Will I be butchering a special revolver?

Firespec35:

You can find plenty of used 2" K-frame S&W revolvers. Model 10 and 64 both came in round-butt 2" and 3" with fixed sights, the Model 15 came in a 2" square-butt with adjustable sights, model 12s were airweights in 2" both round and square butt, and then there were the 3" model 13s and 65s, and the 2.5" 66s and 19s.

Look on Gunbroker or check around pawn shops. I'd leave that 10-5 5" just as it is.
 
I've got a slew of grandchildren and will pass my guns to those, and their parents, who show a sincere interest in shooting. But I'd be mighty disappointed to know that any of them chopped one up. Said otherwise, I'd have left it to one of the others had I known.
 
Too many snubbies already out there to go through the trouble of making another. Besides, it may end up costing you more to have your gun converted than to just buy one.
 
Even just thinking about it I can hear my grandfather's voice in the back of my head "Why are you f-ing with it, it worked just fine for me." Which then leads me to, do I just sell it and use the money to get something I would use. I don't know if I could bring myself to do that. I don't know, I'm so conflicted.
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I'm 60 and probably headed for the old dirt nap before too many Springs come around.

I don't give a hoot what anybody does with any of the stuff I've gathered over the years.

There are some exceptions though - stuff passed along to me by my dad, father in law, aunts and grandparents.
That stuff stays 100% intact or someones going to get their ass haunted big time...
 
Which then leads me to, do I just sell it and use the money to get something I would use.
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How hard up for money are you? Will $300 or $400 make that big of a difference in your life? If so, maybe you should think about dropping the $100/month cable or $100/month cell phone for a while ....
 
Having a few family pieces myself, I would not modify it. As others have said, model 10s are easy to find, but theres not another model 10 from grandpa.
 
Family heirloom, that about says it all...you'll find, I think, that your tastes in hand guns will change over the years, but a gun that your grandfather owned and shot, is one to be treasured. Hang on to it, and don't alter it...Rod
 
How hard up for money are you? Will $300 or $400 make that big of a difference in your life? If so, maybe you should think about dropping the $100/month cable or $100/month cell phone for a while ....
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top five things to skimp on to afford more guns:

  1. Your internet connection--why should you subject yourself to the idiotic ramblings of others when you can be out shooting!
  2. the kids' education--there won't be any jobs in the future anyway, why teach them unnecessary knowledge that will just get their hopes up?
  3. auto insurance--you drive real good, you don't need it, the other guy has it anyway.
  4. Deodorant--if they really love you, they won't care what you smell like.
  5. Food--lets face it, you could stand to loss some weight.

 
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