Don't worry about hurting an ole' Model 10......I've had mine since the mid 80's. I had carried one for over ten years as both a Security Officer and as an Armored Car driver and qualify every year still to maintain my licenses, averaging about 400-500 rnds a year to this day, mostly 158 grn lead SWC but have used 158 grn lead SWC +P for the last couple of years......still shoots 1-2 inch groups depending on how I feel that day ...have yet to have anything repaired, tightened ,or fixed .............I see that your extractor rod is unscrewing, blue loctite is good....unscrew the rod, clean the threads with gun scrubber, apply loctite on rod threads.....next step: DO NOT USE PLIERS
!! hand tighten the rod into place then take and place the rod into a vise and using two pieces of wood on either side of the rod for protection, tighten the vice onto the rod. Take Two empty 38 cases and place them into the cylinder opposite one another. You do this so as to not screw up your ejector star when you turn the cylinder to tighten up on the rod. Once that is done leave overnight to set and you should not have any further problems. You can also order a Extractor Rod Tool from
Brownell's that is used specificly for the removal and tightening of extractor rods if you don't have a mounted vise.
Pet loads for Self Defence: 158 grn +P Lead Hollow point, read good success rate by RCMP in Canada. If recoil is an issue CCI Gold dot 125 grn HP or Federal Hydra-Shok 129 grn HP.
Concealed Carry Holsters and Accessories I recommend
A good holster would be the "Master", see
Dillion
If you prefer one with a thumb break see
Safariland
Spare ammo carrier I have speedloader pouches by
Desantis
, see A35 and A08 under concealment belt accessories.
Speedloaders, I use HKS (10-A )
Lastly, a good belt made for concealed carry, the worst thing you can do is spend money on good holsters and accessories only to have it flop aroung on a cheap belt thats only good for holding up your pants :barf:
I highly recomend
Indiana Arms for ordering any of the above mentioned items except Dillion and Desantis, which they don't carry.
For casual carry in the form of a "fanny Pack". I've found that Coronado Leather makes the 2 best,
Coronado
Coronado 2
I have used or am still using every item above and am very happy with the items.....Don't get discouraged from your friends or anyone snickering at you at the range just because you have a Revolver and they have the latest wonder semi-auto. I had a person one time said that he was faster then me because he had the latest wonder semi-auto and didn't have to reload because he had 15 rounds, well.... 12 rnds later with 1 speedload I was not only quicker than him but more accurate while he hadn't even finished his 15 round mag, I'm not telling this to blow my own horn but just to show that you don't have to have the latest to be good......Hope this helps, need anymore help just Email me