Smith & Wesson Model 10

Characteristics

This is a classic police revolver used by police and military on most continents from the early 1900's until this day. Seen as a prototype, along with Colt revolvers, of most modern revolvers. It uses the K-frame size, like the Smith & Wesson Model 15 and the Smith & Wesson Model 19. Earlier versions, including the forerunner model of 1899 up until 1960, had thin barrels and a rounded front sight. Early versions were chambered in .38 Long Colt/.38 Special and occasionally .32-20 WCF. WWII models were also chambered in .38 Smith & Wesson for the British Commonwealth. From 1960 until today it was fitted with a heavier barrel and ramped front sight. Barrels came in 2, 3, 4, and 6-inch versions.

Specifications

Type: Revolver

Caliber: .38 Special

Capacity: 6 round cylinder

Fire Modes: Single shot (Double Action Revolver)

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The Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver can be seen in the following films and television series used by the following actors:

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with long barrel and Gold Medallion grips - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver (Marked Royal Hong Kong Police Issue) with Police Lanyard Ring - .38 Special

Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special. Later incarnations of the Model 10 had a non-tapered heavy barrel, which leads it to be commonly mistaken for a .357 revolver.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 with three inch barrel

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Early Model

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Same frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.

Model 10 with three inch barrel and round grip

Formerly known as the "Military and Police", the most successful police revolver in history can be seen in countless movies.

Film

• James Hayden as Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg in Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

• The Gauntlet

• Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer in The Yakuza (1975)

• Richard Jordan as Dusty in The Yakuza (1975)

• Harrison Ford as Det. Capt. John Book in Witness (Snub Nosed version)

• Bo Hopkins as Frank Jackson in The Getaway (1972)

• Andy Garcia as Stone and Sean Connery as Malone in The Untouchables (1987)

• Richard Bright as Al Neri in The Godfather

• Geoffrey Lewis as Harry Pierpont in Dillinger

• John Kitzmiller as Quarrel in Dr. No

• The Postman

• Used in Mean Streets

• Police Officers in Police Academy
• Geoffrey Lewis as Ambassador Gummere The Wind and the Lion

• Roy Scheider as Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo in The French Connection

• Fort Apache The Bronx

• Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger in Goldfinger (gold-plated with ivory grips)

• Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde

• Hard Boiled

• No Country for Old Men

• Bob Gunton as Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption (Snub Nosed Version)

• Freddy Rodríguez and a police officer in Dead Presidents

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

• Joseph Cotten as Det. Sam Wagner in The Killer is Loose (1956)

• Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) (Snub Nose Version)

• A Bullet For Joey (1955)

• The Enforcer (1951)

• Lloyd Bridges as Tris Stewart in Trapped (1949)

• John Hoyt as Agent John Downey in Trapped (1949)

• James Todd as Jack Sylvester in Trapped (1949)

• The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

• George Raft as Stacy in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

• Wheeler Oakman as John Ritter in Torture Ship (1939)

• Skelton Knaggs as Jesse Bixel in Torture Ship (1939)

• Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask

Television

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Anime

• Kochikame

See Also

• Smith & Wesson Model 64 -Stainless Steel version of the Smith & Wesson Model 10

• Smith & Wesson Model 13 -.357 version of the Smith & Wesson Model 10