Jim Taylor
While I am a single action sixgun guy ....
Monday, December 19, 2022, 12:57

I do have a few double action revolvers. Among them are some S&W Model 10's ... one of the better products that S&W has put out. In production for 123 years, it has of course gone through improvements and modifications. Yet it is still one of the guns that S&W sells the most of.

I bought my first one when I was a Corrections Officer with the Department of Corrections. It was our issue handgun and I was able to buy a new one at a fairly decent discount.

Over the years it was confiscated by my wife and became her gun. She shot Combat Matches with it and won quite a few, even when competing against ladies with auto-loaders. She wasn't as fast but she rarely missed.

The only modifications I made to the Model 10 was to remove the serrations on the trigger and add a set of stocks made by my old friend Deacon Deason of Bear Hug Grips.

I also have one that I finished putting together. I bought it without a barrel, then gathered up all the parts I would need and got it running. It's worn but still tight and shoots well, so it has its place.

When I first got it:

Later:

We also have a light barreled one.

The Model 10 is one of the best double action sixguns when rating ease of use and reliability as far as I am concerned. It is light, easy to pack, has an excellent trigger, points well and is not hard to keep running.

While the .38 Special cartridge does not elicit any excitement, the special squad headed by Jim Cirillo years ago in New York to deal with the robbery problem there learned by using good tactics and marksmanship to come out on top in a lot of gunfights .. even with the old wimply 158 grain round-nose load.

And in these days, you can get over 2300 factory velocity reloads from 1 pound of Bullseye powder. That ain't a bad deal.