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I have recently acquired a very rare Smith & Wesson Model 10-7. While model 10 guns with a 3” barrel are somewhat scarce, this gun has the only 3” tapered barrel I have ever seen. There is reference to a small run of model 10-5 revolvers that had tapered barrels in the 4th edition of the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. These guns were exported to Spain. I purchased this gun directly from the US importer. It has German proof marks on it indicating a date code of registration in Germany of 1990. The gun was imported into Germany by a large commercial distributor. The importer told me he’s only seen two of these guns. The serial number prefix on the gun is AFW. That prefix is not shown in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. I contacted Jim Supica at the Collector’s Association to see if he has ever seen a model 10-7 in this configuration. He had no idea that a 3” tapered barrel Model 10-7 ever existed and advised he would like to publish pictures in the next edition of the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson.
To the best of my knowledge this is the only one of these on the North American Continent today. I plan to send a request to the S&W Historical Foundation for a letter of authenticity ( S&W no longer issues factory letters. The Historical Foundation does that now. )The gun is in 97% condition. In the interim, does anyone know anything about this revolver or have any additional information they could share?
To the best of my knowledge this is the only one of these on the North American Continent today. I plan to send a request to the S&W Historical Foundation for a letter of authenticity ( S&W no longer issues factory letters. The Historical Foundation does that now. )The gun is in 97% condition. In the interim, does anyone know anything about this revolver or have any additional information they could share?