Model 10 Club

[Triggernosis]

I've always wanted a Model 10 (or 64), but I've always been afraid of the fixed sights not giving me a precise aim. If they're off left/right, how could you fix it?

 

[Setzer77]

I'll bite. Some time ago I decided I wanted a K frame .38. I wound up with a 64-5. About as perfect as a revolver can get. Some might think a .357 is a better choice, but they obviously haven't looked at Buffalo Bore's variation on the FBI load.



(yes, those are the old Fed Nyclad +p loads)

I'd really love to have a standard barreled 4" model 10, and a 2" of either.

 

[W.E.G.]

I've always wanted a Model 10 (or 64), but I've always been afraid of the fixed sights not giving me a precise aim. If they're off left/right, how could you fix it?

Its not likely that the sights will be "off" if you shoot 158-grain loads.

Remember too, these are not Anschutz space-guns.

The Model 10 / Model 64 is intended to be a robust, utilitarian tool that absolutely will not fail in the time of need, and is not going to be finicky or confusing for persons with limited training.

If you get to the point where you can place all your shots in the bottom of a coffee cup at 25 yards, you might then reasonably start contemplating upgrades to center-up the group in the ten-ring.

In the meantime, the Model 10 / Model 64 remains solid as part of the bedrock of handgunning.

 

[18DAI]

I'd like to join the model 10 club!

My eligibility for entry items are a model 10-6 NYSP factory chambered for 357 magnum, and a J&G model 64-5.

Sweet sixguns! TJ

 

[rainbowbob]

I'm in! I just acquired a minty nickle 10-8 (DOB 1982 according to Radagast). No pictures yet - in fact I haven't even had the chance to shoot it yet.

I nominate whitecoyote as President of the club - and SaxonPig as VP.

 

[fireside44]

10-5 here.

I even chased the gremlin out that locked it up a few weeks ago.

 

[armoredman]

Mine is my inheritance, and a more accurate revolver I have not found. It gets used in photography, such as this controversy stirring one from the election,



..and this UN one.



It gets carried in a shoulder rig,



nice modern leather,



And in the classic style.



I am no great pistolero, but did I mention accurate?



Yeah, I like my inheritance...

 

[336A]

armoredman I like that shoulder holster rig where did you get it and who makes it? Great photos too. Oh and great shooting.

 

[armoredman]

Thank you for the nice comments. Cheap camera, cheap tripod, free editing program. The good shooting I credit to the sidearm.
As for the shoulder holster, I have no idea - a guy sold it to me off the internet. No makers name, very comfortable. This is that rig in action in the movie pose I call, "Bad guy about to get knocked out by Magnum PI from behind".

 

[jad0110]

Very nice transitional model Oro!

Here is my S&W M&P transitional model, also from 1947. This one is equipped with Deane King's "cockeyed hammer" and action job. Paid $300 for it a month or two ago. Most long action Smiths have superbly smooth actions, this one even more so. It even makes me look like I know what I'm doing :











7 yards, two hand hold, DA slow fire. 148 grain DEWC, 3.2 grn W231:

 

[Guillermo]

armoredman...since you are carrying a revolver why do you have a double mag pouch?

Is it a VERY HEAVILY MODIFIED revolver or is there a pistol on your right hip too?

 

[armoredman]

Pistol as well, my P01. I was WAITING for someone to say something.

AHA! It is the ultrarare Model 10 Tround edition!

 

[mesinge2]

Model 64 3" heavy barrel

View attachment 117467

 

[Husker_Fan]

I love shooting my Victory model. It has the best double action of any revolver I have shot.

 

[Daizee]

I'll bite:

10-8 HB plus Herrets.
Excellent, accurate, reliable weapon.

I much prefer the bull barrel models in all revolvers. The tapered ones look either atrophied in the limbs or swollen at the middle to me.


-Daizee

 

[Husker_Fan]

Daizee,
I used to feel the same way about the tapered barrels. I just thought they were not as good looking. Then I started shooting revolvers, and I have to admit, I greatly prefer the balance of the tapered barrel K-frames, and the older guns seem to have better triggers. My two K-frames are a refinished Victory, and a 1951 Combat Masterpiece. Niether one is very pretty, but I do love to shoot them. The look has grown on me.

 

[MrBorland]

Apologies for the blatant plug:

By coincidence, I posted a pic of my Model 10 here (post #5), but I just decided to sell it to help finance another purchase. I thought members of the Model 10 Club might appreciate a heads-up that it's available in case anyone is looking for a reason to join the M10C or enhance their standing in it.

Here's the link to the ad:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=510898

 

[Kingofthehill]

 

[bdb benzino]

Beautiful revolvers guys!!!

 

[BullfrogKen]

I picked it up on the way back home from Philadelphia today.


How's this work?

 

[ironvic]

I went into a local gunshop down the block from my house and saw this Model 10 hiding behind some tactical plastic guns. Like a gem unnoticed by shooters looking for style in a lump of metal and plastic, overlooking true sculptural beauty right there under glass. It got me to thinking that the fixed sight revolver is the original tactical piece with old school panache thrown in for extra measure.

Walnut and blue steel is where it's at baby! Elegant, no frills, but still far outshines the blocky tactical shell-shuckers riding in most holsters. It balances like a dream, and the trigger pull, delightfully smooth and buttery. It's New World craftsmanship with a deadly edge that you'd have to pay a real pretty penny for these days.

I always end back up with a .38 Special something-or-other and the allure of that sweet shooting cartridge eventually puts a S&W back in my hands, and my nightstand.

 

[BullfrogKen]

That's a real nice lookin' one there, ironvic.

 

[1911Tuner]

I think that ironvic just provided the definitive post in this thread. The beauty of the Model 10 is that it was Smith & Wesson's bread and butter, and they made a blue million of'em...so even pristine examples aren't very expensive, and the folks who aren't old enough to remember the good ol' days can have the experience at a bargain price. IMO, no handgun battery is complete without one.

 

[BullfrogKen]

I think that ironvic just provided the definitive post in this thread.

I absolutely agree.


I own other revolvers. The Model 10 is a well-made, rugged gun that nearly any working man can afford.


I've been wanting one of my own ever since my father-in-law showed me the one he owns back when I started dating his daughter. And no, he didn't use it to walk me out of the house at gunpoint.

 

[kle]

I already had a Model 10-6, I didn't really "need" another. But my local gunshop had a 10-9 in the consignment case for a very reasonable price. That wouldn't really have tipped the scales, but it had a tapered barrel, a round-butt, and a beautiful trigger (a gunsmith had obviously been inside the gun), which my 10-6 doesn't have. So now I have a 10-6 and its younger brother (by 24 years), a 10-9: