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Model 10-5 too good to pass up
Was at one of my favorite LGS this afternoon and this is what I spotted in one of the cases. Serial number is C888XXX not sure if it was made in 1966 or 1967. Would love to know. 6" barrel, all numbers match including the grips. No box or docs.
According to the LGS owner the original never fired it, sold it to a friend and he never fired it. It's looks to me as though all 6 cylinders show some evidence of being fired, possibly factory only. Absolutely no turn line what so ever. Forcing cone is perfectly clean. Numerous small handling marks on frame and grips. No bluing loss anywhere that I can see.
Very hard to photograph in natural light due to that brilliant high luster bluing the factory was using back then. Into it for less than four benjamins.
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04-20-2018, 07:36 PM
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you can love that 6” pencil barrel then you got a beauty at a reasonable price.
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The witness marks on the recoil shield to me indicates a lot more than 3 or 6 rounds shot through it.
I would estimate only 1-200 rounds or so.
It's obvious, it's been handled more than shot and has been very well taken care of.
It's unusual that the grips have more dings than wear on the bluing!
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04-21-2018, 07:55 AM
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Too Good to Pass Up
It's a joy to behold! Found a 10-5, 2", at my local gun store, looked new to me, but no box. $475, so....having no usable cashola, as usual, I thought about it. I had a '70 series nickel 45 Government that had been with me since '08, I fired a few times, but someone had filed the top of the slide to have target sights installed, otherwise original. So I swapped it even, $500 for mine. Good deal, **** no! But I'm happy. Quality is outstanding and it shoots well, and anything 15 yds or so is hit most of the time. I've had some new Smiths, ok, but NOT LIKE THIS. Enjoy it. I had a 6", but traded it for gun de jour. serial is K99 something, so I think about '77. They also had a 64 pencil barrel in great shape, price unknown if anyone is looking.
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Oh, heck yeah. That's a real beauty. The first photo I looked at, I thought it was nickel-- that sure is a shiny blue! The tapered barrel is elegant and refined.
I have the same model in about half that condition, and it's a fine shooter. Points very well.
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The short barrel models are more popular. But if you have ever shot a 6" M&P, you know why many savvy cops back in the day packed one. In drawing from leather for rapid fire that long barrel swings onto the target very smoothly and reduces muzzle jump. Also, the longer barrel gives maximum performance from the 38 Special ammo.
That's a fine specimen. Enjoy it.
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PS: Not sure if stocks are original to a 1966-67 M10-5. Should they not be the "Diamond" style? Are they numbered to the gun?
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you can love that 6” pencil barrel then you got a beauty at a reasonable price.
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I must have missed the price being mentioned!!
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I must have missed the price being mentioned!!
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The last line of the post is "Into it for less than four benjamins," which translates to less than $400 in my How To Talk English: The Language As She Is Spoke phrase book. 
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OP states non-diamonds are numbered to the gun, Probably in the first wave of non-diamond grips. Directive issued in March 1966?
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The 10-5 was my first duty revolver.
Just like your first girlfriend, you never forget. Great find, enjoy.
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Very nice! Still looking for my six incher, closest I've gotten is a five inch mid fifties jobber. Enjoy that one!
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Originally Posted by Art Doc
The short barrel models are more popular. But if you have ever shot a 6" M&P, you know why many savvy cops back in the day packed one. In drawing from leather for rapid fire that long barrel swings onto the target very smoothly and reduces muzzle jump. Also, the longer barrel gives maximum performance from the 38 Special ammo.
That's a fine specimen. Enjoy it.
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Speaking of 6-inch barrels, that is why the
Model 14 was so popular among police
including the LAPD.
Knew a retired officer from suburban Chicago
whose duty weapon was a Model 14, and golly
could he score with it at 50 yards.
I believe many motorcycle police were armed
with the 6-inch models from Smith and Colt.
Yes, the longer barrels did make the .38 Special
of the day a much better round than many
might think about that caliber.
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Nice pick up! My 4" blue 10-4 is serial # C860XXX and shipped on July 15, 1966, my blue 6" 10-5 is a little later at C866XXX, the two 5" nickel 10-5 are 1971 and 72 and the 4" nickel is a pre M10 from 1955, you can't have too many M10's!
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Originally Posted by Housepuss
Was at one of my favorite LGS this afternoon and this is what I spotted in one of the cases. Serial number is C888XXX not sure if it was made in 1966 or 1967. Would love to know. 6" barrel, all numbers match including the grips. No box or docs.
According to the LGS owner the original never fired it, sold it to a friend and he never fired it. It's looks to me as though all 6 cylinders show some evidence of being fired, possibly factory only. Absolutely no turn line what so ever. Forcing cone is perfectly clean. Numerous small handling marks on frame and grips. No bluing loss anywhere that I can see.
Very hard to photograph in natural light due to that brilliant high luster bluing the factory was using back then. Into it for less than four benjamins.
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According to my database, most likely shipped Mar/Apr 1967.
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To quote Aristotle, "OMG!" That's a beauty.
I love the standard barrel, though I've only owned four-inchers.
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