Thank you Sir

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I'm a huge fan of the S&W M&P revolver. Almost 6 years ago I was lucky enough to fall into a 4" M&P from 1948. If you want to know about why everyone talks about the GREAT S&W trigger, a revolver like that one will explain it with only a trigger pull...

Here is a photo of the M&P with a Chief's Special, IMO they belong together.

 

[joem1945]

I have a 5", 4", 2" and a snubbie. The 5" is my favorite and very accurate.

 

[Deanimator]

A friend's stepfather was a Cleveland cop. He inherited his 6" M&P. It's a nice gun, even out to 200 yards.