610 IS Back !!
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The_Truth
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Now THAT is something I would like to know more about. Got any links to threads?
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Whatever you say, buddy. I guess it wasn't obvious enough the tongue in cheek nature of my post.
Dieseltech56
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I'll probably buy one, I've been looking for the right 10mm revolver but I can't decide. Now all I need to decide is barrel length
Here's a link to one of the 40S&W to 10mm conversion threads.......and a photo of my 4053 conversion in 10mm, and the extra unconverted 40S&W slide and barrel.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...yall-post138906748.html?460618=#post138906748
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...yall-post138906748.html?460618=#post138906748
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Fantastic !!! I've been looking at the Ruger 10mm revolvers,that'll stop now. A new 4" S&W 610 to add to my 610 prelock unfluted 6 1/2".
If it's going to be of two piece barrel design, I won't be interested.
If it's going to be of two piece barrel design, I won't be interested.
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Good point. I whished I would have jumped on that bandwagon back when it was first posted about. But, back then I had so much .40 to shoot up I passed on the opportunity and if I remember correctly the TSW's weren't involved in the conversions being double stacks and all.
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Lou_the_welder
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Damn! 10 mil? Count me in!
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Thinking out loud.
The 6.5" weighs 50 oz. I'd like a long barrel gun but that's a boat anchor for that cartridge (for me). 4"? A more svelte 43 oz. but that's like a 6" 686 in a cartridge that's kind of the same thing.
LGS said 880 when they are available. Much to ponder.
The 6.5" weighs 50 oz. I'd like a long barrel gun but that's a boat anchor for that cartridge (for me). 4"? A more svelte 43 oz. but that's like a 6" 686 in a cartridge that's kind of the same thing.
LGS said 880 when they are available. Much to ponder.
I'm glad to see that Smith & Wesson is back in the 10mm revolver game.
As nice as it will be to see them on the shelves again, they just won't compare to my 5" No-Dash.
As nice as it will be to see them on the shelves again, they just won't compare to my 5" No-Dash.
The Ruger offering is a L frame sized gun. Somehow that's of more interest to me than a N frame. It weighs 37 oz and has a 4" half lug barrel. Uses moon clips, so I assume one can also fire .40 S&W rounds in it. I'd rather have a L frame half lug Smith, but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming.
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Given Ruger's current offerings, I wondered if S&W would bring the 610 back.
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Very few people are going to use a N frame gun for CCW regardless of the barrel length. If they could only offer 2 barrel lengths 4 and 6.5 are good choices. Although a shorter third option wouldn't take anything away from the first two.
Unless it sells really well the 610 is likely going to be S&W's only 10mm revolver. But if it does sell well maybe there will be a L frame 10. Not sure if they could fit 6 rounds into the cylinder but I might buy such a gun even if it held 5. I really like my S&W 69 but it can be a handful with full power magnums. I wouldn't use it for CCW but a L frame 10mm with a 2 3/4 or 3 inch barrel would be an outstanding woods gun and also be a great range gun. I like S&W better but if they do not make a gun like this in the next couple of years I might look at Ruger's GP-100.
It's a supply/demand thing. Those steep 610 prices (especially on GB) were the result of people really wanting a 10mm revolver, and S&W being highly ignorant of the 10mm revolver (and STILL semi-auto) market.
Most pre-lock 610 owners have no intention of selling them. Not because the non-lock 610s will never be produced again, but because they're great guns to have. The only people who will feel any price drop pain are the GB dealers who buy cheap and sell high for a living.
As for my first post...I'm glad that S&W has wised up. Now they need to produce a 10mm L Frame.
I have/had no intention of selling this 610-2, even when they were selling for $1800- $2k on GB.
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Seven handle no problem. Can't wait to load up some flame throwers and launch them from the 4" platform.
Darkenfast
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Just to pour some gasoline on the fire, I recently handled a GP100 Match Champion (4-inch) in 10mm at a store. Nicest trigger I've seen on a revolver in a store, both DA and SA. My Python-owning friend was very impressed. Not a bit clunky at all. The clerk let me try several other revolvers as well. The two 686s (both plus) were good, and the Ruger SP101 was very good (!) but that GP100 beat them all. If I was looking for a 10mm revolver, that one would've been it.
I have wondered if it is possible to move a 610's barrel a little higher up in the frame, move the cambers further from the center line and ream a 7th chamber. With the Mountain Gun's tapered barrel that would be quite a revolver.
Alternatively a 6 shot could be sold with a second cylinder chambered for .38-40 Winchester. This one would mostly be for retired men looking for more reloaders projects.
I could not buy enough of them to pay for the R&D & tooling so a few of you guys would have to want them as well.
Alternatively a 6 shot could be sold with a second cylinder chambered for .38-40 Winchester. This one would mostly be for retired men looking for more reloaders projects.
I could not buy enough of them to pay for the R&D & tooling so a few of you guys would have to want them as well.
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As an experiment, I downloaded some 44 mag to 10 mm power, 200 gr bullet @1200 fps. Shot quite comfortably out of 69 snubby.
So in a backhanded way, I found my L-frame pseudo 10 and it didn't cost me $900.
I will say the effects on the dueling tree were spectacular, the plates didn't just flip over and back but 2 of the 5 were blown out of the stand and ended up in the berm.
So in a backhanded way, I found my L-frame pseudo 10 and it didn't cost me $900.
I will say the effects on the dueling tree were spectacular, the plates didn't just flip over and back but 2 of the 5 were blown out of the stand and ended up in the berm.
grizz700
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I have held my breath and said that I would never own an IL Smith, that being said I think I would buy one of those. I have 10mm semi-autos but I love my revolvers.
