Rescued Another Neglected S&W

mk70ss · February 18, 2020, 05:17 PM

So it was a rainy day today and I ended up swinging by my local pawn shop. In one of the gun cases was this S&W Model 10. It was dirty and had several small rust spots on the frame, likely from sitting in a holster from years. It looked like it had not been sot much though. The shop had a $350.00 price tag on it. I offered them $250.00 due to the rust, and it was filthy, and the grips had some scratches on them. The clerk accepted and I took it home. Once cleaned up, it looks pretty nice for a shooter.

ThomasT · February 18, 2020, 05:32 PM

I wish I could find a nice model 10 skinny barrel for $250. One of the best all around guns you can own.

smee78 · February 18, 2020, 06:16 PM

Nothing like a nice model 10, they are quality revolvers. Nice score.

lunger · February 18, 2020, 07:56 PM

Nice score. Around here that's a $400 revolver.

Kreyzhorse · February 18, 2020, 08:56 PM

Great find. Looks in pretty good shape for $250.

tlm225 · February 18, 2020, 09:40 PM

Congrats. I think that was an excellent score.

CajunBass · February 19, 2020, 02:34 AM

Good find.

shurshot · February 19, 2020, 08:35 AM

Very nice deal. Those old model 10 S&W's are indeed Special. Super accurate too. Very Few four legged critters in North America that can't be dropped with a .38 between the eyes.

silvermane_1 · February 20, 2020, 04:10 AM

Awesome find there OP.

Rogervzv · February 21, 2020, 10:35 AM

Very nice. In better shape than the one I recently rescued:

jglsprings · February 21, 2020, 11:34 AM

You guys need to go to the junkyard to pick out your dogs...

Before...

After...

dyl · February 22, 2020, 12:31 PM

jglsprings, did you get that hot blued or is that cold blue? Because MAN I wish cold blue could do that.

jglsprings · February 24, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by dyl

jglsprings, did you get that hot blued or is that cold blue? Because MAN I wish cold blue could do that.

Fords master blue. Worth more than the gun but it was a project

Restored the finish and engravings then hot blue...

Hdonly · February 24, 2020, 11:20 AM

Mine bought years ago for $125. Barrel was shot. Cylinder has been replaced. Pawl was busted. I replaced the barrel with a cheap .38 S&W barrel. Although the .38 S&W is a slightly larger bore, it still shoots .38 Special very well. Not worth much but a darn good shooter.

Hdonly · February 24, 2020, 11:22 AM

I don't know how that picture got so big. It wasn't before.

mk70ss · February 24, 2020, 12:27 PM

I appreciate that a lot. All mine are shooters, I dont have a safe queen. Even the vintage 1970 mint Python gets shot.

February 18, 2020, 05:17 PM	#1
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	Rescued Another Neglected S&W So it was a rainy day today and I ended up swinging by my local pawn shop. In one of the gun cases was this S&W Model 10. It was dirty and had several small rust spots on the frame, likely from sitting in a holster from years. It looked like it had not been sot much though. The shop had a $350.00 price tag on it. I offered them $250.00 due to the rust, and it was filthy, and the grips had some scratches on them. The clerk accepted and I took it home. Once cleaned up, it looks pretty nice for a shooter. __________________ Say when.....

February 18, 2020, 06:16 PM	#3
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	Nothing like a nice model 10, they are quality revolvers. Nice score. __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

February 18, 2020, 08:56 PM	#5
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Great find. Looks in pretty good shape for $250. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

February 18, 2020, 09:40 PM	#6
tlm225 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 962	Congrats. I think that was an excellent score. __________________ All that is neccessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

February 19, 2020, 02:34 AM	#7
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	Good find. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

February 18, 2020, 05:32 PM	#2
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	I wish I could find a nice model 10 skinny barrel for $250. One of the best all around guns you can own.

February 18, 2020, 07:56 PM	#4
lunger Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2007 Posts: 443	Nice score. Around here that's a $400 revolver.

February 19, 2020, 08:35 AM	#8
shurshot Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2006 Posts: 1,819	Very nice deal. Those old model 10 S&W's are indeed Special. Super accurate too. Very Few four legged critters in North America that can't be dropped with a .38 between the eyes.

February 20, 2020, 04:10 AM	#9
silvermane_1 Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2011 Location: Burien,WA Posts: 897	Awesome find there OP. __________________ Rugers:SR1911 CMD,MK 3 .22lr 6",Sec. Six '76 liberty .357 4",SRH .480 Ruger 7.5",Mini-14 188 5.56/.233 18.5", Marlins: 795 .22lr 16.5",30aw 30-30 20",Mossberg:Mav. 88 Tact. 12 ga, 18.5",ATR 100 .270 Win. 22",S&W:SW9VE 9mm 4",Springfield:XD .357sig 4", AKs:CAI PSL-54C, WASR 10/63, WW74,SLR-106c

February 21, 2020, 10:35 AM	#10
Rogervzv Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2011 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 1,075	Very nice. In better shape than the one I recently rescued: __________________ The difference between a citizen and a civilian is that the citizen makes the safety of the body politic his personal responsibility, protecting it with his life. The civilian does not.

February 21, 2020, 11:34 AM	#11
jglsprings Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2009 Posts: 1,827	You guys need to go to the junkyard to pick out your dogs... Before... After... __________________ Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Commas save lives...

February 22, 2020, 12:31 PM	#12
dyl Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,310	jglsprings, did you get that hot blued or is that cold blue? Because MAN I wish cold blue could do that.

February 24, 2020, 11:20 AM	#14
Hdonly Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2013 Posts: 340	Mine bought years ago for $125. Barrel was shot. Cylinder has been replaced. Pawl was busted. I replaced the barrel with a cheap .38 S&W barrel. Although the .38 S&W is a slightly larger bore, it still shoots .38 Special very well. Not worth much but a darn good shooter.

February 24, 2020, 11:22 AM	#15
Hdonly Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2013 Posts: 340	I don't know how that picture got so big. It wasn't before.

February 24, 2020, 12:27 PM	#16
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	I appreciate that a lot. All mine are shooters, I dont have a safe queen. Even the vintage 1970 mint Python gets shot. __________________ Say when.....