Not just a Model 10...

[DWalt]

Also I’ll add, it’s interesting you’d run across an antique store that would or could sell a firearm.

I have run across numerous guns of several kinds at antique shops and junk stores over the years, but nothing I wanted to buy. About 20 years ago, I saw a WWI Luger in pretty good condition that I was interested in at an antique store close to my home. But I couldn’t talk the price down enough to pull out my wallet. I returned a month or so later to try again, but it was gone.

 

[Matt_X]

It looks like it has the same accessories as the 1977 M15 box I just posted. Only difference is the bag I assume is sealed, not a 'ziplock'.



Any paperwork in the box under the wrapper?

I was wandering through an antique store as I sometimes do, when I saw this boxed Smith & Wesson revolver displayed on a table in its opened original box. It was bound with a plastic tie to prevent cocking. As I inspected the obvious Model 10, it was clear that this gun was factory new in every respect, complete as it came from the factory! As soon as I bought it and brought it home, I sent off for a factory letter. Turns out it was shipped in May,1962, a dash two - currently 62 years ago. There was not a blemish on it - another "time capsule" that illustrated the attention to detail that was common in those days. As just one example, the stocks - the "plain clothes" rounded bottom edges type, fit the frame perfectly and are numbered to the gun.

I have never fired it, just to keep it as an example of the workmanship of yesteryear as compared to today. As they say, they do not make them like that any more...

John


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[Alk8944]

Also I’ll add, it’s interesting you’d run across an antique store that would or could sell a firearm.

The antique store can legally sell the gun because it isn't in the business of selling guns. This would be purely incidental, just like an individual selling a single gun that he owns. The sale would only be subject to local laws regarding transfer/registration/permitting.

 

[Sam McCord]

What a fantastic revolver find! Thanks for posting. A time capsule for sure!

 

[panamajack310]

Gorgeous revolver. I have a 10-5 new in the box from 1965 origional sticker is still on wooden grips, and the original sales receipt from Jan 1965 was still in the box with the gun. So I have not shot this either.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Any paperwork in the box under the wrapper?

Unfortunately, no.

John

 

[charlie sherrill]

Most antique/flea market stores around here have many vendors with individual booths. They generally sell what they want as long as it's not class III. I have bought several guns and ammo (my best on the ammo recently was $30.00 for 1,000 rounds of Lake City 30 cal M1 carbine ammo) from some of these booths. You pay at the counter just like you would for that old antique milk jug and you're on your way. The store itself is not selling the gun although they are collecting the money for the seller. It depends a lot on where you live. No problem here. I have bought some really good stuff at yard sales. I ask them if they have any old guns and I am sometimes surprised by what they come out of the house with. The local LEO's don't care. I don't think the ATF does much. How many drive by shootings have you ever seen with a gun from one of these sales? Me either. A couple of years ago I bought a 1917 rifle stock at a yard sale for $10.00. I didn't need it then and stuck it back with some of my other stuff but a couple of months later I found Grandpa's old sporterized 1917 Eddystone with a butchered stock that he had deer hunted with after The Great War. I bought it from his grand son who I guessed was around 80 for $125.00. When I got home I put the two together and had an old milsurp worth over $600. Not the first time something like this has happened. Don't forget the estate sales. Most of the folks who have them have no idea what some of the stuff is worth. If it is priced too high, which it often is, they'll usually haggle if you show them the errors of their ways. A lot of us old time collectors are passing away. Many survivors have no idea what all this collector stuff is worth. The kids and grand kids don't have any interest in it, but those of us still here do. I snag any good deal I can. I'll be 77 next month and I'm not worried what will happen to my stuff. My son likes the same stuff I like and my 11 year old grand son wants to go shoot Paw Paw's guns every time he comes over. My stuff will be in the family for a long time.

 

[MajorD]

Beauty of a model 10. I enjoy seeing such “time capsules” but probably wouldn’t want to own one,as I wouldn’t be able to resist the urge to shoot and carry

 

[jpage]

Beauty ! Where was it shipped ?

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

In 1973 I was issued a brand new model 10 heavy barrel. 14 years later we were issued new Sigs. No one was allowed to buy their weapon. Believe me, I tried. I qualified with that revolver at the FBI firearms instructors school. Oh, do I miss it.

 

[wbraswell]

The Model 10-2 that I have, has a blue that shines like the pre-war guns. People who like old guns usually like a lot of other old stuff, so it makes sense to me that you might find some in antique places. I've known coin/silver/gold dealers to have FFLs. I can't imagine that shooting a Model 10 would somehow devalue it.