I picked up a 65 that looks nearly identical was a Corrections revolver - You can't go wrong with a decent service smith & wesson revolver. I was told by a gunsmith in 1980 the local PD switched to nickel because the finish held up better than blue and kept them less rusty for the service life. As the shop that got all the maint, he didn't like nickel guns and would tell stories to the cops about how the shine would reveal position, etc. : ) It was really it impacted his revenue. Keep the collection coming - always looking forward to what you have to show us.
i’ve got two s&w 10-5 blued 4” revolvers. one is an immaculate pencil barrel, probably was a gentleman’s bedside piece. the other is a well-worn bull barrel, definitely was an armorer-maintained, shot-little, carried-alot police sidearm. both are superb shooters. excellent american worksmanship from our fading golden age.
That will vary from one gun to the next. I think the specs call for it to be about 0.006. If the gap is too tight you might start to get a little dragging between the cylinder and forcing cone when the gun gets dirty from carbon build up. But it will clean off pretty easy with a good powder solvent.
@@1957Shep It is just a guess. I haven't tried to measure it. But, yeah, as long as nothing drags, less gap translates to more power. Kind of like that Russian Nagant M1895 revolver that closes the gap. That is the theory, anyway.
I guess pulled in and out of holster and stored in damp/hot conditions, faded the outside finish but very little barrell were and inner parts wear ,make it a very reliable long term self defence Revolver , what would the effective range be 100 metres I guess
I think the lock work is pretty much the same. But they have changed some things. The hammer and trigger are different and the new ones have frame mounted firing pins.
Each increasing number after the dash indicates an engineering change. Ergo, a change of some kind to the design of the gun, so no, a 10-6 would be different somehow, than a 10-7. Normally, S&W will make multiple engineering changes before the produce a new ‘edition’ of the gun, so a dash change may include 4 or 5 changes. Sometimes the changes are visible externally, usually not. They listen to customers feedback and continually test products. That’s where the changes come from…
@@tomgarrett9232 Mostly correct, but not in all cases. In some cases the dash designated a difference in features, not in design. The model 10-5 and 10-6 are identical except that the 10-5 has a tapered barrel and the 10-6 has a heavy barrel. Both models were made at the same time. Same with the later 10-7 and 10-8 (late 70s/early 80s) !0-8 has a heavy barrel, but otherwise identical to the 10-7. You see this sometimes in other models as well. In the 3 inch barrel model 36 and 36-1 the 36 has a tapered barrel and the 36-1 has a heavy barrel, but otherwise identical and made at the same time.
Sure they would, if made before 1982. The change from pinned barrel to crush fit didn’t get a change in model designation, with the exception of the Model 14. The 10-7 and 10-8 were produced from 1977-1988. Starting about 1980 the trademark was relocated to the left side of the frame from the side plate. Starting about 1982 the pinned barrel was eliminated.
