Model 10 Club

[Mr.Revolverguy]

I paid $180 for everything. It did not matter to me what it was going to cost though. Though I only asked for a finish when I got it back there was an orange envelope with all the old internal parts in it. The replaced quite a few springs and internal parts and slicked up the trigger for me.

 

[mesinge2]

I paid $180 for everything

That's not much I might send in my 19-4:
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[BullfrogKen]

$180.00???


Wow.

 

[336A]

Another good load that I like to use (though I don't use that often) is a duplication of the famed "FBI" load. In reality however it probably runs a little faster. My load consists of the MAX load listed by Lyman for Unique and their #358156 bullet, however I use the Hornady 158gr SWCHP. In the newer pistol and revolver handbook the #358156 is listed as 155gr but the older manuals had it listed as 158gr Anyway it is a really good load, it is accurate and makes the Ol' .38SPL speak with authority

I won't list the exact charge as I really don't want to be visited by the "overload police". Sufice it to say though it is a load still listed by Lyman and has been around longer than I, it is about 2 tenths of a grain higher than other published sources. I'm sure if it wasn't safe then Lyman would have never published it. My next little expirement is going to be with a 190gr WFN bullet. Kind of along the lines of the old Super Police loading. I don't use jacketed bullets for my hand loads as I feel the .38SPL is better suited for use with lead bullets.

 

[scottishclaymore]

With 158 gr. bullets (which is all I shoot) the Model 10/64 is the most accurate handgun I have ever shot. I love this classic old piece.

 

[wlewisiii]

I'm finally getting my box with my Lee Loader & goodies from the UPS driver tomorrow . No 158gr. were in stock, so I've got some Rainier 125gr FN coming to get me going until I can find some 158's. I've got a bottle of Clays and am looking at starting with the .5 dipper (3.4 grains). The Lee book lists 3.5 as the maximum charge for that powder & 125gr lead. Anyone here tried this?

My 64 is such a pleasant revolver to shoot - I really want to be able to afford to shoot more often by reloading.

William

 

[scottishclaymore]

wlewisiii - The 64 is an absolute dream with 158's. I hope you can find some. I'm sitting on about 650 rounds of 158 gr. LSWC's right now... All loaded and primed and ready to go.

Gotta keep the little buggers fed.

 

[Husker_Fan]

dbarale,
That gets close to perfection for me, at least for a carry gun. I love the long action Smiths trigger pull. I won't likely do it to my victory, but if I found a beater of a transitional model in good mechanical shape, I would love to bob the hammer, round the grip, and give it a 3 inch barrel.

 

[Tom Servo]

10-5 from 1967.



Should have this 3" 10-8 by middle of the week, and I'll try to take a better picture:



It's funny that I ignored fixed-sight K-Frames for so long, thinking they weren't capable of the same accuracy as their target-sighted brethren. I was obviously wrong:

 

[MCgunner]

Ya know, I think this is the first M10 "club" thread. I don't know, I seem to recall one a few years back, but don't think it was a club. Mine was my Grandpa's gun, bought from a sheriff friend of his. It's pristine, little shot when I inherited it in 1981. It's from the early 60s. It's still very tight. I probably have put several thousand rounds, mostly wadcutters, though it. It cracked the forcing cone on the original pencil barrel and I found a heavy barrel in a Shotgun News from J&G sales for 50 bucks and had a gunsmith fit it. I kinda prefer the heavy barrel's balance. Both are/were 4" barrels.

 

[kle]

Wow there sure are some great looking M10's here, keep em' coming fellas. I'm glad to see that there is still a big fan base for this Ol' warhorse, and that there are those here that enjoy the M10 as much as I. What do most of you folks feed your pets?

I currently use 158gr SWC over 4.6gr of Unique for most purposes. However I have some 148gr (they actually avg about 150gr) test loads using Unique from the Speer #13 manual to try out as well. I just purchased some W231 to try about two weeks ago as well, and have some test loads made up with it. I've had no problems with Unique but I kept hearing great things about W231 so I figured why not.

For plinking/practice, I load 3.5gr Bullseye behind any 158gr cast lead semi-wadcutter. I could probably use 3.9-4.0gr of W231 for the same purposes. They're accurate enough at 20 feet for my purposes (as in one ragged hole in the middle of a 3x5" index card). Beyond that, if I wanted real Bullseye accuracy, I'd use my pet wadcutter load of 3.1gr W231 behind a swaged (not cast) 148gr HBWC bullet. Or if I wanted to do the same with a 158gr semi-wadcutter, I'd use 3.6gr AA#2 and a swaged (not cast) 158gr LSWC bullet.

If I wanted +Ps, I'd probably bump up the loads by a bit (maybe half a grain? I'd have to consult my loading manuals).

For defense, I use factory Federal 158gr LSWCHP +P, the "FBI Load".

is it round or square its a 10-14 heavy barrel...

id rather have cheaper than 30... probably wait till i see something at a show; the whole gun was only 200

Your 10-14 should be a round-butt. You can find service/"magna" grips on ebay and gunbroker for about what you're looking to pay.

 

[MCgunner]

I shoot 2.7 grains B'eye behind a cast Lee 148 grain plain base WC mostly, but 5.0 grains Unique behind a 158TL Lee SWC works better in speed loaders for action games and is quite accurate and more powerful, makes a good utility field load. I haven't used that gun in years for competition, but it's very accurate, about 1.5" at 25 yards off a bench. I have won some money with her in the past.

 

[dbarale]

dbarale,
That gets close to perfection for me, at least for a carry gun. I love the long action Smiths trigger pull. I won't likely do it to my victory, but if I found a beater of a transitional model in good mechanical shape, I would love to bob the hammer, round the grip, and give it a 3 inch barrel.

When I bought that one it had a twice bulged 5" barrel and grips made of pressure treated pine (no joke).
A member of the S&W forum gave me a 6" nickeled barrel from a 10-2. I removed the nickel, cut it down to 3.25", re-attached the front sight cut from the 5", re-crowned it, re-installed it and cold blued the bbl. I ended up with a 0.05 B/C gap and a great pointing gun. I salvaged the grips from a gun show and carried it for a while. I was going to bob the hammer, relieve the trigger guard and round the butt when some medical bills took priority and gun was sold...

All was done by hand BTW without a lathe or a mill.

 

[Husker_Fan]

Wow. It sounds like our tastes are pretty similar. That is some nice work you did.

Part of me would like to do it to my Victory, but I know certain members of this board would hunt me down if I did, even though it was poorly refinished and property marks were nearly obliterated.

 

[armoredman]

Load too? 5.3 grains Accurate Arms #2 under a 125grain XTP at 1.445, works great. I also cast my own bullets when I am not being laze, and my 124gr 9mm mould drops at .360. So I size them at .356 for 9mm, and .358 for 38spl, does quite well atop 4.6grains AA#2 at 1.549.

 

[dbracin]

Here's my model 10 no dash. It's beautiful in person.

 

[Hondo 60]

I feed mine a steady diet of 4.0 grains of Titegroup over a 125 gr jacketed or plated hollow point

 

[rainbowbob]

Here's my model 10 no dash. It's beautiful in person.

It's not too bad in the photos either...WOW!

 

[woad_yurt]

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[MCgunner]

With 158 gr. bullets (which is all I shoot) the Model 10/64 is the most accurate handgun I have ever shot.

Mine's accurate, 1.5" at 25 yards off sand bags, but I do own (Blasphemy) a 4" Taurus 66 that shoots 1" clusters with either 140 Speer JHP over 17 grains 2400 in magnum brass or my 2.7 grain B'eye Lee WC load. Ditto my 6.5" .357 Ruger Blackhawk.

However, 1/2" off sand bags at 25 yards is really getting nit picky. Besides, I can't shoot any iron sighted handgun of 4" plus barrel any better. My Ruger Mk 2 .22 was a 1" shooter and when I put a scope on it, I found it actually could shoot 1/2" at 25 yards. So, with that sort of accuracy, we're getting into the realm of user error. At any rate, the ol' M10 will outshoot almost ANY new fangled service auto chucker. I have ONE auto that does about as well, a Ruger P90. Most I've owned or fired, 3" is a good 25 yard group and most of the magazine "experts" tend to tout that 4" or less at 25 yards is good 'nuf for a police service gun, let alone self defense.

 

[CornCod]

I always wanted a Model 10 and joined the club last year with a blued 2in. I used to shoot my brother's Model 10 back in the eighties when he was with the NYPD. I was a bit of an eccentric back then because my regular piece was a Hi-Power. My "official" reason for owning a Model 10 is because my corrections agency requires me to qualify with a Model 64 on a yearly basis and I need the revolver practice. We can't take the 64's home with us. They sit in the armory waiting for some kind of massive, violent escape. Still, I am proud to be a lawman (albeit, a desk-riding lawman) still carrying (rarely) a K Frame Smith; one of the last, I suppose.

 

[armoredman]

Your Dept still uses wheelguns? We ditched the Rugers for Glocks about 10 years ago...wish we hadn't.

 

[FatChance]

From another thread, 336A asked if I would post about this gun in this thread:

I just bought an old revolver from a buddy of mine who is in dire financial straits. It is a civilian S&W First Model .38 Military and Police (Model of 1899). 6 1/2" barrel, fixed sights, .38 Special, made in 1899 or 1900(?), serial number just under 1600. It still has a lot of original blue and the action is strong and tight. He shot it regularly. His grandfather bought it about 90 years ago and left it to him. It even came with a box of ammunition and an old, unmarked slim jim holster. I ended up paying $250 for it to help him out. I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it should be a lot of fun!

Note: I gave him an open invitation to buy it back at this price when he gets back on his feet.

 

[conhntr]

hey guys slightly off topic. since buying my old trade in model 10 4" heavy ive shot it several times and have started liking it more and more.

ok here is the off topic/heretical part of the post. i Really like the fixed trench/flatop/front site. seems very quick yet precise. i like the barrel profile and heft. the only parts i dont like is the humpback frame, and the fact that its 38spec.

so what S/W has the features i like (blue, 4" heavy barrel flatop trench/sites) but also is 357

 

[Stephen A. Camp]

That would be an S&W Model 13.