S&W 10-2...

[Xfuzz]

Have a line on a Smith 10-2.
4" RB.....wasn't the 10-2 only in production
a year or so ?

Thanks In advance..

 

[scha]

According to the book, the 10-2 was introduced in 1961. This change was the extractor rod thread - (right hand threads changed to left hand threads) for the standard barrel. The 10-3 was the same extractor rod thread change for the heavy barrel model. The Model 10-4 came out in 1962 and this change eliminated the trigger guard screw. So the model 10-2 was only made in 1961.

Hope this helps.

Steve

 

[Retired W4]

What gets me sometimes is what S&W viewed as an engineering change, or not. It doesn't always seem logical. That's not the case in the 10-2/10-3, but there are other examples.

 

[diamonback68]

The 10-2s are scarce, but the 10-4s are the really scare ones to find. The jump from the 10-4 to the 10-6 was only a matter of weeks or months, no one knows exactly for sure or how many were made. Good luck finding one of those.

 

[smokycity]

The 10-2s are scarce, but the 10-4s are the really scare ones to find. The jump from the 10-4 to the 10-6 was only a matter of weeks or months, no one knows exactly for sure or how many were made. Good luck finding one of those.

So where does the 10-5 fall in line? I have seen guys asking when their 10-5 was born and the replies here indicate the early to mid 1970's. I'm just asking. Did Smith make 10-5's in a different sequence?

By the way I am fortunate to have a really nice 10-2 I picked up years ago as an estate consignment sale. It had belonged to a retired DC police officer.

 

[diamonback68]

So where does the 10-5 fall in line? I have seen guys asking when their 10-5 was born and the replies here indicate the early to mid 1970's. I'm just asking. Did Smith make 10-5's in a different sequence?

By the way I am fortunate to have a really nice 10-2 I picked up years ago as an estate consignment sale. It had belonged to a retired DC police officer.

Sorry, I fat finger that one, it was the change from the 10-4 to the 10-5, the 10-6 was the heavy barrel version, not tapered.

 

[SmithNut]

The Engineering change that happened in the 61/62 timeframe have always been confusing, simply put - the standard barrel model (M10-2) changed into two parallel standard barrel versions, the M10-4 and the M10-5, the only difference between the two was the width of the front sight blade (the M10-4 continued with the standard at the time 1/10" wide blade, while the M10-5 went forward with the new standard, the 1/8" wide front sight blade).
There is a lot of conjecture that the M10-4 only lasted a day or several days, but the reality is that it continued to be available for years, it's just that not many were ordered/sold, as the new standard was with the 1/8" wide sight blade used on the M10-5 and M10-6 (standard and heavy barrel versions) and all subsequent parallel engineering changes going forward.
The M10-4 models are seldom seen, but the shipping dates I've seen span a number of years, suffice to say that they were around longer than the short times mentioned by some, but the quantity was very small compared to the new 1/8" wide models.

 

[scha]

The 10-5 (Standard Barrel) and 10-6 (heavy barrel) Models were made from 1962 until 1977 when the 10-7 replaced the -5 and the 10-8 replaced the 10-6. These continued until 1988.

Hope this helps.

Steve

 

[loeman]

Thanks guys for responding to this thread and Xfuzz for starting it. It has really cleared up my own confusion regarding the 10-5. I just bought a 5 inch standard barrel, 10-5 Detroit Police model in nickel just yesterday and was told by the LGS that it was made in '62. I knew that it had to be later due to not having the trigger screw and no-diamond grips. According to SCSW mine dates to 1976-1977. It is really interesting to learn that so many variations of the model 10 were made and sold concurrently.