The ubiquitous Model 10

[Mark6005]

M10-5

She's not too pretty but a great shooter. M10-5 1977 tapered barrel

 

[breakerofwind]

10-5 - My first S&W revolver. And at a decent price. The seller's ad indicated the bluing was 95%. My first impression upon receipt placed it closer to 98%+. It looks so good I can't help but wonder if it were reblued. No matter - it's a keeper.

 

[STCM(SW)]

Have a few M10-5's but this one surprised me today with how it shot.



Beat up some but the DA & SA were great.
And for $205 + tax & transfer fee a deal I think.

The M10-5 3" is just as good but doesn't hide as well.

 

[Otreb]

I'll be taking my 10-7 to the range here in a few days

I also have this SPD marked 10-5 RB snubby, probably the best action of all but my NY1 DAO 64

 

[stantheman86]

Very nice guns everyone

The 10 is still my favorite S&W, I have several of them, also an M&P from 1919.

I plan to use my C&R to pick up a few of those neat 1950's M&P's, probably the best looking of the series IMO.

 

[bruner1981]

Awesome guns! I'll be posting with mine as soon as I pick it up this week

 

[caleb4387]

I prefer bull barrel myself

 

[bwelch47]

SW model 10. One of the great revolvers of all time. It gave SW the financial backing to develop some of the greatest revolvers of all time-44Mag and 44Spec, 357 Mag, 41 Mag, etc. Great pictures gentlemen.

 

[OLDSTER]

Thanks guys for all the great photos and comments regarding the Model 10 Keep 'em coming; there are lots of them out there

 

[Boogsawaste]

10-5. My best shooter out of all of them.

 

[holeshot123]

I've been told this is a 58 or 59.

 

[H Richard]

Everyone needs a Mod. 10, or maybe a 2 or 3.



Or, maybe the first Model (Mod of 1899)


Or a 4 screw 10-0.

 

[crsides]

here's a 2" Detroit Police




Charlie

 

[Jdavis]

Here is 10-6 from 1969 that I rescued:

 

[Art Doc]

The M&P (and descendant Model 10/64) is elegant in its simplicity. It is a revolver designed to function as a revolver should. it is basic and uncomplicated. Its form is its beauty. It is certainly in the top 2 or 3 of handgun designs when it comes to form and function.

Yes, every serious shooter should have at one. I have several (I'll only illustrate the model marked examples.)

A 5" 10-7 I bought new in 1979 and gave to my mother for protection in her home. Retail price was $133. I really didn't think it necessary but I fired 6 rounds through it to make sure it worked before giving it to her. It has not been fired since. It lived in her nightstand until she died on Christmas Day of 2011 and I brought it home along with the box of Federal +P 146 grain SWC HPs with 44 cartridges remaining in it.

I read a magazine story about 2" M10s with square butts and wanted one. I'm like that. Around 1998 I saw this 10-5 on Gunbroker offered by a pawn shop in CA (illegal to sell within the state because not approved as a safe gun by the state DoJ). Bagged it for the starting bid of $150. Ten years ago my wife had it engraved for my 50th birthday and added the ivory stocks. Gun letters as shipped in 1969 to a dealer very near to the where I bought it. Hadn't moved much in 29 years.

Maybe 12 years ago my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I blurted out a 4" M10 in nickel. She got this c. 1979 10-7 off GB for $177 and I added the ivories a couple years late that I bought at the Tulsa show for $225. I hate it when the stocks cost more than the gun but I've done that several times.

A few years back I decided I needed a new "house gun." I immediately thought about a short M&P as nearly perfect. To make it even more practical I figured it should be a stainless M64. Again, my old friend Gunbroker produced this specimen that I picked up for $265. It's stamped for the San Antonio PD and I can't imagine a better working revolver. I hate the look of stainless, and it had some scratches from years of service so I polished it up bit after this photo was taken.

 

[galena]

Mine aren't as fancy as some of the above M-10s, but by gosh they shoot good. Every Red Blooded American should have two or three M-10s, right along side their Winchester M-94. Nice guns, Guys, thanks for sharing your pictures.

 

[Shooter6br]

Grips on my Mod 10-6 trade in

I have black grips on my Mod 10-6 4 in

 

[MajorD]

I have gone through many phases in my relationship with handguns but will always return to my first love the S&W revolvers, k frames in particular. I am without a model 10 at the moment and hope to fix this shortly ( do have a pile of adjustable sight k's however)
I have tried the n frames which have a cult following and they just don't do it for me

 

[bananaman]

No model 10's for me at the current time. Do have a 64-3 though. It just shoots so well for me! It now resides in a nightstand with CT Laser grips on it. Bob

 

[paragain]

My "rat rod" model 10-5 and a lovely 10-8 I scored at a LGS by tradeing a worn out Ruger even up.