model 10-6 year made

[eazyrhino]

Hi fellow smith and wessoners. I promise I'm not trying to be that guy (lazy). But I'm not having any luck with my search on the timeline. It's a model 10-6 pinned heavy barrel 4" serial#D997057. Trying to find around what year it was made. Can you folks point me in the right direction? I'll try to post pics when I can figure that out last few times I've tried have been unsuccessful. Thank you Joe.

 

[Truckman]

SCSW4 says 1976-77...And very near the end of that sequence, so probably 1977......Ben

 

[crazyphil]

I have a 10-6. My book says they were made from 1962 to 1968.
10-5 on the left & 10-6 on the right.

 

[eazyrhino]

Thanks everyone for your help. That was kind of my point. It's very confusing (at least for me) to try and pin point what the exact year it was made. I bought it from my lgs it's never been shot perfect condition but no box or papers. and my dealer wasn't much help either. But $750 plus tax I'm happy. I'll post pics as soon as I figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks again. I love all of you good folks on this forum. Joe

 

[eazyrhino]

Crazypil mine looks just like your gun on the right. And perfect condition like yours to just pretty.

 

[JP@AK]

I have a 10-6. My book says they were made from 1962 to 1968.

I have no idea what book you are looking at, but the Model 10-5 and 10-6 were made from 1962 until 1977. At that time, they were replaced by the 10-7 and 10-8, respectively.

eazyrhino
At D997057, yours is almost certainly from 1977, as Truckman stated.

 

[crazyphil]

OOPS! I stand corrected. I was looking at the date of the last change
for the 10-6. Should have been down one more line.

 

[Truckman]

At D997057, yours is almost certainly from 1977, as Truckman stated.

You mean I was right for once?...Hey! Blind squirrels and acorns!...It was bound to happen......Ben

 

[charlie sherrill]

My 92 year old aunt gave me one my uncle bought in 1963 about a year before she died. It doesn't have the box or docs and has a little sock drawer wear but not much. I had a similar police marked model 64 already, but I didn't give it heirloom status. He's been gone for 39 years and was one of my favorite uncles (I had quite a few) so it means something to me. I painted the front sight orange, put some fake ivories on it with a Tyler-T, and occasionally shoot it and use it as a house gun. My son and fellow gun nut will get it when I take my dirt nap.

 

[Targets Guy]

Love my 10-6. It shipped 5/68; s/n D42854. Good shooter.



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[jcs266]

I love my 4" Model 10-6 (early 1979), a true classic.

 

[ChargerBill]

I just rescued a 10-6 from an overzealous cerakoter who was going to bead blast the blue with 98% of it's finish and coat it tactical grey! He tore it apart and it's in pieces... got it for $200.

I believe YOM is 1967