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I asked S&W this same question back in the early '70's. In that response, they said "don't use +P much" in my Mod. 10, but they didn't say "don't." So, I have shot +P in it whenever I felt like it, and 30+ years later the revolver remains fine.

I've kept them all, except for one: my Model 17 blue that I traded on a shotgun in 1975. That was really stupid. Keep 'em all.

I quickly found that I had better success holding my Model 17 muzzle up when ejecting spent cases. Muzzle down caused unburned flakes to accumulate under the extractor star and quickly made the cylinder drag. Aside from that, it was a dandy revolver until I foolishly traded it as part of a...

One time a guy told me that his father, going to a nursing home, wanted to sell "a revolver." I said, "bring it by, we'll take a look at it." He did. It was a 15 still in the blue box, papers, etc., with a box of W-W 158-gr missing six. Dad had apparently bought it as a hedge against the...

A blued Model 17 that I traded in the mid-'70's for a Remington 1100. One of the stupidest moves I ever made.

Recently got an unfired nickel 10-7 2" RB for $500. Box, papers, etc. Would have preferred blue and this was my first nickel S&W. It's not unfired anymore and I have grown to like the nickel finish.