Legit 2" U. S. 10-5

[GARANDY]

 

[s&wchad]

Nice!

You might find this interesting:

Post in thread 'Model 10-5 U.S. marked.'

Nov 12, 2024

Here are a couple pictures of one of my Model 10-5 US marked revolvers. They were a US issue firearm during the Vietnam war and for a few years after, before the M9 replaced them. A lot of use by army helicopter pilots during the war.

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[Road Rat]

Mine is dated 1976

 

[Retired W4]

As I have mentioned in the past my first issue in VN was a Victory model. My second unit issued me a model 10 of some sort. Both were 4" square butt. Issue ammo was the junk 130 gr. FMJ. I also carried 6 38 special tracers in case I ran out of pen gun flares. If you went down you always had 2 M-60's with you, but they were hard to handle with those butterfly grips when not mounted on the pintle. There were plenty of other, off the record weapons to carry.

 

[K Harris]

Wow! I would love to have a US marked Model 10. We still had Model 10's in inventory after Desert Storm.

 

[GARANDY]

2" is rare I understand

 

[GARANDY]

Right from S&W

 

[bobsguns]

As I have mentioned in the past my first issue in VN was a Victory model. My second unit issued me a model 10 of some sort. Both were 4" square butt. Issue ammo was the junk 130 gr. FMJ. I also carried 6 38 special tracers in case I ran out of pen gun flares. If you went down you always had 2 M-60's with you, but they were hard to handle with those butterfly grips when not mounted on the pintle. There were plenty of other, off the record weapons to carry.

I was a M-60 machine gunner. Never once did I see butterfly grips on a M-60. In fact, I would contend with trigger groupl placement being where it is, it's impossible to have butterfly grips installed.

M-60:

 

[s&wchad]

I was a M-60 machine gunner. Never once did I see butterfly grips on a M-60. In fact, I would contend with trigger groupl placement being where it is, it's impossible to have butterfly grips installed.

M-60:
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I wasn't a gunner, but it seems the M-60D did have spade grips.

 

[bobsguns]

In wasn't a gunner, but it seems the M-60D did have spade grips.

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Never saw that version before!

I stand corrected on that.

 

[Retired W4]

Never saw that version before!

I stand corrected on that.

Check out the connecting rod from the grips to the actual trigger on the 60 in post #4. Tay Ninh, 1969.

 

[jpage]

As I have mentioned in the past my first issue in VN was a Victory model. My second unit issued me a model 10 of some sort. Both were 4" square butt. Issue ammo was the junk 130 gr. FMJ. I also carried 6 38 special tracers in case I ran out of pen gun flares. If you went down you always had 2 M-60's with you, but they were hard to handle with those butterfly grips when not mounted on the pintle. There were plenty of other, off the record weapons to carry.
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How did You carry .38 rounds ? Seems like the Army didn't issue anything to carry a reload ?

 

[bobsguns]

Check out the connecting rod from the grips to the actual trigger on the 60 in post #4. Tay Ninh, 1969.

I saw that. That was my whole premise about no butterfly trigger, the location of the trigger housing itself.

I don't believe the USMC used those though, which might be why I had never seen one before.

 

[mikeruns]

M60s' with back plate trigger assys(spades)…We certainly did use them. I serviced them often at Ordnance Maintenance Company 1st Force Service Support Group on Camp Pendleton(Las Pulgas)…..these were mostly Marine air group guns for various helo units. There were several different setups for both M-60s' and M-240s' with different spades, short and long pistol grips for air craft pintle setups without t&e's, and also electric solenoid fire control which were also used on both of our .50 caliber machine guns (M2 & M85) for aircrews and coaxial to cannon bbls. If a machine gun will fit somewhere tight, a Marine will mount it.

 

[F224]

I wasn't a gunner, but it seems the M-60D did have spade grips.

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Widely used on the UH-1 series of helicopters up until they were replaced with the M240's. I shot a few thousand rounds out of them in aerial gunnery training. As a pilot we only occasionally got to shoot them as they were the door gunners weapons, but that's OK, I shot over 1.5million rounds through M134 Mini-guns flying UH-1Mike model gunships.

 

[bobsguns]

M60s' with back plate trigger assys(spades)…We certainly did use them. I serviced them often at Ordnance Maintenance Company 1st Force Service Support Group on Camp Pendleton(Las Pulgas)…..

What years were these? I got out in 1982 & never saw the spade grip. But my M-60 time was with Hotel 2/6, not MCAS.

I'd seen the motor drive units at Knob Creek & so forth. Thankfully, no one had to hump those.

 

[mikeruns]

'87-'90 at Camp Pendleton, these would've been MAG @ Pendleton, and various units from Tustin and El Toro at that time. Also, many years later, between 2010-2013, I worked as a contractor for the Army and they too had some aircraft mg.s'. Most mg.s' that I have seen and repaired were basic infantry with tripod and t&e like you pictured since most of our support was for infantry. 2/6 I am guessing Camp Lejuene? My only time at Lejuene was as a match armourer at Stone Bay during Marine Corps Matches in about '90 or or '91 when stationed at WTBN, Quantico. Cheers-Semper-Semper

 

[SG-688]

Retired W4
I also carried 6 38 special tracers in case I ran out of pen gun flares.

For clarity and in the interest of a recent discussion - literal tracers or the .38 signal flare cartridge?

 

[Retired W4]

I still have the pen gun I carried back then. Extra 38 special rounds were carried (by me) loose in the pocket of my flack jacket.

 

[kwill1911]

Gentlemen, with respect, can we talk all the machine gun chatter to a new thread?

Garandy, in years of tracking/researching these I've only recorded about a dozen in existance and they were all USAF guns shipped in 1960 (C515XXX SN range). Yours is the only one I've seen from the 1970s.