Model 10-6 heavy 4" pinned barrel SN:D265470
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bmcgilvray
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I have one nearly exactly 100,000 numerals later than yours and it was shipped in June of 1971.
A factory letter will fix you right up.
A factory letter will fix you right up.
jimbo728
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Welcome to the forum. Congrats on your 10-6. They are great revolvers.
Im sure someone will get you close to appx ship date.
Jim
Im sure someone will get you close to appx ship date.
Jim
That number was likely issued in 1970, but the gun probably shipped in 1971. But only a letter can tell you with certainty.
A Model 10-6 has the heavy barrel by definition. The equivalent gun, made in the same period, with the "standard" or tapered barrel was the Model 10-5.
nachogrande
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The end of the run??? My 10-6 4" pinned HB is 38 special only ser # D8717**
The end of the run??? My 10-6 4" pinned HB is 38 special only ser # D8717**
A letter is a little steep for me
"Enclose check or postal money order payable to "Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation" at the rate of $75 (U.S. Funds) for each "Letter" requested."
Absalom
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Yes, with D 871xxx you'd be in 1976 and the change to the 10-8 happened in 1977, but what I don't know is whether that still happened within the D prefix (before D 999999) or after the D started floating to the right.
A letter is a little steep for me
"Enclose check or postal money order payable to "Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation" at the rate of $75 (U.S. Funds) for each "Letter" requested."
It's worth it to collectors if interesting results are possible. And we consider it partly a donation to the work of the Foundation. Few people letter guns as new as yours. Besides the exact date, the most exciting thing you might learn is that it shipped to a police dept. if it shows signs of duty carry.
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jimbo728
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I had a HB 10-6. It was 2D12507.
Jim
Jim
Jack Flash
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A letter is a little steep for a run of the mill S&W like the M10-6.
The only thing a letter will tell you that you don't already know is the exact date it shipped and who it shipped to. (The latter is usually a large wholesaler.)
My nickeled M10-6 (3D137xx) shipped sometime in or around 1978. That's enough for me. Who knows who it shipped to.
The only thing a letter will tell you that you don't already know is the exact date it shipped and who it shipped to. (The latter is usually a large wholesaler.)
My nickeled M10-6 (3D137xx) shipped sometime in or around 1978. That's enough for me. Who knows who it shipped to.
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This is actually a more interesting question than you may realize. The fact is that there was an interesting shift that went on there. The stainless models (64 and 65) switched over to the 1D serials while the carbon steel models, particularly the Model 10, were still using up the Dxxxxxx sequence. So you could have a 64 and a 10 assembled and shipped in the same time period, in which the Model 10 carried a Dxxxxxx number and the Model 64 had a 1D number. You could even have a Model 10 made up using the old sequence later than a Model 64 with a 1D number. I've seen this born out with several examples.
On a separate, but related, note: The Standard Catalog 4th contains an error here. On pages 211 and 490, it indicates that the Model 14 had D prefix numbers after 1968. I have never seen any evidence that this is true and I am convinced it never happened. The K-38 always had a K prefix serial number until it was discontinued in 1982. As far as I can determine, the Model 14 didn't ever even get the three alpha numbers, except on the -5 and beyond (1991 to 2012).
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Good information, JP@AK. I slipped a note into my book. Thank You
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My grandfather's is a D2607**. I know it was acquired by him in 1969.
