dear smith and wesson forum i would like to hear some opinions from my fellow forum members about the smith and wesson model 10 sincerely and respectfully mg357 a proud member of the smith and wesson forum

I have owned maybe 8 of them over nearly 50 years, and I'm considering buying another one...They are THE .38 Spl police revolver, one of the most reliable handguns made. I have had them in ALL kinds of condition and never had a bad shooter. They are smooth, accurate, reliable and a real pleasure to shoot, great handling and great looking. They are easy to carry, in any barrel length up to 4".
They are the basis of Smith's K frame line, and IMO are a classic American revolver.

Other than that.....



mark

Well shucks, Mark! Now there's nothing left for the rest of us to say, except maybe the eloquent "+1".

Larry

The M10 is the Ford truck of the line. Been there forever, millions made, always dependable. If you are going to collect S&W revolvers you have to have at least one.
There's nothing fancy about the old Military and Police. Maybe that's why they're so popular. I have a 4" M10-8 and a 4" M&P from the 40s'. If you don't have one yet pick one up, you won't regret it.

The K-Frame is just the right platform for the .38 Special IMHO. The M10 or its stainless cousin, the M64 is the ideal home defense revolver, especially if a wife or girlfriend needs to become proficient with it.

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In the little I've shot one I thought it was one of the sweetest, softest shooting gun I've ever handled. Just a pleasure.

Warning: They are addictive!
I have a 1948 5" M&P,a 10-1 4" HB,a 10-5 4" tapered bbl.,and a 10-7 2". I love them all and I'm always looking for another.

I've had two of them, both snubbies, liked both of them. They are good little guns, and I wouldn't hesitate getting another one if I run up on a good price.

If you look in the dictionary under classic - you should find a picture of the Model 10.

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6 or 7 years ago I sort of distained them; thought they were common, boring and pedestrian. Then I started hanging around here........and then Smithnut started posting photos of some of his collection.......and then I picked up a couple of them (they've sort of multiplied)....and I started shooting them. Now I like 'em a lot; undervalued, effective, high quality icons with lots of variation. -S2

What???? No photographs?


My motley collection pales in comparison to others, but I'm happy with 'em (...that is until I see another M10).

The Mod 10 is the classic K frame Smith revolver. You have to have one, the only decisions are the barrel length and whether you want the standard (also called tapered or pencil) or the heavy barrel. If you do a search you will find many opinons on the pros and cons of each. I think the 4" pencil barrel is the classic.

I have one Model 10 and that is a 10-8. It is one of the finest 38 Specials I have run across. I my opinion the model 10 is the foundation that all other S&W revolvers are built on. If you can have only one 38 Special the Model 10 would be difficult to beat.

as someone else said, totally boring.....no frills, no switches, knobs...nothing to adjust....
They work....EVERY time. Utterly reliable, utterly accurate, inexpensive, fun, concealable, ready to do duty at a moments notice with little or no attention from the owner or shooter...
A Model 10 should be mandatory in every law abiding citizens home in the country....this country would be a better place

I guess I have six or seven of them, maybe more.
Excellent defensive handgun with the right ammo.
Reliabe is it's middle name.

The problem with the Model 10s is that they start to grow
on you and you end up buying more.

I highly recommend the four and five in barrels for shooters who don't want excessive recoil and muzzle flash/sound.

Jungle Work

I've got a NZ model in 38 S&W. The bbl was .358 so I found a 38 sp. cylinder for it and it works great. It actually is more accurate with the special than the s&w. They are a good everyday sidearm...Hawken

I've got a 10-6 4" heavy barrel and a 10-5 2", both are sweet shooters . It is often said, the Model 10 has everything you need and nothing you don't...

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Sorry - I really like them old guns.
(And I just found very nice a 4" 10-5 for $285, so I got the fever...)


mark

There is no way you will be sorry for buying a Model 10. Go for it.

I have 7 of them and will buy more if i get a chance.great guns.

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My local CAS club allows anyone who shows up with a $15 entry fee, 2 double action revolvers, a pistol caliber lever gun and a single shot shotgun to compete in a new class we call Hillbilly. Some time last year, I decided to use my old Pre-10 as one of my pistols and give the new class a whirl.

Probably had the old Smith since my late teens. It belonged to a great, great uncle, Sunday Bill Smith, from whom I borrowed my S&W Forum handle.

Paired her up with a Model 19, which is a great gun, but the old Pre-10 was so much fun to shoot, I've since added a nickel 4" 1905, 4th change, a couple Pre-10s (one with an S serial prefix that I'm hoping was shipped during my birth year), and a 6" Model 10-5.

One of the few items I've bought in years that doesn't have a down side.

Be very very careful and don't leave them alone at night in the dark. They seem to multiply like rabbits!!!

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When I started shooting revolvers in my tender years the model 10 and M&P 38 special was the revolver I measured against other 38 special revolvers. And also in my childhood this what all the police officers carried. To me the model 10 is the best law enforcement carry revolver ever made. That is a bold statement history shows the revolver was in more police officers holsters than any other gun made including semi-autos. It took me years before I finally bought my first one. I have owned one model 10 and two M&P 38 specials. One 4 inch model 10 which I currently have and two M+P 38 specials one 4 inch and one 6 inch. I did sell the 6 inch and used the money to get a Model 66 4 inch. I will never sell the two I still have. The model 10 is my bedside HD revolver is loaded with the 158 gr LSWCHP 38+P rounds. Out of all my revolvers I shoot the model 10 the best. Same goes for my M&P 38 special.

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roaddog28

this string sure didn't take long to fill up...in 1983 when I began my 3 year hitch with the Army, the .45 Colt was still the primary issue for MP's, while the CID (investigator types) got to carry a 2 inch Model 10...I always admired those little guns & in the 90's picked up a beauty that lettered to Dallas, Texas January 1963...what impresses me the most about that hardly used snubbie is the fantastic trigger on it....you won't find that on J-frame

I have a funny story I'd like to tell, when I first got out of the Army in '86 I went to California to live for 18 months and worked private security...well I went to get an open-carry permit & I didn't have a service revolver yet (just a .44 Bulldog) so I used a range gun...it was a good ol' S&W M&P that was probably 30 years old and had likely seen a quarter million rounds put through it...well, we only shot out to 15 yards & I was putting everything in the 9 ring, but this guy beside me had a 6" Model 19 & he was hitting all over the target!!! he'd stop and adjust his sights, and shoot some more, then stop again & try to adjust them more, blaming his poor marksmanship on the sights (all the while his groups didn't improve a bit of course)...after that I vowed I'd never waste target sights on a carry gun, those fixed sights on that Model 10 were all a man needed (but I did move up a decade or two to catch up w/ progress & got a stainless .357 Model 65 as my carry gun out there)...anyway, point being, that good ol' dependable M&P I had never laid eyes on before or since more than got the job done...

My top 5 list of favorite S&Ws:
#1, Mod 10.
#2, Mod 66/19.
#3, Mod 15.
#4, Mod 64/65.
#5, Mod 14.
Its just how I roll.

I own three; all blued 4 inchers. Two are dash 5's with the pencil barrels and one is a dash 8 with the heavy barrel. All are fine shooters and handle so well that they even make a klutz like me look like I know what I'm doing.

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I love the Model 10. 20 years ago, I didn't have the time of day for one of them or the .38 special cartridge. Over time, I've come to realize that for me the gun and cartridge are ideal. Yes, I have other guns, but nothing is more fun to shoot. And I always enjoy reading about them.

I sold my only Model 10 around 1990, and I wish I hadn't. I'm presently keeping my eyes open for another one (or a Model 64). I'm telling myself that it will be for my wife...

How do I like the model 10? Let me count the way's. Ok, I ran out of finger's and Im too lazy to take off my boot's to continue but you get the idea. I think they are great!

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S&W's bread and butter gun. Sold millions of them. Enough variations to keep serious collectors busy for a lifetime. Everybody should have at least one. I have several M&Ps but only two actually stamped "Model 10" (well, 10-5 and 10-7 in reality).

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I have a 10-5 from 1969 and a pre-10 from 1948. I shoot the pre-10 more than any other gun I own. I do a pretty good job with it shooting bowling pins, and pin heads, on top of 148 gr HBWCs on top of 2.8 gr of Bullseye. I like the 10-5 for its classic status, but I don't shoot it as well as the pre-10, I think due to the PC magnas on the 10-5. Nevertheless every American should own at least one M&P or Model 10.

my 5" pre-10 m+p is my favorite gun to shoot.

Guess I just have to chime in too -- the Mod 10 and it's M&P predecessors are the classic service revolver -- three of the six guns stashed about my house for home defense are K frame 38's -- I have two J frames and a Ruger GP100 to round out the tribe -- all loaded with 38 Special -- they are just the best choice as I see it (and I have over 50 handguns to choose from) -- if I could have only one self defense hand gun -- it would be a Mod 10

IMHO the model 10 is the best Smith& Wesson revolver ever built. Love Mine!! W.V.Martin

Would you shoot +P+ in the pre ten's ????????

I'm striving hard to wear out my first one but after 35 years of continuous heavy use it appears capable of outlasting me. How to describe it and its brethren: utterly reliable, dependable, trouble-free, bulletproof, very accurate, and possesses classic good looks.

All Model 10s that I own are very accurate and all shoot to point of aim with standard 158 grain loads.

I have shot +P in older M&P revolvers made before the Model 10 designation was created, 325W. I recently shot several different types of factory 158 grain +P in a 1904 vintage M&P 5-inch. It handled them without a bobble. How it would hold up to use with +P loads I can't say. Should a person make a habit of using +P in the oldies? Probably not, however I wouldn't hesitate to choose a good M&P of any age for home defense use, loaded with lead 158 grain +P ammunition.

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10-7


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M&P shipped 1948

Ive owned numerous of them over the years. It was Smiths bread and butter gun at one time (maybe still). One of the best made, accurate and reliable .38 specials ever made anywhere. All smith fans should own at least one.

My M10 nickle snubby

I have a speedloader full of Buffalo Bore 158 gr +P LSWCHP that I can use in my M+P if the occasion rises.

roaddog28

One of my favorite handguns and my most accurate. Very easy to shoot, fairly easy to carry concealed, 100% reliable. What's not to like?

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Here's one. Born in 1961 and unfired since leaving the factory.

I had the same opinion of them Speedo2 had and then I bought a HB 4" about three months ago. What a sweet shooter! You can shoot standard or plus "p" in it all day long and the rounds all land in the center of the bull. I read on here, some time ago, that they were factory sighted for 25 yards. That seems to be the case with this one. I am looking for a tapered bbl in 4" now.

In my younger days I tended to sneer at them; and admittedly the loads weren't all that good unless you were a reloader. But they were and are the most utterly honest gun ever made and will do the job.

They were good enough for Ed McGivern and Jim Cirillo, and it doesn't get much better than that.

I carried one as my first service weapon as a police officer. It had one of slickest actions I have shot.

If you were to only own one handgun then the Model 10 would
be the one to have. It is simply, reliable, and powerful enough.
3 generations of my family have had a Model 10 or the Model 15 (basically a target sighted M&P) protecting them since about 1955. They were basically the Glocks of their day, only far better constructed and with much better looks and reliability.

Smitty...Beautiful Model 10! The 10's were simple, beautiful (in the girl next door kind of way), and reliable. As someone said, they are honest. Give me a Model 10 and a 1911..the two classic firearms of all time.

I would have to agree with your statement. The model 10 and the 1911 are the true classics. I would also have to put the model 27 in that class. The model 27 is one of the best looking revolvers next to the model 10,15 and 19 I have ever seen.

roaddog28

Yup, purdy much what ever one else said.
Them's just good guns.

Seriously, a M10's beauty is it's simplicity. Just load, aim & shoot.
I have 2 of them, a 4" & a 2" and just love them. I have 3 other revolvers & would rather eat dirt than lose one of my M10s. (not so much with the other three)


Girl next door is a good analogy (no, not the fat one with buck teeth, her sister, you know the one you used to peek at over the fence & grow hair on your palm over)

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The quintessential .38 Special....always liked'em.....always have a couple of 'em.

My 1st LE revolver, a Colt OP, was purchased in '69...it lasted less than a year...traded it and a ten-spot for a new M-10 pencil-barrel. Carried it for a year, then returned it to the factory to be changed from blue to nickel , to better deal with the humid night air. That revolver is STILL lookin' and shootin' like new. It's been carried for better than twenty years of a forty-plus year career. Today, it's my adult daughter's pistol, and continues "service" in that capacity...

I have, and shoot, other M-10's, two thru five in. pencil barrels, and there is nothing better IMHO, period, be it pencil or bull barrel. To anyone asking my opinion on a handgun for personal or home protection, the answer is a Smith M-10...one simply can't go wrong!

Thankfully, th' supply of M-10's is still meetin' th' demand!!!