Do UNFIRED Classic Model 10s exist???
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Here is my 10-5.Ser.# D 3. ship on Oct.15,1971 to
Richard Sherburne Co.Amherst,Ma.
Dick
That sure is a beauty. Looks unfired? Now here is something interesting. D1 through D90,000 is credited to 1968. Obviously D3 is the first of the series. One would think it would not have hung around for 3 years. My 2" is D138. Think I will ask for a ship date
mike from st pete
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Bought a 2" 10-5 that probably sat in the box in an underwear draw since 1967. I am shooting it now and have put a line on the cylinder doing so.
From sitting so long there were a few freckles on the cylinder and the cylinder and barrel are a bit on the plum side.
From sitting so long there were a few freckles on the cylinder and the cylinder and barrel are a bit on the plum side.
Rick_A
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K frames are working guns and shooters in my book.
Hunting them down like that is one of the things that makes this hobby fun for me. Also one of the things that keeps my wallet empty.
As discussed above estate auctions are where unfired or nearly unfired
basic revolvers are likely to be found. Many homeowners just want to
have a gun in the house and may fire them very little if at all. The model 64 no-dash is the same gun as the tapered barrel model 10 but in
stainless steel. I bought this one in a local estate auction over twenty
years ago. I think it had been fired by the owner but couldn't say for
sure. Got the box and manual with it and also the receipt of the
new purchase dated 1974.
basic revolvers are likely to be found. Many homeowners just want to
have a gun in the house and may fire them very little if at all. The model 64 no-dash is the same gun as the tapered barrel model 10 but in
stainless steel. I bought this one in a local estate auction over twenty
years ago. I think it had been fired by the owner but couldn't say for
sure. Got the box and manual with it and also the receipt of the
new purchase dated 1974.
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***** Follow up, According to Roy Jinks, My D138 shipped in March of 1968.
I find it interesting that D3 shipped 3 years later
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OK, here is mine. not as nice as most of the others, but I want to contribute,,Bought from orig. owners son-in-law, said dad played with it more then shot it, I believe that. Purchased from local spt. goods store for $71.50, great deal, but I paid a little more than that for it
...only downer is no tool kit..
OK, here is mine. not as nice as most of the others, but I want to contribute,,Bought from orig. owners son-in-law, said dad played with it more then shot it, I believe that. Purchased from local spt. goods store for $71.50, great deal, but I paid a little more than that for it
...only downer is no tool kit..Attachments
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
Maybe it was mentioned earlier, but I acquired a NIB Colt Police Positive Special in 32 Colt New Police/32 S&W Long under similar circumstances.
A gentleman had purchased this new in 1965 when the Kansas City Area was threatened by race riots. He stuck it and a full box of 32 S&W cartridges away in his dresser drawer, and seemingly forgot all about the Colt.
About 30 years later, he brought the gun and the ammunition in to a KC gun dealer and sold them to him. I was looking for that gun in that caliber and saw it on one of the auction sites and snapped it up.
There is no indication that the gentleman even took the gun out of the plastic wrapper and he certainly never fired it. In fact, no one has even turned the cylinder on it. It's been sitting in my safe ever since.
A couple of years later I got another 32 Colt of the same model that I shoot once in a while.
So, yes; older unfired guns are still out there.
amazingflapjack
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Here is my 10-5.Ser.# D 3. ship on Oct.15,1971 to
Richard Sherburne Co.Amherst,Ma.
Dick
Beautiful. The earlier S&W bluing really stands out in your photo.
mike from st pete
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Yep, looks just like the one I bought in '17, box parts list and cleaning brush included.
tenntex32
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We need a "LIKE ALL" button for this stinkin' thread.
Dale
Dale
tenntex32
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I want them...……….but somethin' tells me they ain't gonna be cheap!
Dale
Yeah and....
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