The ubiquitous S&W Model 10

richhodg66

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He had a table full of Ruger Service Six revolvers too. In retrospect, I might have rather had those, but they were in worse shape as I recall.

Hard to beat a four inch K-frame .38 for a general purpose handgun.
 

Petrol & Powder

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He had a table full of Ruger Service Six revolvers too. In retrospect, I might have rather had those, but they were in worse shape as I recall.

Hard to beat a four inch K-frame .38 for a general purpose handgun.
Asking me if I would rather have a Ruger Service-Six, OR a S&W K-frame is sort of like asking me if I would like five (5) twenty-dollar bills or two (2) fifty-dollar bills. :D
 

richhodg66

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I'm a fan of the Ruger Six series of revolvers. Not as slickly made as the Smiths, but great revolvers nonetheless.
 

CZ93X62

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Buckshot and I visited J&G Sales about 15 years ago while in Prescott. It was quite a place.
 

Alstep

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A few years ago I was given a model 10-8. This thing was a real junker boat anchor. Couldn't even see light through the barrel and cylinder. Full of dirt & grease and beet to hell. I took off the stocks and threw into a bucket of kero. Let it soak for a week or so, then took it apart and attacked it with carburetor cleaner, a tooth brush, and a compressor. Wouldn't you know, this thing actually cleaned up pretty good. All that dirt & grease probably protected it.
Come time to shoot it and it shot way off to the left. Come to find out the barrel was loose. Tightened it up and it shot off to the right. Made a washer out of some thin brass shim stock for between the barrel & frame, and tightened it up a little at a time till it shot to point of aim. Increased the cylinder/barrel gap to .006, still OK. With 3 grains of Bullseye and an RCBS 38-150-SWC, this model 10 shoots right up there with the best of 'em. And I don't have to worry about scaring it up. Great truck & tractor gun.
 

Rushcreek

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I only have one 10-7 round butt 4" but it's a keeper. Dead on with 3.5grs of Red Dot and Speer swaged 158gr swchp.
Insert old saying here- " I wish that I still had all of the m10s and m15s that I've traded or sold".
 

jonjon

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I was blessed to pick up a model 15 from the original owner for the sum of $50. And inherited a model 10 about 10 years ago. Every thing in my safe would be gone before either of them.
 

Walks

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I recently inherited a M&P in .38S&W w 5"bbl. It was unissued and still has not been shot. It was one of a pair a Good Friend bought years ago. It was never shot because no one ever took it apart to see why it wouldn't function. Took off sideplate and blew out inside with carb cleaner. A few drops of oil and it worked great. A Tyler T-Grip adapter and a pair of old Magna stocks, the old girl will be ready for it's first range trip. It came with 20rds factory ammo and 5 boxes of empty brass.
I still want to find a M10 with a pinned 4" HB someday.
 

david s

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I've a single model 10. An early 1970's vintage nickel 4-inch heavy barrel. There is something to the K's having an almost universal grip frame. Mine came with the smaller grip panels that were swapped for a set of the larger but refinished S&W grips. The Ruger Speed/Service pistols have enough extra metal about them that to my eye they look better in a 6 inch configuration.
 

Petrol & Powder

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Not to start a K-frame v. Service-Six discussion, but the Ruger Service/Security/Speed-Six guns were a little beefier than the S&W K-frames, but not by much. In fact, they would generally fit in K-frame holsters.
The Ruger DA Six's were designed from the start to be Magnum capable frames and that probably accounts for their slightly heavier construction.

The Ruger DA Six's also appeared Way Later than the S&W K-frames, by a margin of about 70 years.

The Rugers will never be as svelte as the K-frames, but I hold both manufacturers in the highest regard.
 

CZ93X62

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Walks--

I also have a S&W M&P x 5" in 38 S&W. When S&W changed their named models to numbered models, the 38 S&W versions became "Model 11s". My example was a "Lend-Lease" acquisition by the British Empire during WWII, and its fixed sights are meant for shooting the 38/200 loadings--Mk I load had a 200 grain bullet, the Mk II loading used a FMJ 178 grain RN. NOE has a clone of the old NEI #169A, my NEI version weighs 202 grains in pure lead and about 199-200 in 92/6/2. Run at ~650 FPS, they still impart a healthy CLANG to iron targets.
 

Walks

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CZ,
I never knew the .38S&W caliber had it's own Model number, thx for the education. Wonder if the K-frame fixed sight in .22LR had it's own #.
I bought the Lyman #358430 2cav mold when it was discontinued a few years back. It drops at 199grs from RS or COWW. I'm not really sure what My Buddy cast them from. I load 1.4grs Bullseye in deference to My Grandmother's old H&R Breaktop. These days I worry about what will happen to My Guns & Ammo when I'm gone. So anything I have is now loaded to minimum for those old originals that I have.

Thanks, Rog