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You ought to look up the interview with Bob Stasch...Chicago PD guy who had more than a few gunfights himself.
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Jim liked the M-1 carbine, but he never mentioned shooting anyone with it himself. He did do some neutralizing with the 14" Ithaca 37 that was the issue stakeout gun that seems to have gotten the most actual deployment in shootings. He and Bill preferred slugs over buck, especially after Bill Allard had to shoot a guy three times with 00 buck before the guy stopped trying to shoot people. That guy had taken two rounds of 00 through the thorax from Bill AND a .38 slug from Bill's partner of that shift, not Jim, and it was the .38 slug that broke the running gunman's pelvis and actually put him down but not out. Bill put the final, deciding buckshot blast through the guy's chest side to side as he rolled up and over from prone trying to shoot Bill with his pistol, a .32 CZ as I recall. Bill's account of the shooting can be heard at proarmspodcast.com.
And, HCM has a helluva good memory: Bill's .45 was a National Match. Last time I talked to him, Bill's carry gun in retirement is another 5" 1911 .45, the NM being honorably retired. As designated firearms instructor for the Stakeout Squad, Bill Allard had special permission to carry the .45 for, uh, research or something...
Thank you all for the great rsponces. I couldnt get to a computer sooner to respond I guess i am as old school as revolvers. Any how lots of great responses there is just something about a wheel gun that a semi auto doesnt have. Its like comparing records to cd.s.
$350 is basically the standard price for a decent M10. I can sometimes find them at a police supply store around here for $275-$300. But if you don't have access to a source like that, $350 is normal.
As mentioned above, just check the heck out of the timing and lockup. It's very easy to do. If it doesn't time perfectly on all cylinders, or has some end shake, I'd walk away from it.
You can buy those M10's that were carried a lot and barely shot, but others have been shot a lot. Retiming them is about an $80 job at a place like Clarks and unless you have a local guy, you might have to ship the gun out and back to fix it (another $75 in shipping). Easier and cheaper to get one with perfect timing. I hope the one you are looking at is perfect.