Best revolver in .38 Spcl. for plinking?
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Bill Adair
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Path,
The 10 is one of my favorite models as well, but my aging vision makes fixed sights much harder to see.
When target shooting with my model 10's I use a Farrsight from Brownells to sharpen the focus a bit, and that makes plinking difficult.
I often plink with a model 15, because the adjustable sights just work better for me, but even those fade quickly in low light.
What barrel lengths do you like in the M10?
Bill
The 10 is one of my favorite models as well, but my aging vision makes fixed sights much harder to see.
When target shooting with my model 10's I use a Farrsight from Brownells to sharpen the focus a bit, and that makes plinking difficult.
I often plink with a model 15, because the adjustable sights just work better for me, but even those fade quickly in low light.
What barrel lengths do you like in the M10?
Bill
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Daryl Waldron
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I shoot my Model 10 better than any other handgun I own. It has been my bedside gun for years.
Tommy gunn
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I like the Colt Official Police revolver with the four inch barrel.
It is a bit heavier than the S&W M10 and can be used with stout +P handloads.
It is a bit heavier than the S&W M10 and can be used with stout +P handloads.
Bill Adair
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Path,
I have a blue five inch, and a blue six inch (thin barrel versions), and have been looking for a four inch blue, thin barrel 10-5 in pristine condition, for several years now (without success).
Some day, I hope to own a blue thin barrel 10-5 in every barrel length.
Since there were so many model 10 variants, I can't afford to collect them all, so I limit my choices to that finish, engineering change, and barrel style. I also like the wider front sight on the 10-5, so that was a consideration.
Both are a joy to shoot, but the six is my favorite.
Bill
I have a blue five inch, and a blue six inch (thin barrel versions), and have been looking for a four inch blue, thin barrel 10-5 in pristine condition, for several years now (without success).
Some day, I hope to own a blue thin barrel 10-5 in every barrel length.
Since there were so many model 10 variants, I can't afford to collect them all, so I limit my choices to that finish, engineering change, and barrel style. I also like the wider front sight on the 10-5, so that was a consideration.
Both are a joy to shoot, but the six is my favorite.
Bill
Bill,
Sounds like you have some great revolvers there. I'm thinking of picking up a beater and having my friend re-blue it and give it a tune up. You just can't beat them for the price. There are a ton on the market since most PDs have gone to semi-auto.
I have noticed that they are being snatched up by security companies and are being issued as side arms for armed guards. The gun store I work at sold 5 in this manner in one shot.
Revolvers are a thing of beauty forever!
Sounds like you have some great revolvers there. I'm thinking of picking up a beater and having my friend re-blue it and give it a tune up. You just can't beat them for the price. There are a ton on the market since most PDs have gone to semi-auto.
I have noticed that they are being snatched up by security companies and are being issued as side arms for armed guards. The gun store I work at sold 5 in this manner in one shot.
Revolvers are a thing of beauty forever!
Bill Adair
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Path,
Great idea!
Wish I had a friend like yours who can re-blue firearms, because I'd love to have a shooter model 10 that also looks good.
Interesting about the model 10 being used by security agencies, but it makes perfect sense, and it sure beats the price of new handguns.
The model 10 has probably taken more criminals off the streets, than any other weapon in history.
Now, I really need to find that NIB (or like new) four inch, blue, pencil barrel 10-5.
Bill
Great idea!
Wish I had a friend like yours who can re-blue firearms, because I'd love to have a shooter model 10 that also looks good.
Interesting about the model 10 being used by security agencies, but it makes perfect sense, and it sure beats the price of new handguns.
The model 10 has probably taken more criminals off the streets, than any other weapon in history.
Now, I really need to find that NIB (or like new) four inch, blue, pencil barrel 10-5.
Bill
Hammerhead
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A new (2001) model 10-7.
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