I love 10mm. Carry it on the farm with a 320xten, shoot hogs and even deer hunted this year with a CMMG 10mm Banshee SBR.

Been wanting a 610 for a while and finally found one I liked for a decent price.

I saw the title and thought you meant you had the No. 2 .32 rimfire of 1861.

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Originally posted by Jim Watson:
I saw the title and thought you meant you had the No. 2 .32 rimfire of 1861.

I thought about that, though not knowing if a No. 2 was a real model lol. I’ll change the title!

For a guy who had zero revolvers a few days ago, your collection is progressing quite nicely! You've made some good decisions. I love the unfluted cylinder on that 610, and seeing as you already shoot the 10mm it's a great logistical choice.

I missed out on the 610 decades ago when I was shooting 10mm. Gorgeous revolver with the unflutted cylinder, I just love that look, so very clean. Enjoy it.

Congratulations again!

Congratulations! I’ve got the 3” and 5” models. Great revolvers and being able to shoot both 10mm and 40 S&W is a nice feature as well.

Very cool. Gives new meaning to "cylinder."

Dannnnngggggg. That’s nice

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
For a guy who had zero revolvers a few days ago, your collection is progressing quite nicely! You've made some good decisions. I love the unfluted cylinder on that 610, and seeing as you already shoot the 10mm it's a great logistical choice.

What’s the trade-off between unfluted cylinder vs. fluted cylinder? Other than cosmetic.

Personal preference, but I prefer the fluted cylinder esthetic.

Nicely done and it's a beauty.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
For a guy who had zero revolvers a few days ago, your collection is progressing quite nicely! You've made some good decisions. I love the unfluted cylinder on that 610, and seeing as you already shoot the 10mm it's a great logistical choice.

What’s the trade-off between unfluted cylinder vs. fluted cylinder? Other than cosmetic.

Personal preference, but I prefer the fluted cylinder esthetic.

It's mostly cosmetic. It does add some mass that can help a bit with recoil, but it's not really in the right place to make the cylinder significantly stronger.

Personally I think it looks beefy and badass on a big N-Frame. There's also a rugged simplicity to the smooth lines that appeals to me on a gun like that. There's not much of a downside, either, since that gun is a huge hunk of steel anyway so the small amount of weight added by an unfluted cylinder isn't likely to be noticed when carrying it.

Now on a svelte design like a Mountain Gun or a J-frame where the point is to be as trim and light as possible, I like a fluted cylinder both for practicality and aesthetics. It all comes down to the application.