My latest VPA Model 10 arrived today. This one's a 10-11 dating to 1999. A bit of a surprise as my last VPA was a 10-5 from 1975.
This is my first MIM Model 10. I know the purists will cringe, but the lockwork is smooth as warm butter and I have never had MIM part fail. Its a working gun, not a safe queen.
Came to me in a plain brown M&P 40 box. Wearing the nastiest rubber grips I've ever seen. Took them off in the store and threw them away then and there.
Overall condition is very servicable. Usual character marks and holster rubs. Couple light rust spots under the rubbers.
Getting it home, first order of business (after imaging) was to remove the sideplate and give everything the obligatory KROIL soakdown. Inner workings were pristine as was the bore. The rust spots cleaned off completely with bronze wool after the KROIL soak.

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US Army '72-'95