s&w 10-76..WHAT IS IT??

[TonyB]

I'm looking at the holsters on sale from Desantis....is a s/w 10-76 a k frame??and what size barrel does it have.....I'm looking for a holster for my Speed six (lefty) and if this fits the bill I'm golden...thanks

 

[Jim March]

Are you sure it's not "1076"? I *think* that's a 10mm semiauto?

10-76 is NOT a valid revolver model number that I'm aware of...I don't know autos well, but I'm not half shabby around revolvers (although NOT that deep into oddball/collector S&Ws).

 

[TonyB]

I guess I just assumed it was a variation of the model 10.....I'm not good with the s/w models...thanks..I'll keep looking...

 

[agtman]

S&W model 1076 ...


... is a semi-automatic pistol, having 9+1 capacity, chambered in 10mm AUTO.



Hope this helps.

 

[shep854]

When first produced, the 1076 was adopted as the FBI's standard auto to use the (then) newly adopted 10mm cartridge. Also, the "7" in S&Wspeak indicates a frame decocker, a la SIGs.

 

[James Bondrock]

The S&W 1076 (no hyphen) was a large frame stainless steel auto pistol in 10mm Auto made for the FBI in the late 1980s/early 1990s as a standard issue weapon. After a gunfight in Miami in which two agents were killed and several others wounded (for which the 9mm's poor "stopping power" was blamed), they went looking for a more powerful cartridge. They determined that the 10mm Auto -- downloaded from its full power level -- was ideal for their needs. The 1076 had a frame mounted decocking lever and no magazine disconnector safety per FBI requirements. A few may have been sold to the public. S&W discontinued all frame-mounted decockers shortly after, and all 10mms after that.

 

[pwrtool45]

The 10-76 is a blue-steel K-frame chambered in .38 Special manufactured from about 2340-2400 A.D. Currently (2004 A.D.), I think they're only up to 10-10. Being a mature design, it will take some time for there to be enough engineering revisions to warrant the -76. (I'm thinking modified to take plasma rounds.)

The 1076, as others have said, is a single-stack 10mm auto.

 

[Majic]

Could it possible be a M10-7 w/6" barrel?

 

[Lone Star]

Holster makers don't mark their goods with the dash suffix for S&W revolvers. They usually just put MED FR or S&W K-frame or S&W M-10.
The holster doesn't care whether it carries a M-10-5 or a M-10-7.

Lone Star

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

A Note From The Department Of Redundancy Department:
As previously stated, the 1076 is one of S&Ws discontinued 10mm semi-autos, originally put together for the FBI. Interestingly enough the Feds required the capability of the handgun firing with the magazine removed. A standard 3rd Gen S&W with the exception of having a decocker ala SIG. I picked up one from Bill Hicks Distributors after the Feds dumped them in favor of Glocks and SIGs.