We all know a M10 is not a target gun…But

[SS336]

Was at the range yesterday just shooting some guns. When it was this M10's turn started out with my standard reload which shoots very well and was just plinking away having fun.
I had purchased some 148gr WC from a forum member and reloaded 50 with some Unique to see how they worked. The M10-5 sights are not designed for target work so I was just having fun.
First group at 12yds it shot this like this.
I than proceeded to shot the rest of the box. Hitting clay birds on the berm was easy at 25yds, holding a little low and right.
Fixed sight revolvers in .38spl are pretty amazing to me.



The particulars, 1976 M10-5. 3.8grs of Unique, 148gr button nose wadcutter, OAL 1.290.

 

[Skyhunter]

It is what it is.
Sometimes you have the joy of stumbling onto "just right" and your revolver shows you!

WYT-P
Skyhunter

 

[dmn57]

Think the shooter had just a little bit to do with it...nice job.

 

[BrovoEchoSierra]

fixed sight revolvers

I like your light barreled 10. It looks like a really nice one.
Always thought they were a good looking gun, and I hope to have one some day to match my heavy barreled 10.

Mine is a 10-7 or 8 cant remember for sure, with a heavy barrel. that shoots remarkably well for a fixed sight gun.
It shoots where its supposed to with a Lyman 358- 477, cast bullet weighing in at about 158 grains, pushed with 3.5 grs of Bullseye.
Same load that I shoot in all my other 38's.

 

[Protocall_Design]

A good fixed sight revolver will shoot as tight a group as an adjustable sight one. You just can't move the group around with the sights. Good shooting there! Beautiful gun, too.

 

[Krogen]

There's something about a Model 10 that's very appealing. It meets the old criteria of "necessary" and "sufficient." Everything you need and nothing you don't. I have a 2" Model 10 that fits the bill. It shares a lineage with my "blingy" nickel Model 15 and my more purposed K38. The plain old Model 10 makes me grin more than the other two.

Nice gun, nice shooting OP! You have a keeper.

 

[SS336]

Think the shooter had just a little bit to do with it...nice job.

Thanks for the compliment, but I can shoot a lot worse than this too.

 

[growr]

Your M10 really identifies as a target gun, please don't tell it otherwise....

Randy

 

[StakeOut]

The gun is only a part of the equation.

 

[ruger 22]

Nice shooting!! I know I am very old school but I still prefer fixed sighted handguns over the target ones. They make you learn to shoot rather than how to continuously use a screw driver.

 

[StakeOut]

Is a Model 15 a target gun?
Is a Model 66 a target gun?
Is a Model 686 a target gun?

What makes a gun a "Target Gun"?

 

[sw44spl]

I have a model 64 that will shoot anything in a tight group.I also have some model 10s that are the same. What makes a target gun? well the target of course.

 

[jimbo728]

My HB 10-6 won a bunch of target matches. Most accurate revolver I have .
Jim

 

[SFIDEC]

I've had a 10-5 4" tapered barrel as my bedside revolver for 40 years. Purchased it from a buddy for $100 in 1982 and it was my 1st of many S&W's. Definitely a keeper.
Nice revolver you have and you obviously know how to hit your target.
Nice shooting!
Thanks for sharing
Ray

 

[StakeOut]

My HB 10-6 won a bunch of target matches. Most accurate revolver I have .
Jim

The 10-6 is a great revolver.
I carried mine on duty for 20 years.

 

[SS336]

Is a Model 15 a target gun?
Is a Model 66 a target gun?
Is a Model 686 a target gun?

What makes a gun a "Target Gun"?

For me, in this instance, it would be a K-38 or a M14. 6" barrel, adjustable sights that have less light showing on the sides and a straight flat topped rear sight.
M10's have more light on the sides of the sight and the frame at the rear is somewhat rounded. That makes it harder to get a consistent, repeatable sight picture.
M10 was designed for a more duty situation, while the K-38 was designed to shoot at paper.
I suppose any revolver that is shooting at paper targets could be called a target revolver.
Just my opinion.

 

[stansdds]

Is a Model 15 a target gun?
Is a Model 66 a target gun?
Is a Model 686 a target gun?

What makes a gun a "Target Gun"?

For S&W revolvers it simply means a barrel of at least 6 inches in length, a fully adjustable rear sight, and the front sight is most likely going to be of the Patridge style. As for the Model 10 not being a target gun, S&W used the same equipment to make all the parts of the Model as they did to make the Model 14, so intrinsic accuracy is not likely to vary much between a Model 10 and a Model 14. The difference is in the trigger action, sight picture, and sight radius when the revolver is fired by hand rather than from a Ransom Rest.

 

[raljr1]

A good fixed sight revolver will shoot as tight a group as an adjustable sight one. You just can't move the group around with the sights. Good shooting there! Beautiful gun, too.

Here's a fixed sight 44 hand ejector at 7 yards.

 

[Babysitr]

poor thing thinks its a target gun...probably old and suffering memory loss, dont break its heart and tell it diferrent..I have one suffering also

 

[heeter3]

We love the model 10s because as you've shown SS336 there's really not much that it can't do or hasn't already done.