New/Old Model 10

Stephanie B said:
Early this week, I picked up a Model 10-5 from a LGS for $275:

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Fair amount of holster wear on it. The bore is bright and sharp. The sights have been painted- yellow front, green rear. I was out plinking with a bunch of people after the Thanksgiving feast and the revolver seemed to shoot pretty well.
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That one is interesting. I agree with 357 Python that it appears to be a Model 10-5 whose tapered barrel has been replaced with a heavy barrel from a 10-6 (or 10-4, or 10-3, or 10-1, or perhaps an early 10-8). Additionally, if the grip frame hasn't been altered to be a round-butt, I'd say it originally had a 2" barrel.

Nifty find.
 
One of the LGS has a model 10-6 Heavy Barrel in the used case. They've had it a while. When it first went in the case it was priced a t $299. I thought that that was a pretty fair deal. I went back today just to poke around and the price has gone to $525.:eek: This used to be my LGS of choice.
 
I just traded my Makarov for a 10-10. Its first three shots were highly politically incorrect, but quite close to the point of aim at 15 meters (even the called flyer).

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I agree with 357 Python that it appears to be a Model 10-5 whose tapered barrel has been replaced with a heavy barrel from a 10-6 (or 10-4, or 10-3, or 10-1, or perhaps an early 10-8). Additionally, if the grip frame hasn't been altered to be a round-butt, I'd say it originally had a 2" barrel.
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I don't know how I'd tell if the frame was altered or not. It'd be neat to go to a 4" tapered barrel to match the frame, but everything I've read would indicate that is not a cheap thing to have done properly.

(Sort of like the 19" barreled 1898 Krag that I bought at a LGS for $160.)
 
My wife and I have 5 K frames in .38, 3 of them model 10's , a 10 no dash, 10-5,10-7 . Of the 15 or so hanguns we have, the model 10's get shot more than anything. They just shoot good.

JIM
 
Those model 10's are real work horses and very dependable. I carried one for several years of my LEO career. Later we switched to the model 64 which is the stainless version of the model 10. A few years before retirement was issued Sig 9mm semi's. I liked the revolvers better. :mad:
 
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S&W M&P .38spec. mid 50's bought at an estate sale many yrs. ago for $75.
It was orig. blue. It shoots very well, esp. anything with a 158 gr. bullet and is pretty much dead on at 50 ft.
 
This is mine, love it. It was the first gun I bought and it set me on the road to gun addiction.
 

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Congratulations. Fine looking revolver you've got there. I like a lot of the others like the tapered barrel guns better, but that's just a matter of looks, not performance. I tell people all the time, when I was younger I didn't like the tapered barrels. I thougt they look "quaint and old fashioned." Now that I'm "quaint and old fashioned" myself, I think they look a lot better. :D

At one time I owned a half dozen or so Hand Ejector 38, M&P, and Model 10's.
These days just the one, a M&P from 1955.

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I couldn't enlarge enough to get just a real clear view of Stephanie B's photo on page 1, but the rib doesn't seem to run smooth to the receiver. I too think that it's been re-barreled. However, it does seem to have a pin- I wonder how the pin holes would have lined up during the swap?
 
Guys, I've got 2 36's, 629, and 617. Now I want a 686 and you've got me wanting a 10 as well. I swear this forum is not good for my wallet!!!
 
I got my 10-8 (heavy 4" barrel, square butt) from Bud's... ex-Victoria (Australia) Police service weapon. It's got a fair amount of holster wear, but it's tight and shoots great. Worth every penny.
 
Don't have, regretfully, any Model 10s any more, but I just love the tapered barreled ones, particularly the 5-inch and 6-inch models.


Hmmm, maybe I should start hunting around.;)
 
I have two Model 10s. One pencil barrel and one heavy barrel.
I have a total of $75 tied up in both of them combined.

The pencil barrel is one of the Royal Hong Kong PD guns. It came with a set of those skinny Hogue rubber grips on it, which FWIW I think are the best feeling grips of all time. Not much to look at, but they feel fantastic. This gun came into a local gun shop and was a true piece of crap. No finish, rusted....... Another local guy was playing around with gunsmithing out of his garage and the dealer gave it to him and told him to take a shot at making it look better. When he got done, I can't tell it was ever re-finished. He did a great job on it. I ended up paying $75 for it.
For years, it was easily my most frequently fired gun. I have fired thousands of rounds out of it. I haven't shot it for years and am really missing out.

The heavy barreled one belongs to a buddy of mine. It is a police department trade-in but it is in real nice shape. Used, but very well cared for and no holster wear at all. One day about 20 years ago, we went shooting and he left it in my car. At least once a year since then, I reminded him that I still had his Model 10. Finally, I moved away and still have it. ;)
I guess that kinda makes up for the Browning lever action .22 rifle that I left at a different buddies house and moved away and he still has it. :confused: Spread the wealth.

I got out both my Model 10s last week and gave them a good cleaning. The next time I go to the range, I am taking them both.
 
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