Model 10-6 Heavy Barrel

TNZ71 · Oct 31, 2016

For the last year I've been searching for a heavy barrel Mod10. I've run across some of the prettiest standard profile Model 10s each carrying that $400-500 price tag. Last week I found a nice Mod 10-6 but with Pachmayrs that did nothing for it. Upon removing the grips to check the blackstrap I notice it was an old State gun. I had to have it at that point.

OIF2 · Oct 31, 2016

Love the older M10s...you're not really a Smith guy if you don't have at least one M&P in the safe.
Bob

JP@AK · Oct 31, 2016

TNZ71 said:
but with Pachmayrs that did nothing for it

And then you go and put late style target stocks on it???

To each his own, but in my opinion it would look a whole lot better with correct Magna stocks - that is what it came with originally.

bananaman · Oct 31, 2016

Congratulations on the 10! Heavy barrel fixed sight K frames shoot so well for me. They just handle naturally. Enjoy it! Bob

Jdavis · Oct 31, 2016

Good lookin model 10. The target stocks look fine and will work well as a range gun. Fix your model 10 the way it works for and enjoy it.

DocB · Oct 31, 2016

This is an early nickel example from around 1964. Got it from an old guy at the gun show. He said he put on these target grips shortly after getting the gun new. After 50 years the targets have left such an impression on the nickel, I can't replace them with magnas. Wound up using some Flitz and Ren Wax. Then just put the targets back on. It is a 10-6.

TNZ71 · Oct 31, 2016

JP@AK said:
And then you go and put late style target stocks on it???

To each his own, but in my opinion it would look a whole lot better with correct Magna stocks - that is what it came with originally.

Believe me the Pachmayrs looked hideous on this. On my old service 10 they look the part tho

crazyphil · Oct 31, 2016

Here's my S&W Model 10-6 with bull barrel and original stocks.
I also have a S&W Model 10-5 with 2" barrel and original stocks.

Absalom · Oct 31, 2016

TNZ71 said:
.....Last week I found a nice Mod 10-6 but with Pachmayrs that did nothing for it. Upon removing the grips to check the blackstrap I notice it was an old State gun......

So what is T.H.P.? You don't identify the state you reside in, but wild guess, Tennessee Highway Patrol?

TNZ71 · Oct 31, 2016

Absalom said:
So what is T.H.P.? You don't identify the state you reside in, but wild guess, Tennessee Highway Patrol?

Yes. Tennessee, I think the THP switched from the Model 10 to a .357 Model 65 in the early 80's.

lamarw · Oct 31, 2016

I won my only 10-6 at an auction last December. Out the door price including the high 10% sales tax was just a smidge under $300.00.

Not perfect but a solid revolver. The seller is a Law Enforcement Distributor and takes in a lot of trade-ins. The gun has no LE markings, and the auction did not mention anything other than the type and condition of the revolver. There was a hang tag on the gun when I picked-it up stating Mobile Police Trade-In. I ask about the red fill-in on the serial number on the butt. The seller then stated the SWAT unit in Mobile always marked their firearms in this manner.

That's the story, and I am sticking to it.

ISCS Yoda · Oct 31, 2016

LOVE MODEL 10S!!!!! Well done!!!

Absalom · Oct 31, 2016

Allright, if we're showing them off, here's my retired police specimen. The stocks show real 'character' of an open-holster patrol gun.

NYPD, shipped June 1968, on duty 1969 to 1989, mostly 70th Precinct in Central Brooklyn. And no, I'm not the one who carried it, that info resulted from research

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C Broad Arrow · Oct 31, 2016

Nice... really nice!

Jack Flash · Oct 31, 2016

lamarw said:
... The seller then stated the SWAT unit in Mobile always marked their firearms in this manner.

That's the story, and I am sticking to it.

Well, I don't see anyone saying they can prove that story is false.

This is a nickel M10-6. I think its magna stocks are original, but they are off a little. They have a 3 where they should have an 8. The 3 is so deeply struck, you could see how somebody at the factory could have made that mistake. I like the way it looks with these Football Targets, though.

C Broad Arrow · Oct 31, 2016

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Model 10-6 heavy barrel and the Model 13?

TNZ71 · Oct 31, 2016

C Broad Arrow said:
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Model 10-6 heavy barrel and the Model 13?

Caliber. The Model 13 came after a few limited Model 10's chambered in .357

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Absalom · Oct 31, 2016

C Broad Arrow said:
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Model 10-6 heavy barrel and the Model 13?

Caliber. Although there were a very limited mumber of 10-6's in .357 Magnum made for a specific agency (which escapes my memory right now), the Model 13 is the Magnum version.

PS: Looked it up. It was the New York State Police. Those are in fairly high demand by collectors.

TNZ71 · Dec 21, 2016

JP@AK said:
And then you go and put late style target stocks on it???

To each his own, but in my opinion it would look a whole lot better with correct Magna stocks - that is what it came with originally.

Is this better JP? I just bought a 65 that needed those Targets.

StakeOut · Dec 21, 2016

Ah,seeing these Model 10-6 heavy barrel revolvers brought back memories of March 1966 when I was issued this gun as a rookie at the NYPD Police Academy.It cost $45 back then.Mine had diamond magna grips but others in my class received guns with non diamond grips.

After my probation period was up I replaced the grips with Hogue wood combats.

Adjustable sight guns were not permitted as a service revolver so I had a bar with notch made and brazed into a milled grove to raise the impact point a few inches.

Archie Dubia,gunsmith at the S&W factory,did an action job on it for me.

I passed the gun on to a shooter in the NYPD firearms unit when I retired whom I new would give it a good home.

That was 34 years ago.My god,where has the time gone.

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