That looks like a 5" barrel. If so, those are hard to find. We don't see those around here.
Is a model 10 really a $450 gun now?
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That looks like a 5" barrel. If so, those are hard to find. We don't see those around here.
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I kinda like M10's and M&P's. Some years back I set about trying to get the assortment of barrel lengths commonly found on them.
Most of these were well under $300. Think I did pay the most, $450 for the M&P 2" SB, c.1954. It's nearly perfect. The 3" is a bit odd - although not 'lettered', a communication with S&W Historian Roy Jinks showed it shipped in 1958, and is not model-marked, so it's an M&P.
It came into an LGS I was working p/t at. A young man had inherited it and traded it in on a Glock. Boss/owner made me shell out $150 for it!
Anyway, some also-rans off to the left side - a Victory Model, c.1942 and an Hand Ejector (4th change?) 4" RB with near perfect large-medallion grips on it, c.1929 IIRC.
It was fun.
Most of these were well under $300. Think I did pay the most, $450 for the M&P 2" SB, c.1954. It's nearly perfect. The 3" is a bit odd - although not 'lettered', a communication with S&W Historian Roy Jinks showed it shipped in 1958, and is not model-marked, so it's an M&P.
It came into an LGS I was working p/t at. A young man had inherited it and traded it in on a Glock. Boss/owner made me shell out $150 for it!
Anyway, some also-rans off to the left side - a Victory Model, c.1942 and an Hand Ejector (4th change?) 4" RB with near perfect large-medallion grips on it, c.1929 IIRC.
It was fun.
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Heck, I bought this 18 months ago and paid $450 to get it to my house. Would do it again…..repeatedly…. today.
Finding a very nice M10-5 from the 70’s or earlier is not getting any cheaper. They should cost less than a M15 of the same vintage and condition and they are going up also.
In a couple of years it will be considered a good buy. If a person can find one he likes for a price he can afford buy it. Some of us can’t afford the more sought after models and there is nothing wrong with a M10.
Finding a very nice M10-5 from the 70’s or earlier is not getting any cheaper. They should cost less than a M15 of the same vintage and condition and they are going up also.
In a couple of years it will be considered a good buy. If a person can find one he likes for a price he can afford buy it. Some of us can’t afford the more sought after models and there is nothing wrong with a M10.
I like M10s but would rather put out another buck or two and get a M14 or M15. The first 10 I had did impress me, shot 158 factory to print sights.
A 19 for 6 bills would be gone in a second around here....
OK you have me convinced! I am heading out on vacation this week, but upon my return will go back to the shop and reexamine that model 10. I don’t recall what dash number it was. It was a standard weight barrel.
I have a couple of guns I have I won as prizes at shooting matches, nothing special, but will see if the shop is open to trading. I imagine a deal can be struck.
I have a couple of guns I have I won as prizes at shooting matches, nothing special, but will see if the shop is open to trading. I imagine a deal can be struck.
I'll have to tell SWMBO as I have 7 Model 10 revolvers and she complained when I bought them over 10 years ago.
My partner Fredo Batali and I did gun shows some years back. We always walked the floor before the doors opened. Picked up some interesting stuff too. One I probably should have kept was a Colt Commando alloy frame revolver, parked finish on it. I think I owned that one for about an hour.....
Guess I lucked out! Picked up this No-Dash M-10 in 2019 off Armslist for $360. Gave another $75 to a member here for a period correct box. Shipped in 1960. Wish Armslist hadn't changed!
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At 450, it would instantly be mine.
My LGS thinks that his NIB 10-6 is a $929 gun. Thing is, it's been in and out of the display case so many times in the last year or so, I doubt that it remains more than a 98% gun. He also thinks it's mid 60's but the non diamond grips say otherwise.
My LGS thinks that his NIB 10-6 is a $929 gun. Thing is, it's been in and out of the display case so many times in the last year or so, I doubt that it remains more than a 98% gun. He also thinks it's mid 60's but the non diamond grips say otherwise.
Many a good deal has been missed because a buyer refused to buy unless the satisfaction of chiseling the price was part of the transaction.
The gun could be priced at 300, and some here would refuse to buy it unless they could get it for 275.That's human nature for some.
Whenever I sell a gun or car or whatever, I price it very conservatively, probably too darn low most of the time, but the price is the price. No haggling. Don't like it, don't come to look at it...yet they still do, make their silly offers as if I'm desperate for the money, which certainly isn't the case. Nothing is less than I describe it as being. They wasted a trip and my time.
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I bought my first .38 M&P for $65. I was making $2.50 an hour (big raise at the new job). That tracks pretty well with a $450 price today.
There is one upside to Model 10s in good condition costing $500-ish:
They are worth it.
They are worth it.
On GB right now there is a 64-1 described as “mint”. Th stocks are scratched up. Opening bid $849. Soooooo $450 yeah.
Just my opinion, of course, but I think any pre-lock S&W revolver in excellent condition, priced below $500, is a true bargain these days...
