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Old 12-30-2016, 11:03 AM
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Recently I bought a S&W model 10 from a pawn/gun shop and I am needing some identification help. The model number is 10-6. Serial number is D4341XX. It has the initials "D.P.D." stamped below the cylinder on the left side which leads me to believe that it was a police-issue in a former life. The revolver is a heavy barrel, fixed sight, wood square grip and is blued. It has holster wear but seems to be tight as a drum so it leads me to believe that it spent a lot of time in it's holster which I do not have. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Old 12-30-2016, 12:15 PM
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Welcome to the FORUM! You may drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what DPD, stands for. Any heavy barrel fixed sight K frame should be a good shooter. I have a 64-3, and a 13-2. You are right in stating that most of it's life was probably spent in a holster. YOU need to change that at the range! Bob
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This is from my Kindle version of the previous SWSC:

10-6 (1962): Trigger guard screw eliminated on heavy barrel model. • 1967: Begin “D” serial prefix at D1. • 1968: Delete diamond grips.

Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (p. 161). F+W Media, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

This might help narrow the date a little, but there are those here whose knowledge base is far greater than mine.
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Old 12-30-2016, 01:58 PM
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The serial places production almost certainly in 1972.

For the D.P.D., pick any larger municipality in the US starting with a D except Detroit. You may try the search function; I'm fairly certain that particular acronym has been discussed here on the forum before, with lots of suggestions but without conclusive result. The 10-6 was one of the most popular police guns of that era.
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Thanks to everyone for the responses. I've already given the ol' model 10 a minor workout and no complaints! I did not expect any luck on the "D.P.D." markings. I am in the south Ga./north Fla. area and it probably was some local (region-wise) PD that was using it. I have several firearms of all types but the change over to high capacity semi-autos made some good stuff to be turn-ins! A few years ago I found a S&W model 681-1, stainless with Hogue grips that is a real honey. It followed me home.. Hee! Hee!
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You'd be surprised how far some of these police guns have travelled! With a cop retiring and moving to a different state then later disposing of the gun, or guns surplused out to a distributor who then sold them on the open market
It is not unusual to see nypd guns in Florida or guns from california in Texas. Dpd could mean Durango Colorado police Dallas police or Denver etc
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If you really have to know a letter might tell you where it shipped but no guarantee the city or even the state would be the same as the police force it was bought for.
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