Yesterday I was fortunate to pick up a used 10-8 dated to 1984. Last night I stripped it completely down and cleaned out 40 years of old oil, dirt, etc. I bought it because it had a 3" barrel, round butt, factory grips and factory nickel (N on cylinder face, barrel flat and grip frame, with black ejector star). Only one minor freckle in the plating. Feeling pretty good about it today.