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Let us know how it looks.
Mine will hit the FFL tomorrow.
Not sure what to hope for.

One for each girl.
If they are decent, Mom and Dad might want one.

Mine are rough.
One has a dime sized rust spot behind and under the cylinder latch.
The other is worse. Both pitted.
Function seems perfect. The uglier one has a very nice D/A pull.
The beautiful grips pictured came on them. Unfortunately.

Not really disappointed. They will, do what I wanted.
But, if they had been in a store at that price, they would still be there.

You could strip the finish off, re-polish, then apply some sort of quick black finish to them, without adding much at all to the price you paid.

Picked mine up this afternoon. I'm pleased. Plenty of rubs and bumps, but minimal rust and most of bluing is there.


Now to order new grips.

I can pickup damn near mint Model 10's around here for $350.

Like this? I picked this one up about 2 years ago. It is the first no dash (pencil barrel) Model 64 I had ever seen, that I can recall.

Just saw ine of those today for not too bad a price.

How much was not a too bad price?

There's been one just like it in the showcase of the gun store down the street for, I believe, about $550.00. Nice guns.

$450-550. Don't remember exact price, as I wasn't looking for a tapered barrel, although the stainless finish caused me to give it a second thought. Would really like to find a 10-5 bull barrel like Charlie's.

Got mine today, was pretty happy with it really. You can see there is some surface rust but not bad & my son is a gunsmith so we can blue it if I decide to. The hard rubber grips came on it & I was surprised, they feel really good although I've never heard of the brand & never seen anything quite like them. I may build a replacement pair but first I'll leave these on & shoot it for a while.
It locks up tight & the bore looks great. Shot 2 cylinders full just before dark & it shot just fine, but a bit low, I can fix low, can't fix inaccurate. I think this might be the second model 10 I've ever owned. Had an old Victory model back in the 60's. Question, I'm guessing they should be ok with +P loads? The load I shot tonight would be considered on the low end of +P, 5.3 grs of W231 & a 125 gr cast.




Dick

Yours is nicer than both of mine.
Those grips are uniquely ugly, but I agree, they are comfortable. More so in D/A.
The rust spots are getting better on mine. A wet wiping with Hopes, and rubbing an oak
scrap on it has removed a lot. It's sitting wet with Hopes now. They will get brass wool and oil
treatment tonight.

Difficult to find

Fire away with the +P loads.


What 'dash' number is yours?

Absolutely, +P. These are all-steel guns. The whole "not for +P" thing originated with the introduction of alloy frames and/or cylinders.

These are French LEO turn ins?

Sweet piece.

Mine is a dash 8 & it had a serial number stamped across the left top strap, not sure if you can see it in the photo. That's the one we wrote down on the 4473 form. When I got home I noticed another serial number inside on the crane by the model number which is probably the true serial number. Guessing I better get back with my FFL guy & re-do the paper work?

Dick

Dick,
Those grips are Trausch grips. I haven't seen them for the k frame Smiths but I have some for Ruger SP101's. They are excellent grips and were made in France for just a few models of Revolvers. The ones that I have are excellent and I'm very impressed with how they handle recoil. Mr. Trausch died in 2012 and his wife had no interest in the business so it shut down. There will be no more grips made like that, and as a result of how good they are the price has gone up for them. The few people that know of them are very impressed. On the ones that I have, they are a one piece grip that fits very tightly and held in place by a Chicago screw. Load up some serious +P 38 specials and I think you will be impressed.

Interesting. So those who are getting these guns with these stocks might inadvertently be getting some rare collectable stocks.