[NYPD]

Look what's coming out by the end of the year:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...ted=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15702


Yes, I am getting one.

 

[drummin_man627]

And you can shoot .40 S&W as a light load. How many of the moonclips will come with it? You'll want extras, too.
S&W doesn't give a price, but in the 2003 Complete Book of Guns Buyers Guide ( Harris Pubs) they listed for $808.
Here's a thread from another forum. http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=263284
Good luck.

 

[Ace]

Never understood the allure of the 10mm, does it have better performance than .45 acp? Or was it famous just because the FBI adopted it for a little while? All I know is Ted Nugent likes it for carry, and he swears by it.

 

[mrglock]

NYPD, they are already out on Gunbroker! I have an older one and I LIKE it!

 

[texas shooter]

$800. + hummm, let me think, one of these or 2 Taurus and some more new stuff to go with them.

 

[mrglock]

They are worth the $$ texasshooter IMO.

 

[mrglock]

Never understood the allure of the 10mm, does it have better performance than .45 acp? Or was it famous just because the FBI adopted it for a little while? All I know is Ted Nugent likes it for carry, and he swears by it.

Ace, what I like about the 10mm over the 45acp is the capacity; I know either one are going to get the job done. I enjoy shooting both, however the 10mm has such a pop to it that it makes me grin every time and the s&w 610 is one of the best platforms I personally have shot the 10mm on.

 

[Ace]

It's kinda wierd how stuff comes around in circles. Ten-15 years ago a revolver maker wouldn't be caught dead offering up revovlers with moon clips or advertising them. Now S&W is flaunting it, why did the wind change all of a sudden?

 

[texas shooter]

They use to do it with the .45 and moon clips S&W was one, just too much trouble for me.

 

[drummin_man627]

From what I've read, moon clips offer a quicker reload. Sorta like a built-in speedloader, and no loose rounds floating around in your pocket.

 

[Ace]

Yeah a lot of old timers love them, for some reason or other they fell out of favor with people, I think it had something to do with all the wonder nines that came out. But the origin of the half moon clip and the full moon was that they could not make enough 1911's for the first world war so they subcontracted revolvers to be made in .45 as a substitute standard. And after the war(both the first and second) they became surplus. At the time they were a good gun at a price lower than a 1911 that shot the same ammo, whats not to like?

 

[Taurus_9mm]

http://www.gunblast.com/SW-610.htm