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Model 10 potential purchase
Hey guys im looking at a model 10 that the guy is telling me is super old. The serial number is C 177994. Can anyone guestimate the age?
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Not super old, and very common. C 177994 likely shipped in early 1952 to possibly mid-1952. Collectors call it a pre-Model 10 M&P. It is NOT a Model 10 - those did not exist until 1958.
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11-30-2015, 01:28 AM
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Hey! I was born before this gun was made, so I object to hearing it referred to as "super old!" 
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I, too, am deeply offended. 
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Well it is sixty-some years old ... I don't know the technical definition of "super old" but I don't doubt some folks would consider it pretty old.
Keep in mind the frame of reference of younger folks. A ten year old computer is ancient.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DWalt
Not super old, and very common. C 177994 likely shipped in early 1952 to possibly mid-1952. Collectors call it a pre-Model 10 M&P. It is NOT a Model 10 - those did not exist until 1958.
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SCSW says C223998 ended 1951 . . . My guess is late 1950 or early 1951 . . .
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I have a 5" that is later serial # than the OP is talking about - mine was DOB of 1952 which is fine as I was born in 1952. I too object to the "old" . . well not really but I like those years . . . and mine is a great shooter.
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Originally Posted by Roberjolley80
Hey guys im looking at a model 10 that the guy is telling me is super old. The serial number is C 177994. Can anyone guestimate the age?
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Most likely shipped Aug/Sep 1951 time frame.
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12-01-2015, 01:33 AM
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Question for OP
Are you looking to buy this pre-model 10? Or just looking to find a date? If you don't mind, a lot of members here would like to know condition and price for comparison values. Thanks in advance if you care to share.
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" Originally Posted by DWalt View Post
Not super old, and very common. C 177994 likely shipped in early 1952 to possibly mid-1952. Collectors call it a pre-Model 10 M&P. It is NOT a Model 10 - those did not exist until 1958."
I said that as I have several M&Ps listed close to that SN which DID ship in the early to mid-1952 period. It wasn't a wild guess. Not to say it couldn't have shipped earlier or later than that. Everyone should know that story.
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In terms of firearms I'd consider 100 years or more "super old." In terms of people I'd call that age "distinguished."
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12-01-2015, 05:45 PM
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Well it is sixty-some years old ... I don't know the technical definition of "super old" but I don't doubt some folks would consider it pretty old.
Keep in mind the frame of reference of younger folks. A ten year old computer is ancient.
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Heck, a 10-year-old computer IS ancient. A 62-year-old S&W is just in its prime, and still functions exactly as it was designed to do.
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Old are good.
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In terms of firearms I'd consider 100 years or more "super old." In terms of people I'd call that age "distinguished."
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I have a MP 96 years young, only 32 years older than me. Shoot it weekly. Fine, accurate firearm. I guess we are distinguished.
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Heck, I have 5 guns manufactured close to or before my Grandfather was born in 1886. They date to 1866, 1884, 1886 and 1888, and I don't consider any of them as "Super Old". The 5th is a S&W "Frontier Model" that dates to 1885-1890 or so. I shoot all of them from time to time.
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A Brown Bess is super-old.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash
Well it is sixty-some years old ... I don't know the technical definition of "super old" but I don't doubt some folks would consider it pretty old.
Keep in mind the frame of reference of younger folks. A ten year old computer is ancient.
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My dad got it right! An old person is anybody that is 15yrs. older than you!
Turned 70 in August (not too sure how that happened!), but thinking back-as a teenager anybody in their 30's were way too old to pay attention to!
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