Another question on the Smith 1006

[TonyRumore]

I was always under the impression the 1006 basically beat itself apart with real 10mm ammo.

That's complete B.S.

Tony

[The_Shadow]

I was always under the impression the 1006 basically beat itself apart with real 10mm ammo.

That's complete B.S.

Tony

Tony, I have to agree, I have been beating up on my S&W1006 with all sorts of 10mm ammo testing many of the commercially made heavy duty stuff and duplicating them as well and have handloaded for mine since day one early1990.  I also have Bar-Sto 40S&W and a 9x25Dilllon conversion barrels that get used in the 1006 as well.  No issues, only thing I changes was to a Wolff 22 lbs recoil spring to help brass stay a little closer and out of orbit!

[sqlbullet]

I have removed a post here that was over the line.  Keep it civil.

[Overkill338]

I have removed a post here that was over the line.  Keep it civil.

I'm sorry, I do apologize. I thought their was a language filter to cover it. I will do like Tony and abbreviate my curse words.

[sqlbullet]

As a forum we don't really care about curse words per se.

Tony's comment is directed at the content of your post.  Your comment could be construed as being directed at Tony personally.  That is the line I felt was crossed, not the swearing.

Let's just consider this portion of the thread closed and move on.  We are all friends here and should be generous in our allowances.

[Pablo]

My 1006, almost new.....just a little drawer rash. Price I could not pass up. Built like a tank, reasonably accurate.

[Rick R]

IMHO The S&W 1006 was part of the generation of S&W semiautos that were the pinnacle of quality.  I was issued one and we had about 80 officers carrying them.  I was privileged to attend an armorers school at the S&W Academy and that generation of guns is basically hand fitted.  We were first taught how to use a file and the proper way to ream a hole. Then we got to play with real guns.

We carried them for several years and mine had a few thousand of gov't supplied ammo thru it.  The only wear I could find was a burr on the ramped part of the frame where the barrel strikes it during recoil. A couple of the other instructors guns exhibited the same wear but it didn't appear to affect accuracy or reliability.   One instructor at the State Academy confided that he loved to see our guys show up because he would "function check" their 1006s which were stored in the Armory.  He claimed he'd never seen a more accurate bunch of pistols.

The FBI asked S&W to build a SIGish pistol in the 1076 and S&W tried. But when the parts on those guns began to wear the 1076s showed a disturbing tendency to lock up. Once locked they had to go back to S&W but since they were usually loaded this created a logistical nightmare.   About the same time the FBI realized that their attorney/accountant agents weren't happy with a gun as big as the 10xx series and 40 Short&Weak became the new darling for law enforcement. 

I wish I had purchased my 1006 when we traded them in but I had a wife, two kids and a baby mortgage along with itty bitty pay checks back then.

[Overkill338]

My cousin had a great looking 1006. I've tried to get it from him, but no go.