Model 10 S&W

[str8shot426]

My first Smith and Wesson revolver. Just put it through its paces today, I've got two words to describe this firearm...

Meat and potatoes!

This thing just works no matter what it's fed. Can't believe it took this long to add it to my collection. Feels good, shoots good, looks good. What else could you ask for?

[tazman]

Not much. That model is one of the most reliable and reputable that Smith & Wesson ever built.

[GabbyM]

yep: That sounds like me just a few years ago. Shot 9mm for forty years. All the while dissing 38's.
I shot them when I was a teenager but things change. Yes I have become older and wiser, lol.
After I fell in love with the M10. I hunted down and purchased a couple M-15's then gave them to my daughters for Christmas. they live in AZ and have taken Javalina and several other animals with them. Plus they carry them when camping in the wild west. I have a MP copy of Lyman 358429 that weighs 177 grains and I shoot over H-Universal at just under 900 fps. NOE makes that one too, I believe. My other favorite accurate bullet is a Magma mold 150gr TCFP flat base. That is a great bullet but the 38 is a quirk in that it can shoot the 177 grain just as fast as it will shoot the 150gr.

I've suggested here on this forum before that shooters grab up the old police turn ins. Not many left. They have gone up in price a hundred dollars since I bought mine. I like the bull barrel models best.

[paul h]

Just picked mine up from my FFL yesterday.

http://forums.accuratereloading.com/evefiles/photo_albums/3/4/4/344100033/3621071612_9C1283FE10DCE49BFA6CC356139F0F05.jpg

Haven't had a chance to fire it yet, but figure it's going to see a lot of use.

[tazman]

I have been trying to come up with a model 10 and a model 19 locally for a while now.
The only M10 I have seen was in terrible condition. Barrel was pitted on the outside(bore looked ok). Chambers in the cylinder were rusted and rough so cases would probably be difficult to extract.
I haven't seen an M19 for sale since I have been looking.
I did find an M15 a few months ago and grabbed it.

[GabbyM]

PS, I still load the 150's because they recoil far less than the 177 grain load. Both loads shoot right to the sights. I separate all brass by manufacture. Have some PMC brass here that is thicker and shoots 50 fps faster than others. I call that my +P load. Since it exceeds the +P velocity listed in the Lyman book for a 170 grain bullet. Am loading 4.5 grains of H-Universal Clays. Under this bullet that is heavier than a Lyman that's already a hard shooter.

[bedbugbilly]

Nothing like a good K frame and the 10 is an excellent work horse. I have a number of K frames and all shoot well. My 5" M & P (predecessor to the model 10) is my favorite DA revolver and is just plain fun to shoot. Congrats on your find and you are going to love it more and more every time you shoot it!

[GabbyM]

I have been trying to come up with a model 10 and a model 19 locally for a while now.
The only M10 I have seen was in terrible condition. Barrel was pitted on the outside(bore looked ok). Chambers in the cylinder were rusted and rough so cases would probably be difficult to extract.
I haven't seen an M19 for sale since I have been looking.
I did find an M15 a few months ago and grabbed it.


Sounds like my side of Central Illinois too. Had to get mine from Buds back when they had good M10's from Australia then from auctions online. Here in Illinois people are not so silly as to sell a good one. Last M15 I bought looked good in the auction photo. Was very disappointed when received for the $350 price three years ago. Am tickled to have it at that price now. As set of Hogue finger grips is my thing. I can't shoot the wood grips much at all in double action.

Fact is at sixty years of age a 38 is all the recoil I can take for a 200 round shooting session. Plus my bull barrel M10 can hit a milk jug at 100 yards whenever my eye is on it. I have a 44 mag revolver and a 357 mag. But if I need more power than a 38. I'm generally reaching for my M94 in 30-30.
For my revolver brass. I have a plastic coffee can with a one pound Lyman lead ingot glued in the bottom to prevent it blowing away. Shoot six then hold revolver over can and eject. Drop in another six and go. Old men crawling around in the grass picking up brass is just silly and no one wants to watch that. I also wear suspenders.

[str8shot426]

I have been trying to come up with a model 10 and a model 19 locally for a while now.
The only M10 I have seen was in terrible condition. Barrel was pitted on the outside(bore looked ok). Chambers in the cylinder were rusted and rough so cases would probably be difficult to extract.
I haven't seen an M19 for sale since I have been looking.
I did find an M15 a few months ago and grabbed it.

I purchased mine from buds police trades. About $350 total including transfer fee. Picked it up yesterday. It's a 10-8. No beauty queen but appears to have been in and out of a holster a lot. Mechanically it is like new.

[GabbyM]

I purchased mine from buds police trades. About $350 total including transfer fee. Picked it up yesterday. It's a 10-8. No beauty queen but appears to have been in and out of a holster a lot. Mechanically it is like new.

Buds is where I bought my first two. Ordered them both at the same time. One was clean the other rough. The rough looking one was by far the best shooter of any K frame I have. My thought is the PD in Australia knew it so LEO's ask for it so it was very used. Dates back to pre WWII. Was $259 just a few years ago.

I stripped the wood off. Soaked 0000 steel wool in Ed's Red and polished of the rust. Cleaned in alcohol then used Oxpho Blue from Brownells' to cold blue. Follow directions on the product. Bores and cylinders had a half century of fouling. However after a few days of cleaning they looked and shot like new. Most of these revolvers only saw low velocity wad cutter loads at an indoor police range. Have carefully removed the side plates on all of them and found all to look like brand new inside. Bought three M15's off auction and the two M10's from Buds. Some better than others but none I'll ever sell off. My great grandchildren may have a plasma pistol but they'll also have a S&W 38.

[Scharfschuetze]

Just gota love a good S&W K Frame. I carried a K Frame for years and still shoot 'em regularly.

My Model 10.

[Scharfschuetze]

I haven't seen an M19 for sale since I have been looking.

Oh... And for Tazman, a little teaser!

[725]

Mod 10 - My issued carry for many years. Hard to do any better.

[Tenbender]

Model 10 was the first pistol I owned that was bigger than a 22. Never wore it out. Used it for years and sold it for more than it cost new.

[tazman]

Oh... And for Tazman, a little teaser!

Now you are making me drool. UNFAIR!!!
I think I am going into envy stress.

[JWT]

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10-8 and a WWII Victory

[tbx-4]

"My first Smith and Wesson revolver.
Pictures or it's not real! :) I showed you mine now show us yours!

Here's mine again
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I bought mine from a LGS about 20 years ago for $150. It has DSC Prescott, AZ pin stamped under the cylinder. I guess that means Department of State Corrections? Dunno? Shows a little bit of holster wear but it works flawlessly and pretty much hits anything I point it at.

I think the 4" heavy barrel is about the perfect configuration. Trained all my kids and wife to load and shoot it years ago.

[tazman]

Very nice, and in it's only useful configuration----loaded.

[DerekP Houston]

Love that gun! Picked up mine as a trade in, still my favorite revolver. Good choice!

[Sasquatch-1]

I find it amazing all the shooters at the club I belong to, after hitting their mid 50's, start looking seriously at revolvers. When I shoot the only semi in my safe, a DE in 44 mag, it takes about 15 minutes to bend over and pick up the first case. :veryconfu

I carried both 4" and 2" model 10's while a policeman until the late 80's. I was able to buy the 2" I was carrying when we switched to Glocks for $75.00. Still have it and take it to the range every once and a while.


Old men crawling around in the grass picking up brass is just silly and no one wants to watch that. I also wear suspenders.

[pmer]

My BIL's girl friend shot 38 special +P ammo in my model 19 and really liked it. She tried a couple Glocks and my S&W Body Guard but they all aggravated a shoulder injury that she has.

[Petrol & Powder]

The S&W model 10 traces its roots back to the M&P model of 1899. It is one of the greatest handgun designs of all time. The Model 10 possesses a balance between size, weight, power, accuracy, reliability and durability that is unmatched in the world of handguns. The model 10 is the grandfather of all K-frames and there are dozens upon dozens of models and variations that are derived from the Model 10.

Every dedicated shooter/reloader needs at least one good model 10.

[marlin39a]

The 10 was my first center fire revolver back in 1977. I haven't owned one for years. I just found a 3" model 10 from 1978 in perfect condition. Now wears custom grips. I love it. Brings back great memories, and shoots like a champ!

[Shooter6br]

Police trade in with Safariland grips Made 1973. Great pistol !

[Gray Fox]

Down here in the sticky South I prefer my 4" Model 64 in the same heavy barrel configuration. I cast the RD 175 RNFP and really like Universal so I'm going to have to try that 4.5 grain load. That boolit without a GC, tumbled and baked should be a great load. As someone who learned on a Colt Police Positive in 1961, I agree that I shoot my revolvers much more than anything else these days. GF

[Char-Gar]

If every there was a true class handgun the Smith and Wesson K frame is it. First as the Military and Police, then as the Model 10 and them variations with adjustable sights like the Combat Masterpiece and the Combat Magnum. Round butt, square butt, blue steel, stainless and of whatever barrel length, these handguns are truly great sixguns. Here are some of mine;

A 1913 and 1931 M&P, a Model 10 and 64. A Combat Masterpiece, a Combat Magnum and a K-38. They are my most fired handguns.

[Mk42gunner]

I would not be surprised to find that a K-frame in .38 Special or .357 Magnum would handle about 90% of all needed handgunning chores, as long as the shooter does his job right.

Robert

[sandman228]

I picked up a mod 10-5 4 inch a little while back from a gun shop for 325 in fairly decent shape with just a small amount of blueing wear . apparently it was bought by the gun shop from an elderly mans estate sale it was his in the nightstand gun . I did dump the tiny stock grips and replace them with a set of Hogue mono grips . its a nice little revolver but at 1 time I was considering selling it . I had it advertised on a local classified had a few callers 1 of them actually told me I wasn't asking enough for it and actually talked me out of selling it lol how about that, im used to people constantly trying to beat me down when I have something advertised on same classified sight no matter how good of a price I put on it .

[FergusonTO35]

I love those 10's, always have and always will. The M&P is the other military sidearm we carried for 70+ years. It did just as admirable a job but doesn't get the glory that the 1911 does. I have a 1967 10-5 4" skinny barrel and a 1992 10-10 4" heavy barrel. The 10-5 is dead on with any load of at least 150 grains. The 10-10 is just as accurate but prefers 130-140 grains, shoots high with heavier slugs. Both are square butt and wear OEM wood panel grips.

Because I love heavy, all steel revolvers in unsexy non-magnum calibers I also have a Ruger Service Six and Taurus 82, both in stainless and chambered in .38 Special.:)

[Petrol & Powder]

Down here in the sticky South I prefer my 4" Model 64 .............
/\ I heard that ! /\

Love my stainless guns for that very reason.

[str8shot426]

[QUOTE=tbx-4;3460651]Pictures or it's not real! :) I showed you mine now show us yours!

Here's mine again
155082

Ok here it is...http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/07/b0b2afc4b8a4fa71f76ce3eb5bfb2d0b.jpgnot the prettiest. I am happy with this legend. I said it was my first S&W revolver. Guaranteed not to be the last!

[str8shot426]

I find it amazing all the shooters at the club I belong to, after hitting their mid 50's, start looking seriously at revolvers. When I shoot the only semi in my safe, a DE in 44 mag, it takes about 15 minutes to bend over and pick up the first case. :veryconfu

I carried both 4" and 2" model 10's while a policeman until the late 80's. I was able to buy the 2" I was carrying when we switched to Glocks for $75.00. Still have it and take it to the range every once and a while.

I've only owned one semi auto (1911) all I have now are wheel guns, and I am not quite 40. (Barely!) I enjoy the simplicity of them mostly. Plus not chasing brass!

[rondog]

I have one too, just like it. Also from Bud's. I was foolishly considering selling it recently to raise funds for a Rossi R92 rifle, but I'm happy to say I still have it. I know I'd regret selling it, think I'd better keep it.

[tbx-4]

Pictures or it's not real! :) I showed you mine now show us yours!


Ok here it is... not the prettiest. I am happy with this legend. I said it was my first S&W revolver. Guaranteed not to be the last!

Nice!

[Bill*B]

I've owned (and then traded away) enough pistols to fill the bed of a pickup truck. BEST PISTOL EVER - and one that it takes a little age to appreciate - is a Smith & Wesson model 10, caliber .38 Special! Mine is a 4", and if I could only own one firearm - it would be the one.

[Forrest r]

The model 10's are an excellent place to start with when making custom revolvers also.

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Model 10's have killer triggers.

[Petrol & Powder]

156120About the only thing you can do to improve the 4" Model 10 is to make it out of stainless steel [smilie=s: !
The S&W Model 10 and its stainless steel twin the Model 64 are classic revolvers.

[Scharfschuetze]

The model 10's are an excellent place to start with when making custom revolvers also.

Quite right you are!

They'll still hold their own in stock guise though.

[michaelcj]

I still carry the #10-2" that I bought in 1974 as a backup/offduty gun. I have 18 months to go before I pull the plug and still carry it as my plain clothes side arm. The youngsters look at me as a dinosaur during qualifications.

I bought a second 4" at the same time and had it converted to a PPC competition gun by Davis. It has had 10's of thousands of rounds down the spout and still going strong. I hauled it out, just for fun, at a recent qualification and the youngest on the department commented… " Whoa…. were'd you get that!? Looks like a Snake Pliskin gun!" I HAVE disallowed him from nicknaming me "Snake".

Scharf's photo above could be my "Snake's" twin, except mine's bobbed DA only hammer and coil mainspring.

[Treetop]

Before the grandkids come up to the ranch for Christmas, spring break, etc. I had better have lots of .38 Special and .357s loaded up. Their favorite handgun is my vintage 4" Model 10 and their favorite rifle is the .357 Rossi M94 20" barrel.

I load the same load in .38 and .357 cases, only changing boolits. I use NOE 150 gr. full WCs in the .38 cases for the Model 10 and Lyman 120 gr. RN in the .357 cases because they feed better in the Rossi. Both are mild shooting and lots of fun for the kids.