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It is a police trade-in and is missing quite a bit of the finish on one side from being carried in a holster for most of its life. The rebounding hammer also allows for the carrying of six rounds in the cylinder safely. The hammer mounted firing pin provides faultless, reliable ignition. Right now, it rests with a cylinder-full of Hornady Critical Defense 38 Special +P and a HKS Speedloader with matching armament in my nightstand, ready for action. I wanted an inexpensive, duty-sized revolver that I could use as my nightstand gun and not have to worry about clearing malfunctions or engaging safeties. My Model 10 is the first revolver I ever bought.
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While the military retained its fan-boy like status for Colts, the cops at home were packin’ a good ol’ Smith. From its inception, to even today in some small departments, the standard issue pistol found in rigs nation wide was probably the M&P (or Model 10 after 1957) in some variation. On this side of the pond, S&W developed lucrative law enforcement contracts selling their pistol for issue to entire departments. However, S&W sold millions of these pistols overseas to blossoming new nation-states in need of a reliable and affordable sidearm for their militaries. 45.ACP, and a few years later in 1911 with the Colt M1911. Unfortunately for S&W the US military didn’t get overly interested in their new pistol and instead experimented with a few new automatic pistol designs, eventually settling in 1905 with the cartridge we know now as the. The Army and the Navy ordered a few thousand of these pistols and in light of the new contract, the name was changed to the Military and Police, or M&P, which still lives on today. 38 Special, was the cat’s meow in terms of cartridges of the day. 38 Hand Ejector of 1899, and chambered in the new. Smith and Wesson got wind of the issue back home and went about developing a new revolver and chambering. Who could want for more?Īs a result, the Ordnance Department released a bunch of Colt 1873 SAAs and 1878 Frontiers chambered in the proven.