Recent content by MajorD

The military procured a lot of model 10’s during the Vietnam era mostly 4” but obviously some 2” as well. Most commonly encountered is the 4” round butt, which appear to have been common issue to aviators in that time frame. A friend who was a helicopter crew chief much later told me in addition...

Love these 15 snubs! I foolishly got rid of mine some years ago after paying less than $300 for it. Rough on the outside but pristine inside and shot great. Felt the burning need for a different gun and down the road it went.

A little update. Took the gun apart for a cleaning and mechanical check and it looks new inside like I suspected. Serial is a C series from 1966 or 67 per the standard catalog 4th. I will probably throw some pics up on facebooks revolving cylinder page at some point ( work interferes with my...

You and me both. One of the hottest revolvers on the secondary market. A run of classic no lock 13’s and 65’s would be worth me rolling the dice on a modern production gun - but for the love of god make some blue ones! S&aw has a horrendous habit of introducing something sort of interesting...

I was delighted to get a carried a lot shot a little 10-5 a few days ago for $259 - they aren’t cheap like they used to be- sounds like a jump on it deal to me

Bobsguns never a good idea to store a gun in a holster. The leather can absorb or retain moisture and result in significant rust

199015 is NOT stainless, it is nickel

Getting exciting! According to the ups tracking, the gun was supposed to show up next week. I get home this evening and the door had a UPS tag stuck to it, stating I missed delivery and can wait for next delivery day attempt or pick up at local location!

I highly doubt S&W on standard run of the mill models did anything but install the sights and ship The gun. Over the years some companies ( colt, sig sauer walther ) did include test targets showing how the gun grouped and with said group centered. I don’t recall S&W ever doing this ( did they...

For me the only slight detractor of the older guns versus the current production is the 10 round capacity. Also I personally detest stainless and would only want blue. Typically a very nice user shooter grade 18 is going to cost less than the current mountain guns, so to me simply not worth it.

About a year or so back, I posted a thread asking is a run of the mill shooter grade model 10 a $400 gun now? And got pretty much a yes. I am a dinosaur that remembers buying lots of old functionally excellent old cop model 10’s that were finish challenged for well under 200 bucks, and for the...

Simple answer is rebluing ALWAYS always results in lower value ! Examples: In a collectible gun in good shape - original finish let’s say would value at $750 with refinish its $500 For a rough condition “working gun” if zero or close finish is a $200 gun. Add $400 for refinish work of good...

In my era of the desert southwest, I come across very few older used revolvers for sale. Used to see lots more when I lived in the northeast for some reason. The few I do see are priced high, often what I consider “ mint in box” prices for shooter grade guns. I am also one to buy guns to use so...

As a former long time NY ( state) resident I always thought it ironic that NYPD would have officers personally purchase guns as opposed to them being issued considering NY’s long history of opposing and heavily discouraging private handgun ownership. I always enjoy reading your posts about the nypd!

I would buy at that price, better to negotiate down a bit if possible Most important is to examine the frame flat where the barrel screws in VERY carefully to make sure it is not cracked. I have examined quite a few that were. ( magnifying glass and strong light required even more so on...