I STUPIDLY walked away from an unfired parkerized .38 special Victory model, box, docs, and all about 10 years ago. I deserve punishment and abuse........
Do UNFIRED Classic Model 10s exist???
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This nickel 10-5 c.1968 came to me with box and anti-vapor paper. Possibly unfired outside the factory, but not sure, and not sure it matters to me. It is still that way because I figure it shoots just like my other M-10's (great!) This belies my signature, below, but it is only one of two examples I won't shoot.
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tomw1964
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In my personal opinion , I think a bedside gun is one you are very comfortable with , and have taken to the range enough for it to be some extension of your body.
But, if you store it in a sock drawer, you never have to touch it.
Jay framer you are absolutely right. These guns serve he same purpose they did way back when. Whenever I'm in the woods , which is as least weekly . Either my 64 DAO or my dads old 10-5 are on my side stoked with Buffal Bore Outdoorsman load. Never ever felt under gunned. There may not be a better bed side gun than a model 10. Especially for those who aren't "gun people". Great thread
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"Unfired since factory" is the best you can get.
"Unfired since factory" is the best you can get.
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A K frame S&W revolver is probably still the most popular LEO sidearm ever used even though the wonder nines are gaining ground. My first duty weapon was a 4" model 10-5 that I had to buy with my own money. It cost me $85.00 and by the time I paid the finance company back it was almost $200.00. My first LEO job did not furnish sidearms. We had monthly qualifications back then and had two town drunks who were good at reloading. We would pick at least one of them up a few days before qualifying and give them a day or two to sober up before letting them reload. 99.9% of their reloads were good. We had some very good shooters back then and some revolvers that were well broken in, and if you had to miss a qual for some reason you made it up. I didn't know much about handguns back then and later moved on to .357's and 41 mags. I still have several K frame .38's, my favorite being a EBRPSO (East Baton Rouge Parish SO) marked model 64 I got a few years ago. I talked to the range officer over there and he told me they originally went to patrol and later to corrections before the were auctioned off. He told me they did an action job on all of them and when you shoot it you can really feel it. It is a very accurate shooter single or double action. I have absolute confidence in a K frame .38 because I'm pretty sure I'm going to hit the target with the first round.
Never figured that. I own six model 10's, one for each bedroom, and they all get shot - love those triggers.
No stainless gun can hold a candle to the grace and elegance of a finely blued gun
I used to live n a very high humidity area and wore only blue guns including a steel j frame in an ankle holster. Stepped in deep puddles and thick snow countless times blue held up fine
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This is a real beauty. I know this particular post is from a couple years ago, but I wanted to ask a question. It's a little off topic.I think you've mentioned a valid reason why some older but untouched guns show up now and then. Their previous owners bought them for protection, and they spent all or most of the time in nightstands or dresser drawers.
Such was the case with this beautiful Model 67. A neighbor of mine died last year at the age of 100. His estate executor knew I was a "gun guy," and showed me this gun. On examination, it appeared brand new in every respect. He had purchased a holster and a box of ammo for it; they also looked new. The holster had no internal scratches that would show use, and the ammo box was still completely full.
I was offered the gun at a substantial discount from the appraisal estimate I gave, and it was an offer I could not refuse. I popped the sideplate on the gun, and it was completely dry inside. A proper lube job was all it needed.
Roy Jinks told me the gun was shipped in April of '78, and I believe my neighbor probably bought it new at that time.
It's sad, perhaps, but I think it's entirely possible that many LNIB specimens come from the estates of folks who bought them for "house guns" but never bothered to try them out...
John
I was reading a thread last night about the Bangor Punta years, and figured this one is from smack in the middle of that. I have a 67 that is very similar if not quite as clean. One thing I noticed is that the cylinder window at the front isn't as cleanly finished as my other Smiths. And yours has that same over polished, not very square finish to it.
While the rest of the gun is finished beautifully, it seems someone got carried away on this part. Is this one of the issues that is common when maybe someone on the assembly line was a bit inexperienced?
Again, I mean no offense because overall the gun is stunning. And I think my favorite model. Thanks for any feedback. Sadly, I don't have anything quite so nice to contribute to the thread as far as unfired guns go. Maybe my 15, but I don't have the box unfortunately.
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To answer your question, I really don't know. Sorry! I have examined many of my K-frames, and some, even dating back to 1923, have noticeable chamfering at the front of the cylinder window. I suspect that this was an attempt to minimize gas cutting in that area from the barrel-cylinder gap. Maybe others can comment on this.
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