I inherited this Herbert Schmidt Modell 10 .22 a couple of years ago. It has a fixed 8 shot cylinder with double action trigger.
I’ve seen this revolver in a few Internet searches and thought I would share mine with you.
My Grandmother bought it back in 1967 from K Mart for under $19.47. The price of $19.47 was scratched out on the original box so maybe she got it for less.
First impression is it looks and feels more like a small toy gun. Somebody over tighten the screw on the left grip and busted it so I glued it back together. Part of the cylinder pin is missing.
When I first got it I could barely squeeze the trigger. I tested the trigger pull by tying dumbbells to it until 30 lbs would break the trigger.
I pulled the main spring out to check the hammer and trigger and both parts moved freely. So I flushed everything out with some WD40, blew it dry then lubed it up with some Hoppe’s Oil.
Still could barely squeeze the trigger.
Out of curiosity, I popped the pins out of the frame and pulled out the trigger assembly. The hammer and trigger looked like they where machined with a hacksaw with deep grooves on them.
Naturally, my OCD kicked in and I had to polish them which was totally unnecessary because the tolerances on the parts were very loose.
But it was a cold rainy day and I had fun figuring out how this little revolver worked. However I couldn’t figure out how the cylinder came out.
With the parts all cleaned I put it all back together and still could barely squeeze the trigger.
I ordered an extra main spring from an HS cowboy style revolver with the intention of trimming it down to a more usable trigger weight. The new spring was longer than the original. I had to trim a number of coils to finally get it to 16 lbs that I could squeeze. It still has enough hammer force to fire a couple of old .22 with the bullets pulled out. I live in the city.
I don’t have a clue on how it will shoot or how long the parts will last until I can buy some elusive .22 ammo and get to a gun range.
I’ve seen this revolver in a few Internet searches and thought I would share mine with you.
My Grandmother bought it back in 1967 from K Mart for under $19.47. The price of $19.47 was scratched out on the original box so maybe she got it for less.
First impression is it looks and feels more like a small toy gun. Somebody over tighten the screw on the left grip and busted it so I glued it back together. Part of the cylinder pin is missing.
When I first got it I could barely squeeze the trigger. I tested the trigger pull by tying dumbbells to it until 30 lbs would break the trigger.
I pulled the main spring out to check the hammer and trigger and both parts moved freely. So I flushed everything out with some WD40, blew it dry then lubed it up with some Hoppe’s Oil.
Still could barely squeeze the trigger.
Out of curiosity, I popped the pins out of the frame and pulled out the trigger assembly. The hammer and trigger looked like they where machined with a hacksaw with deep grooves on them.
Naturally, my OCD kicked in and I had to polish them which was totally unnecessary because the tolerances on the parts were very loose.
But it was a cold rainy day and I had fun figuring out how this little revolver worked. However I couldn’t figure out how the cylinder came out.
With the parts all cleaned I put it all back together and still could barely squeeze the trigger.
I ordered an extra main spring from an HS cowboy style revolver with the intention of trimming it down to a more usable trigger weight. The new spring was longer than the original. I had to trim a number of coils to finally get it to 16 lbs that I could squeeze. It still has enough hammer force to fire a couple of old .22 with the bullets pulled out. I live in the city.
I don’t have a clue on how it will shoot or how long the parts will last until I can buy some elusive .22 ammo and get to a gun range.
