Smith Mod 10 told me to buy it

[Shooter6br]

Went to gun shop to sell an H & r 32 long break top. Instead i spotted a Mod 10 4in 38 specicaal with 90 + blue . Had to have it. Serial # C9745xx It is a late model but not sure of date.

[Lee W]

Nice looking wheel gun.

I swiped this info from another forum. I cannot vouch for it's accuracy.


C Series K Frames: (Fixed Sight Models)

C1 - C233,999………….....1948 – 52
C236,004 – C261,483…….1953
C277,555 – C314,031….…1954 – 56
C402,924 – C405,018…….1957
C405,019 – C429,740…..1958 – 59
C429,741 – C474,148…….1960
C474,149 – C622,699…….1961 – 62
C622,700 – C810,532…….1963 – 65
C810,533 – C999,999…..1966 – 67

[Shooter6br]

Thanks for the info. The gun looks like a police issue due to holster wear , but could be wrong. Anyway the trigger is like breaking glass. Better than my 657 ( not by much) Fun cheap Smith. It caan take 38 +p loads.Plan to use 158 KLee TL SWC with 4.5 to 5g Unique. Dies and brass on order. Sight picture is really crisp( has painted on blaze orange strip)

[PacMan]

Have two of the 4" heavy barrels that are in 90-99% shape.One has a slight holster wear spot on the end of the barrel on one side.Other than that and aging of the grips they look new. Like you said the trigers are like glass.
If the above numbers are correct both of these will be in the 63-65 year range.
Dwight

[EMC45]

Looks like a PD turn in. Good guns. I have one and it shoots unreal!

[Calamity Jake]

Have 2 6" and a 4" skinny barrel, one of the 6" is a 10-4 unfired in the box

[troyboy]

I bought one myself this month. It is a 6" barrel surplus Air force. Was made in 54-56.
Yours looks good wearing the shorter barrel.

[Char-Gar]

Your handgun was made in 1967. It was the last year for "C" prefix serial numbers. The next year, 1968, the prefix was "D".

These heavy barrel Model 10 are sweet shooting handguns and yours was made at a time when quality was till very high.

[Bush Pilot]

I have a problem with nice Smiths calling my name too.

[mongo]

Great guns, I carried one before being forced to switch to a 9mm. you could alwyts trust it to go bang and to hit where you aim it, When you have 16 rounds of 9mm everyone seems to spray and pray. The older ones had a pencil barrel that was also pinned. Next one I see at a gunshow is going home with me.

[H.Callahan]

Back in the day (the '70s), I was a fairly decent target shooter and had a number of very nice target pistols -- some Smiths and 1911s. I entered law enforcement and had do go through police training. Of course, there was the mandatory firearms training. We were not allowed to use our own guns, but were issued Model 10s. I looked down my nose at the no-frills, fixed site gun -- at first. The first round of fire absolutely floored me. The trigger was like polished glass, the sights, although fixed, were very easy to pick up and were spot-on. After the basic training, we shot a number of qualification courses that consisted of rounds at 7, 15 and 25 yards. I shot TWO perfect scores and was very close to perfect on 3 more.

I immediately went out and bought a Model 10 and a Model 64 (the stainless version). I worked up some respectable +P loads (near .357 ballistics) for them. I carried the 64 off-duty where it got a lot of abuse. I still have both of them and they both look and fire just like the came out of the box.

Even though I don't shoot them much any more, I still have a soft spot for the Model 10. It is really a fine (and underrated) gun.

[rintinglen]

when a gun talks, you should listen!! Any gun that wants to go home with you that bad deserves a good place in the gun safe.

[Shooter6br]

Got a 4 cav H &G # 50 wad cutter mold from a good friend dropped 147 g with 16-1 alloy

[Tristan]

Went to gun shop to sell an H & r 32 long break top. Instead i spotted a Mod 10 4in 38 specicaal with 90 + blue . Had to have it. Serial # C9745xx It is a late model but not sure of date.

They can really talk to you, can't they? ;-)

A classic revolver for a classic cartridge. Well done.

[Kraschenbirn]

They can really talk to you, can't they? ;-)

Was at a gun auction this morning and had to beat a hasty retreat out the back door to keep a LNIB Smith 12-2...the alloy-frame "Airweight" version of the M10...from chasing me home. Had never run across a 4" Airweight before but had already spent a bit more than planned so I paid off my tab and left before it came up for auction.

Bill

[Frosty Boolit]

Cant beat a classic, I just picked up a pre model 10 4 inch barrel from 1960 vintage for an amazing $250 and boy does it shoot.

[sffar]

I recently got a Model 10 as well. A 10-2 which I think is about 1961 manufacture. Planning on making it the first gun I cast ammunition for. The cylinder mouths are a bit tight at .356, and so far as I can tell the barrel's about .355 so I figured it'd be best to cast my own. Great gun–not too much and not too little. Amazing thing that these revolver's have been in production for so long, even longer than the 1911.
That's a heckuva nice mold. Just the thing for that gun!

[mtgrs737]

My first pistol perchase was a police trade in model 14 S&W with a 4 inch tube. Sweet shooter and the kinda of quality that is hard to find these days. Smiths have always been my favorites.

[Swede44mag]

I bought a Model 10 once but when I took the grips I found the serial number had been removed it went back to the gun shop for a refund.
It did shoot pretty well for a short light weight barrel and would have made a dependable carry conceal.