Quote from: HoytFlinger on June 12 2018 04:27:19 PM MDT
Lexington

Been to Buds a few times, my brother lives in Lexington. We usually go to Semper Fi for indoor shooting, closer to him.

I got a wild hair several weeks back and swapped my 1006 to a Smith M29PC. I still have a 1066 and M610 4 inch if I get the urge to shoot S&W 10mm.  Hope to see pics of your refinished 1006.

Assume you are either in Lexington or Sevierville?

Quote from: oldman10mm on May 03 2018 01:05:47 PM MDT
^^^ as above,mags with yellow followers always worked fine. I've gotten white followers from Numrich,not for the 10mm mags, for converting the single stack 40S&W mags to 10mm for use in modified 4013,4053.
If you have 4 mags,WHY do you want more. There are a lot of 10XX shooters that would love to have 4 mags for their gun.
Take them apart,clean em up,they'll look and function fine.

^^^ I'll echo oldman10mm, good advice. I disassembled my mags, cleaned them out and re-assembled. I changed the yellow followers to white just for the color consistency. I shot both yellow and white followers and have had no problems with either one. I kept the original mag springs though. One thing I did with the followers was to put a very light coat of TW-25 grease on each and run it up and down inside the mag shell. Yep, I'll have to keep an eye on them as the lube, even though it's light will hold dirt, lint, etc.

Watch eBay and gunbroker for mags and/or mag parts, they tend to get pricey though. I've managed to pick up a few under $55, some with yellow followers but replaced those with white ones. The mags are easy to disassemble and clean. Still running stock mag springs.

My 1076 looked nearly unused until I pulled the guide rod out. While there were some markings from the spring it wasn't all that bad. I replaced the guide rod with a stainless rod and a new recoil spring from Wolfe.

Midway has 10xx parts, check there frequently. Good luck with your 1076, it's built like a tank and they aren't manufactured like that any more. Max load for my 1006/1076/610 is Sigs Vcrown. While these guns could handle Underwood and Buffalo Bore I don't want to break anything that can't be replaced.

Thanks for your extensive report. Any negatives with the gun other than difficulty to strip?

Your going to love it, 100% chamber support. Now you can load it up until the primers pop out 

Looks very professional. Great job.

Got an email from Ruger last week with the announcement showing an MSRP of $959.  I'm guessing the street price will be just north of $800 after the "new" price gouging disappears.

I would like to have one but with a SW 610 4" and SRH in 5" not sure I have a need, just a want. I'm still waiting for an SRH Alaskan in 10mm 

I put a Burris Fastfire 3 on mine, however the dot covers a 6" bull at 50 yards. Need to spend more time on the bench rest range when it's not heavily populated. Sure is fun to shoot though.

Took the SRH to the range this past Thursday and ran 50 rounds of Freedom Munitions 180 grain hollow point. Took about 5 rounds to get on paper at 50 yards with the Burris red dot and the another 10 rounds to find the bullseye. After that if I did my part I could get 3" groups but I think the SRH will do better than that. I was shooting from a rest under the barrel and supporting the grips with both hands. I thought it amazing I could watch my heart beat on the dot so my next outing will have the grips on a bag.

My problem is the red dot covered about 8" of the target so it's just best guess at that point but I believe that the setup is good for minute of hog right now at 50 yards. Now it's time for a review of the Burris instructions regarding dot size.

In my case I'm a believer that practice makes perfect so I'll keep playing with this combo.

Welcome from SW OH. I had one of those and swapped it off for something that I can't remember, wish now that Had it back. Received a Rock FS in 9/22TCM last week, TCM is a fun round to play with but I'll find another 10mm soon. Like someone said above, lot of gun for the money.

After reading the history of the 10xx series I decided to hunt for one. Lucked out getting one in Columbus which made it an in-state transaction, no shipping or FFL involvement. I have about $1k
invested including new Hogue grips and new stainless guide rod.

Picked up a 1066 from CO and had to pay a bit more but it was like new in the original box.

Lucked into a like new in the box 610 4" revolver from a LEO, only 50 rounds through it and got it less than $1k.

As mentioned above, these guns are built like tanks and while they will handle full power loads I'll likely use them with reloads at a bit less power. I'll hang on to them for a few years but will sell them one day as there is no one in the family that would appreciate ownership.

@Southernshooters

Paul Howell is the manufacturer of the stainless steel guid rods. His email is phowell_7@yahoo.com

They are $60 each, payable via PayPal friends and family or USPS money order.

I couldn't find my thread so found this elsewhere, hope this helps.

Quote from: The_Shadow on February 10 2018 05:13:23 PM MST
With the S&W 1006 the adjustable sight is some what finer and better suited for distance shots, made shots to 130 yards easily.

Shadow, my 1006 sights are dull white, what would you recommmend to brighten them?  I was thinking "whiteout" but not sure how that would hold up. Sometimes I think a wider notch in the rear might help to pick up the front.

I have a 320C and 320CRX, the red dot makes it almost boring, better striker fire triggers than Glock.