Any one buy one of the used duty model 10s from Bud's?

[warrconn]

At $269, I'm kind of intriqued. Pretty good reviews on their site from customers, but I'm interested in possible opinions from an independent source....

 

[dscampbell]

I got a 3" square butt and love how it balances in my hand. I added a grip adapter and am good to go. Not a safe queen but a great shooter

 

[Maximumbob54]

Yep.

Still cleaning the bluing up and just added these Hogues...

Model 10-10:

This was her before:

 

[OldBlood]

Bought this at Robertsons trading post, G.A. for $289, , Each gun is graded by price, and each ad has over 10 photos of the gun you would buy. I understand Bud's is "luck of the draw" Grips I bought from Altamont.Gun is from Ohio Dept. of Corrections

 

[bananaman]

Max, grips are a nice touch to your model 10. My 10-8, has C.T. 207 Lasers on it. Bob

 

[bananaman]

warrconn, the Bud's guns are guaranteed for function. You don't know what dash # you will get, or what cosmetics will be like. I got a 10-8 from them last year. The grips were like new (odd) There was typical blueing, and holster wear. Very light rust, that came off. Would I buy another? YES!!! A great value, for a solid functional Smith! Bob

 

[larry8]

I bought one of those 10's from Buds and I should get it this week. For a shooter you can't go wrong for the price and buds guarantee that it will work. Yesterday I bought a 64-6 from Robertsons and I should get it in 10 days or so. I just couldn't stop my finger from pushing the "buy it" button. Robertsons does do a nice writeup of the guns condition and the price was very reasonable.
These trade in's usually require a little TLC - some cold blueing or light polishing if you want them to look nice.

 

[inchman]

I bought a S&W model 10-10 from Bud's a month ago. round grip frame ,4" barrel, regular holster wear. Shot great, but wante a 3"er. So we cut the barrel back on a milling machine crowned the muzzle,new gold bead front sight, beautifull combat walnut grips, and touch up blueing. Great balance, shoots to point of aim at 20 yards and a sight to behold.

 

[squidsix]

I bought one of the 3" square butt guns. Finish was lousy, but mechanically it is perfect. I would lay a month's pay down that this gun had less than 100 rounds fired through it in it's life (spent in a holster).

 

[gr7070]

At $269 it's too high.

A couple months ago SOSS had 10s on gunbroker for $205 buy-it-now.

 

[C Islander]

I bought a S&W model 10-10 from Bud's a month ago. round grip frame ,4" barrel, regular holster wear. Shot great, but wante a 3"er. So we cut the barrel back on a milling machine crowned the muzzle,new gold bead front sight, beautifull combat walnut grips, and touch up blueing. Great balance, shoots to point of aim at 20 yards and a sight to behold.View attachment 68545

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Wow!! Nice job!!

 

[OldBlood]

At Bud's, $269 is the cash price For the 10. If you use a credit card, he tacks on 3%, which about $7 more. Here is another 64 I got at Robertson's, $289, plus $10 shipping.Love K frames.Grips are bonded ivory from Altamont Grips.

 

[haggis]

This is my 10-8 from the Victoria Police Department.

I made a few mods to it.

Buck

 

[Firemanjones]

I paid $243. delivered at Bud's. It was on their auction page.
Can't wait to see it and shoot it.

 

[il.bill]

I just received my used square butt heavy barrel Model 10-8, S/N: AAY51xx from Bud's. Cost was $280.07 shipped with insurance & CC surchage to my FFL. The bluing is quite worn in several places and the stocks look pretty rough, but I found no rust nor pitting. 'Full lock up' is tight with no endshake, the DA trigger feels so sweet (the first Model 10 I have held in hand), and the barrel and cylinder bores look very good to me.
I may have found the 'shooter' I wanted. It will be a week or two before I get to try it out, but working the action and dry firing with snap caps is making me smile.

I do not have access to S/N information, and a phone call to S&W customer service is a day or two away - can anyone tell me the year of manufacture?

 

[haggis]

Late 1982.

Buck

 

[il.bill]

Thank you for the info on year of manufacture.

 

[TAROMAN]

Just ordered a RB HB 10 from Buds. Hoping that it will be a VPA gun like my 3" one.
Does anybody's recent 4 incher have the VPA sticker?

 

[inchman]

mine from bud's had the vpa sticker. didn't know at the time what it was. wish i han't tossed it.

 

[M3Stuart]

I bought a 3" 10 from Bud's from the first batch. I got a 10-4 tapered barrel, SB, which is dated in the S&N catalog as made in 1962 but the serial number dates to 1966. I left the VPA sticker on it, cleaned it up, put Hogue goodyears on it. It locks up perfectly tight, zero endshake, and has the best trigger, tightest lockup of any S&W I own. It has the 1/10th inch sights of the 10-4 and shoots POI=POA at 15 yards. The smoothness of the trigger and narrowness(?) of the sights make it my most accurate revolver in DA. I'd buy one again if I didn't already have one (of the 3" type). I really like the 3", non-HB, 38 Specials.