Thanks. I'm just itching to hit the range and see how it shoots.Sweet find. Hope it shoots great.
View attachment 1003958 Stopped in at my LGS today and scored a really clean Model 10-7 in the original box. No paperwork, but I believe this revolver spent most all its life in a drawer. Looks like very few rounds through it and is tight as the day it left the factory. Can't wait to get it out to the range.
That would be cool to harken back to the days when the Model 10 was in your hip, I think you should look for one .That's what I was issued in 1970 by the Metro DC Police Dept. I'd dearly love to get my hands on another
just for nostalgia's sake. Great shooting little gun and probably S&W's all time best seller. You're one lucky
guy to find one so clean.
Dano
Mine wasn't a dash 7 of course. I think it was a dash 2 but looked the same.
That’s a nice model 10 and it’s really nice that it was your Great Uncle’s. Those grips are quite something. Really nice.My Great Uncle carried a pre-Model 10 M&P at Las Vegas PD from 1945 until he retired in 1965. It was pretty holster worn, had a huge scratch right through the S&W logo and had some crummy electro pencil etching on the right side between the cylinder and trigger. It looked pretty beat up. I polished his sterling sliver grips and had it restoration blued after the etching & scratch were buffed out to bring it back from the dead.
That's what I was issued in 1970 by the Metro DC Police Dept. I'd dearly love to get my hands on another
just for nostalgia's sake. Great shooting little gun and probably S&W's all time best seller. You're one lucky
guy to find one so clean.
Dano
Mine wasn't a dash 7 of course. I think it was a dash 2 but looked the same.
THAT is a remarkable find! The last decent 10-anything I found locally was over $800 for just the gun, no box, no papers, and it was "nice" but not even close to that.View attachment 1003958 Stopped in at my LGS today and scored a really clean Model 10-7 in the original box. No paperwork, but I believe this revolver spent most all its life in a drawer. Looks like very few rounds through it and is tight as the day it left the factory. Can't wait to get it out to the range.
Nice. Yeah, back then (late 60's early 70's)the Dept. wouldn't let us carry anything other than 158That would be cool to harken back to the days when the Model 10 was in your hip, I think you should look for one .
My Great Uncle carried a pre-Model 10 M&P at Las Vegas PD from 1945 until he retired in 1965. It was pretty holster worn, had a huge scratch right through the S&W logo and had some crummy electro pencil etching on the right side between the cylinder and trigger. It looked pretty beat up. I polished his sterling sliver grips and had it restoration blued after the etching & scratch were buffed out to bring it back from the dead.
Despite the age it still locks up tight and shoots well.
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Detectives issue. Great find. I still have my m36 that was my authorized off duty and plain clothes workPicked up a much worn 2" Round Butt Model 10 no dash wearing Pachmayr grips. When I pulled the grips I found MPDC stamped on the back strap of the grip frame. Kind of awesome to think of where it earned the character marks it carries.
That would be cool to harken back to the days when the Model 10 was in your hip, I think you should look for one .
My Great Uncle carried a pre-Model 10 M&P at Las Vegas PD from 1945 until he retired in 1965. It was pretty holster worn, had a huge scratch right through the S&W logo and had some crummy electro pencil etching on the right side between the cylinder and trigger. It looked pretty beat up. I polished his sterling sliver grips and had it restoration blued after the etching & scratch were buffed out to bring it back from the dead.
Despite the age it still locks up tight and shoots well.
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That’s why they call it a COLLAR! Had to drag em in the whole way by their collar.Nice. Yeah, back then (late 60's early 70's)the Dept. wouldn't let us carry anything other than 158
gr lead round nose and didn't like us using a dump box preferring the issue belt loop to carry our spare
6 rounds. We still walked a beat and knew every business owner and most residents on our beat. No
radios, had a Police Call box every other block. Make an arrest and you had to drag the perp
at least a city block to a call box to call for a paddy wagon. I remember those days well. Back
then, Metro DC had their officers back and was a good organization to work for.
Dano
Exactly! And sometimes, you had to fight all his homies to keep him and Lord help you if you hadThat’s why they call it a COLLAR! Had to drag em in the whole way by their collar.
That's what happened to my 3" model 66. My wife used it to qualify with back in 1991 and when she came backSweet!
I found one at a gunshot that clean once. Paid $400 for it back then which was about $50 too much I figure... but it was very nice. And it was a great shooter.
My wife decided to take the local LEO Self Defense Firearms training class for women, and she used it in the class.
When she got home, bringing her target home to show off, she told me she was going to keep the Model 10 as "her" gun from then on.
"Yes, dear."
That's a clean find. Got this one a few years ago. Can’t remember exact date but pretty sure it was pre 1950.
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