Originally Posted by TNDave

There is something about the skinny barrel Model 10s. The big honking front sight is easy to see and the gun is lighter than the heavy barrel. I think the HB came out as a fad in a time when HB guns were trendy in an effort to modernize the Model 10 a little bit.

My grail gun is a skinny barrel Model 64 but I never see one. We need to be careful talking about them publicly though. The 4" skinny barrel 10's are an underdog and the least expensive Smith out there. We don't want to talk them up if we can help it.