S&W Model 10-5 with 6" barrel. Just because.
 

I'm a huge fan of Smith's K frames. I now have eight various K frames to include four M&P/Model 10 revolvers. For awhile I've been wanting to add a long-barreled Model 10 to my collection. By the fifties the 6" barreled revolver was on it's way out with law enforcement. It just wasn't very comfortable to have a long barreled revolver while sitting in a car. But S&W kept offering the 6" barrel until the mid-eighties. Mine was made in 73. Now I need a Model 10 snubnose (2" bl) and also one with the 3" barrel. This one has some real Old School charm. The funny thing is when I was younger (we're talking over fifteen years ago) I didn't appreciate the Model 10. It was just a plain old 38 Spl revolver. No bells and whistles. I don't feel that way about it anymore. It's a very functional revolver, but also very well made and capable of some impressive accuracy.

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>aim at suspect on other side of room
>accidentally poke them in eye
>department sued

If you're not going to shoot it, you might as well get some vintage grips on it. The right grip panel is partially covering the S&W logo.

It's already happened. I put some K frame wooden target grips on it from the early seventies - which is when my version was made.

Used by Dirty Harry's kid brother Lightly stained Sam. :D

Sorry best I could come up with in such short time.

I lol'd for what it's worth.

I'd love to see this with the wood on it. Really cool pencil barreled Model 10 variation. I've messed with a few 10-5s and the nuances in the way they balance and point are an interesting juxtaposition from the ubiquitous straight wall bull barrel versions. I have a hard time deciding whether or not I'd rather have a 10-5 or a 10-6 as my one Model 10. I could always buy both of course.

Like this?
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I like the look of wood on my revolvers, but when it comes to actual shooting I prefer rubber grips. So I have both.

I like the heavy barrel for the Model 13/65 and the Model 14 Target Masterpiece, but I prefer the tapered barrel for the Model 10. More for the esthetics than any perceived advantages.

Very nice! I've never actually shot a proper Model 10 in .38 Special but I but its a tack driver.

They are. The lockwork and the smooth trigger has a lot to do with it, but I also think the size of the frame is a big reason. Most folks have average sized hands and the K frame is just the perfect average size. Ed McGivern had small hands with stubby fingers and the K frame fit him perfectly. On the other hand Jerry Miculek is a bigger man with considerably larger hands and he likes to use the N frame for his work. But most of us aren't his size. I'm 5'6" with average sized hands. I get it.

Funny you should say that, I'm roughly the same size and about my favorite wheel gun is my Police Positive Special because it just fits my hand perfectly.

Needs a 21" barrel. Why? Just because, of course. :D

When I was younger I didn't like the K frame because it wasn't big enough. If it wasn't a Dirty Harry sized revolver I considered it wimpy. But then I considered myself to be 6'00" tall despite what the doctor would tell me during my various Army physicals. I got older. Realized I wasn't a basketball player and realized I liked a revolver that actually fit in my hands.