10-6 .357 Magnum SCORE!!!

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I was in DJs gunshop in Bothel WA just wandering around and minding my business, and this 10-6 in .357MAG just come up and slapped me in the face. Not the prettiest, but perfect working order, and SMOOTH.
Stole is fair-and-square for a very nice price. Pics to follow after I shoot it tomorrow.
Beside myself happy about this purchase. I wanted a 13-2, but this fits the bill, maybe even better!
 
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VERY nice catch! Congrats! You stole that one for sure! ;) Regards 18DAI.
 
c'mon now...

you can't do this to us....where are the pics?!?!?


All kidding aside, that is a great deal on a not-so-often seen model 10 in 357 mag...:)


seriously though....where are the pics?
 
Patience Daniel-san

I am on duty today on my ship. I will get off in the AM and go and take some shots of it. I don't care for the grips much, as they are Uncle Mike's finger groove plastic, but they ARE very comfortable and point naturally, but I will be putting hardwood on this piece ASAP.
Best,
Stephen
 
Congrats, I bought mine many years ago for $275, I didn't think I did so well at the time, but I like it alot now.

I don't know why S&W didn't put that .400 wide smooth trigger on all their K frames, I like it much better for shooting da than my 13-1
 
+1 on the K-magnum ! My travelling companion for the last 20+ yrs has been a Model 13-2. I was prompted to buy it because of buying a 10-6 .357 in a numbered S&W "USED" box as a collectible. I was shooting a Combat Masterpiece at the time, and the 10-6 changed my preference instantly ! I went out & bought a new M13 and put the 10-6 in the safe.
Congrats on a great purchase.

Larry
 
Sure. I didn't keep that one, but I liked it. I prefer the 10 in tapered barrel, and my magnums with adjustable sights, so off it went to another guy, but it's really a cool gun.
 
ibewbull said:
Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well I learned something today.
Thank you for the eye opener. I never herd of a M 10 in .357 before and actually believed it.
I always assumed the model or cal. was incorrect.
Just goes to show you we are never too old to learn.
Thanks for posting the photo.
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I'm with you!! I never heard of a 357 Model 10 until I clicked on this thread. Until reading your post and link I assumed somebody had dangerously reamed out the cylinder.
 
Be advised that there are more than a few model 10's out there that have been converted to 357 by shadetree gunsmiths.

The real/factory chambered for 357 model 10's are all 10-6's in the "D" serial range. They are stamped 357 Magnum on the right side of the barrel. Search my posts for snippets from my Jinks letter on my 10-6 357 for more details.

Locally I've come across two shadetree model 10 357's in the last several years. Both were refinished in a matt blue and both of them were for sale at the Greensboro Gander Mountain. I brought it to the attention of the guy working there. I don't know whether he removed them from the sale counter or not. Caveat Emptor! Regards 18DAI
 
(Banging head on table)

****.....and I saw one advertised in my local paper a couple of months ago...I thought it was a misprint or someone who didn't know the difference....**** **** ****.

I know better now....:rolleyes:
 
Yes. I verified this one as fully as I could without lettering, and there was no question in my mind as to its authenticity. However, I am a shooter, and I don't really care about it's collector value. Someone else certainly did, and I was paid handsomely for it.
 
ibewbull said:
Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well I learned something today.
Thank you for the eye opener. I never herd of a M 10 in .357 before and actually believed it.
I always assumed the model or cal. was incorrect.
Just goes to show you we are never too old to learn.
Thanks for posting the photo.
Click to expand...

I'll have to second that. I thought they were worked. Whats the story behind the upgrade to magnum?
 
'six,

We need that photo-intel, most riki-tik!
edit to add: I just saw it - with some tree wood stocks, that's gonna be "four-Oh!" Very nice blue.

Mike
 
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Okay, I need to know something: When I hold my 10-6 up next to say a Model 19, you can barely tell they are any different. But I have heard that the frames on the Magnums were hardened or something? I just wondered if that was true or if any heavy barrel Model 10 could become a Magnum merely by having a cylinder swap (or boring, I suppose) done. Think safety first, of course. Not that I'm going to do anything like this, I just wondered is all.

My favorite S&W oddity is the 581 and 681--Distinguished Service Magnums, the flat-top version of the more familiar adjustable sight models.
 
Never knew that S&W put out model 10s in .357, thought any fixed sight, blued .357 were 13s. Interesting.

As for boring out the cylinder of their model 10s to .357, I knew of a few guys who did it in the NYPD. I wouldn't do it or suggest anyone do it, but can't help but wonder if there is any real difference between a modern model 10 and a model 19 cylinder in regard their ability to handle the .357.

Rich
 
The factory 10-6 357's were heat treated like the K-frame magnums they were.

A shade tree 10-6.....or any model 10, bored out to 357 is still a 38, as far as the heat treating of the metal goes. I won't run 357's through one of those, whether or not they "might hold up to it".

FWIW my Jinks letter conflicts with the SCSW. SCSW states there were "several thousand" 10-6 357's made.

Mr Jinks says there were 1200 for the NYSP and ".... a total of approximately 3000 10-6 357's made...." "....some were returned to the factory and overstamped 13-1...."

So anyones guess how many original 10-6 357's, stamped as such, remain out there. Mine is D5579XX and letters as one of the 1200. Regards 18DAI
 
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