S&W .38 Mod 10
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Jim Watson
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I have read of them being rebarrelled. A matter of luck for a barrel to screw in with the sight vertical and a reasonable gap. "Some fitting required."
It looks like it was a 2", if so, it will need an extractor rod and centerpin to go with a 4" barrel.
It looks like it was a 2", if so, it will need an extractor rod and centerpin to go with a 4" barrel.
I bought two of them. I was able to fit a 2" Numrich barrel to one, but they have since run out of those barrels. I put a 4" on the other, and as was noted by a previous poster, changed out the center pin and ejector rod. Both made up into sound, mechanically good revolvers. They are not cosmetically anything to write home about. There is heavy stamping on the bottom of the frame in front of the guard from the agency that used them in (I think) South America. Use a proper frame wrench (and not a hammer handle through the frame window) to tighten up the barrel.
Bill Jacobs
Bill Jacobs
The barrel-less Model 10 is on it's way. Dug up the barrel out of my "stuff". The bore looks brand new. It has been cut off and re-crowned. I found this sight for a Ruger Single Six that should work nice for this little project. Will report back after the first round has left the barrel.
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biblethumpncop
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Any update?
Update: arrrghh! The ejector rod I got off ebay is RH thread. I got the barreless gun. It is a 10-6 LH ejector rod. The center pin I got is shorter. Ebay is sho nuff "Pot Luck". You never know what you might get sometimes. The search for parts is still on. Looking for a 2" barrel while I'm at it. I'll go with whatever parts I find first. And if I end up with this 3" barrel, I have a little lathe work to do. It gets tight at 180 degrees out from where it needs to be.
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Oh gawd! I had an old victory model and had to make a new cylinder center pin. The original was JB Welded up to length and so a new one had to be turned on the lathe. I learned that when I went to file the top to smooth it out. Too much came off with one pass of a fine tooth file.
Good luck in getting that longer ejector rod. Keep shopping.
Good luck in getting that longer ejector rod. Keep shopping.
Dang. Looks like the new style extractor rod is correct. Guess what? I ordered the old style center pin. It works perfectly. The other cebter pin I got was a Victory. Why is that different than an old style center pin? I have no idea. What the heck. All I lack is a little time on my lathe and drilling and tapping for the Ruger front sight. Dang!!!!
