Real Or Not: Model 10 ".357"

[bmcgilvray]

SMITH & WESSON Model 10-6 .357 REVOLVER 357 : Revolvers at GunBroker.com

This looks funky. The cylinder appears to be too short to be a true .357 Magnum. The barrel has a purplish hue.

I know some Model 10 Heavy Barrels were chambered for .357 Magnum. Weren't they so marked though?

Do y'all think this is a bored out .38 Special?

 

[scha]

From what I understand the barrels of the 10-6 that were chambered in 357 Magnum were marked as 357 magnum on the barrel. There were produced in 1972.

Hope this helps.

Steve

 

[snw19_357]

Yes, the barrel should be marked .357 Magnum if it is one of the 1972 10-6s. The cylinder should also be recessed and I believe they had a smooth .400" trigger instead of the .265" serrated that it has.

 

[18DAI]

IMO that is not a "real" 10-6 357.

My 10-6 factory chambered in 357 has a serial number quite aways from that one. According to my Jinks letter only around 3000 10-6's in 357 were made. A large number of those were then over stamped 13-1.

Mine also has the wide smooth .400 trigger, and is stamped 357 magnum on the barrel.

IMO that one on Gunbroker is a shade tree 357. The blue on my 10-6 357 matches the blue on the frame and cylinder. The one on Gunbroker looks more plum than any other part of that revolver. Possibly a rebarrel. Regards 18DAI.

 

[HUMONGO]

C&R or FFL huh?

 

[Danny Abernathy]

mdl 10

I think that I may have said this before but I'll tell the story again.
In about 81 0r 82 (old age memory) I was browsing a local gunshop and they had several stamped md 10's that were 357 mag.
I don't know where thay came from but the price was right and I bought one, I think I paid $150.00 for it. It came in a plain white cardboard box with S&W tools and an instruction sheet.
It was a beautiful blue with a pinned barrell marked 357 Magnum and recessed cylinder that was magnum length. It had a grooved standard trigger and a standard hammer but it had an action that was very smooth and light. It locked up and timed perfect. It had the standard service stocks on it that looked new.
I kept the gun for a while and even put stag grips on it. It was a great shooter and was very accurate, I didn't shoot very many magnums in it though.
Like most guns that you should keep but don't I tired of it and it was traded off for something, I wish I had it back, it was a great gun.
Hope this helps you out.