Best example of the Model 10?

[Rangerone]

You might not just buy one you know. I felt I needed one and bought a non-pinned snub, then found a 5 screw snub and bought that. I found a heavy barrel and then needed a thin one as well.
Fortunately I busy again with othe models.

Yes, I know, like so many other things in this hobby, the occasional fabulous deal cannot be passed up...

 

[turnerriver]

One of my favorites with a Myres holster-an early post-war 5" M&P.

Regards,
turnerriver

 

[minuteman]

My favorite M&P

1920, if I remember correctly.

 

[Mitch_D]

2" M&P 1904, 4th Change

I like mine short. 6263XX, about 1933.
Someday I'm gonna take a better photo of my old M&P favorite, without the reflections.

 

[Art Doc]

There are a thousand different answers as to which is the best representative of the M10 line. So many variations were offered. Really, any of them is an instant classic. Look around and pick the one you like best.


This is my Sunday-go-to-meeting M10.

But I like this simple 4" version, too.

 

[JcMack]

Only one I own anymore. 4 screw '58

 

[Art Doc]

Was the round front sight used as late as 1958?

 

[JcMack]

Sorry...Quick check of S&N book says probably '56 C382xxx

 

[H P Bushrod]

I'm partial to my 5 screw, 5 inch barreled M&P from 1947.

 

[Engine49guy]

Im going with this 4" 1947 single line 5 screw..
But I havent met a model 10 I didnt like....Cheers

Gotta love how the older cylinders taper at the front.

 

[625smith]

Model 10 no dash

Here is my model 10 from 1960 S/N C4382XX. It has the round sight.

 

[JcMack]

One of the design changes I never liked was moving the large S&W logo from the sideplate to the left side in a smaller version. My RHKP 10-7 was as new but had the newer style marking, and barrel rollmarks were much "cruder". Although the barrel had no visible holster wear, the sideplate had a large mark in the center from the holster snap. If the old style rollmark was there I could have covered the boo boo easier.

 

[shawn mccarver]

After seeing many threads here on the classic Model 10, I have decided that I need one, just one...

So, if you were going to purchase just one model 10, which version would you pursue, meaning of all of the myriad changes and modifications of this particular gun over the years, which would you consider to be the epitome? Shall I look at something that is a pre-Model 10, or a post-1957 numbered gun?

I think I am in love with the pencil barrel look... But like any love, I could certainly be persuaded elsewhere, especially after I start handling them...

Fortunately, here in Ohio these guns show up regularly on gun show tables and usually in quite good condition. Also, they seem to show up here on this forum at what I would consider to be reasonable prices. Please feel free to link me to one that you consider to be a particularly good deal/example.

Thank you

My choice: 4 inch heavy barrel, round butt, as high a dash variation as I could get without going into frame mounted firing pin, MIM parts or internal lock. That to me is the ultimate evolution of the classic Model 10.

 

[Rangerone]

My choice: 4 inch heavy barrel, round butt, as high a dash variation as I could get without going into frame mounted firing pin, MIM parts or internal lock. That to me is the ultimate evolution of the classic Model 10.

Makes sense from a technological view. This would be a 10-?

So many beautiful Model 10's here...

 

[big50_1]

Here are some 10-5s that date circa 1970.:

Funny, in SoCal, I've been trying to find a HB 10 but I've found 65s and 13s no HB 10s. Mod. 64 standard bbl! Forget it! They're there somewhere!

 

[DCWilson]

How did I miss this thread when it went live almost a year ago?

I kind of favor the prewar and early postwar guns with long-throw hammers. Barrels of two, four and five inches call to me more loudly to me than the six-inch guns. My two favorite M&Ps are an S-prefix snub from early 1947 and a five-inch specimen from the 1920s. I won't post the pics again as they are available in other current threads.

Linda, your 1948 M&P from the tail end of the S-prefix series is special not only as a fine example, but also because of its rare combination of features. That's a short action M&P (you can tell by the hammer profile), and there were only 2000-3000 of those numbered with an S-prefix . The design change and the numbering change to the C-series numbers occurred almost at the same time, but not quite.

Everybody else, those are some beautiful specimens.

 

[RKmesa]

Then again, this pre-war 4" M&P Target from the 1930's is pretty cool too....

Drew

Like David, I'm not sure how I missed this thread earlier, but Drew, you've got to share a little more info about that 4" pre-war target K-38. I think that that is the only 4" target that I recall seeing and it is very cool...

 

[tom turner]

You can't go wrong with any of 'em. How about this 1950 era Post War M&P - 5" barrel . . .

 

[Pilgrim]

10-5

 

[Sebago Son]

Like David, I'm not sure how I missed this thread earlier, but Drew, you've got to share a little more info about that 4" pre-war target K-38. I think that that is the only 4" target that I recall seeing and it is very cool...

Richard,

I've owned this 4" M&P Target for a couple of years now.

The seller, who is a real gentleman from this forum, informed me that he spoke with Mr. Jinks about this gun. I am told that Roy said something cryptic such as "somebody really should letter this gun...". Alas, the seller didn't and I haven't yet.

I think that I'll have to make a New Year's Resolution for 2011 to letter half a dozen guns a month just to get caught up...

Drew