"New" .357 Model 10

[GerSan69]

Do you know approx when your 10-10 was made? See in 96 every thing switched over to a round butt and it was a whole year before MIM came and changed the dash variation. These 96 round butt guns are the best candidates for 3 inch barrel swaps. I have a 64-5 round butt I converted to 3 inch 357

Yessir.... 1996.
Incidentally, I also have a 64-5 that I had re-barreled from 4" to 3. (Great minds, etc.) However I kept it as a .38 (I have a 3" Model 65) and mine is a 1995 vintage. That gave me 2", 3" and 4" Model 64s.

 

[Muley Gil]

"'I ran into a little problem. This barrel says .38 Special, but it's cut for a .357.' Say what?"

I believe what GerSan69 is saying is that the 3" barrel that is stamped ".38 special" has a short forcing cone like a .357 magnum. That is why it fit so easily to a .357 chambered cylinder.

 

[reccpd101]

From time to time.

A Victoria Police trade-in 10-5 SB.

Hum, is that a factory 3" tapered barrel? It is hard for me to tell from the angles and my experienced eyes.

 

[VM]

GerSan69- love the final results of your revolver.
Are you talking about Bob in the back corner of the gun shop? (With his own entrance)
If so, he is great gun Smith and honest guy. He did work for me on a Centennial with broken hammer stud.

 

[Jimmyjones]

Hum, is that a factory 3" tapered barrel? It is hard for me to tell from the angles and my experienced eyes.

It's the standard barrel, it's tapered. .700 at the frame and .625 at the muzzle.

Here's a link talking about the 3" barrels.

Question - Model 10-5 3-inch Bbl. Square Butt

Better discussion:

Informal Pictorial Essay - 3 inch K frames - Part 1 - 38 Special Models

 

[GerSan69]

GerSan69- love the final results of your revolver.
Are you talking about Bob in the back corner of the gun shop? (With his own entrance)
If so, he is great gun Smith and honest guy. He did work for me on a Centennial with broken hammer stud.

One and the same. He really is good, and very reasonably priced. I previously took a 34-2 4" to him to swap the barrel to a 2" that I also found on Ebay. That one required a lot of machining to get the barrel to clock up right, but it still didn't cost more than it was worth - far from it.