azwizard
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I keep tossing around the 10mm and different platforms for it and I'd just about settled on the Colt Delta when I remembered reading something about the S&W 1006. Tell me what you guys who own them think.
Tell me about the S&W 1006
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Wil Terry
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THE S&W 1006 may well be the best of all the 10MM pistols ever marketed. And I have had 'em all at one time or another.
SharpsDressedMan
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Read the recent thread about the 4506. Everything nice said about the 4506 applies to the 1006. Same gun, different, and possibly BETTER caliber (10mm) in the 1006. 
Loosedhorse
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Very sturdy. High bore axis contributes to more muzzle flip for me. I think the Glock handles the 10 better...
But I'm not getting rid of my 1006.
But I'm not getting rid of my 1006.
S&W's 3rd Generation 1006 is a very accurate, well-made all-steel pistol. It's a tank that easily handles the hottest 10mm factory ammo or reloads.
Years ago I bought a Bar-Sto 5" barrel, which I had fitted. I use the Bar-Sto for developing reloads and testing out bullets at real 10mm velocities. This 1006 feeds everything I've fired in it. I also upgrade all springs (recoil, f.p., and mag springs) with Wolff XP units.
I love mine and have carried it in a shoulder holster as well as IWB. It's generally no harder to conceal than a 5" 1911 Gov't model.
I love my Glock 20 too, but you really can't compare the double-stack polymer Glock to the all-steel single stack 1006. It's apples and oranges, IMO. Different designs, fundamentally different components ...
Years ago I bought a Bar-Sto 5" barrel, which I had fitted. I use the Bar-Sto for developing reloads and testing out bullets at real 10mm velocities. This 1006 feeds everything I've fired in it. I also upgrade all springs (recoil, f.p., and mag springs) with Wolff XP units.
I love mine and have carried it in a shoulder holster as well as IWB. It's generally no harder to conceal than a 5" 1911 Gov't model.
I love my Glock 20 too, but you really can't compare the double-stack polymer Glock to the all-steel single stack 1006. It's apples and oranges, IMO. Different designs, fundamentally different components ...
You can also look at Desert Eagle or Coonan in cal. .357Magnum. The Taylor KO index value for both cartridges is nearly identical. The eight shot S&W revolver will be inherently more reliable weapon then any automatic pistol out there. For obvious reasons the .357 is a better choice.
Joe Demko
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I just bought a 1006 a couple weeks back. That is one wicked cool gun.
SharpsDressedMan
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For some of us, the .357 is not always the obvious right and clear choice over the 10mm. But at least you tried!
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Wish they'd start making them again... Should've got one used back in the 90's when they were dirt cheap.
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The 1006 is a very well made pistol. I have a 4006 that has had thousands of hot .40 S&W rounds through it - call it the little brother to the 1006. I missed an opportunity to buy a 1006 a few months back and I have been kicking myself since. I briefly had a Colt Delta Gold Cup (10mm) - it was a safe queen because I was afraid of shooting it too much because of concerns over frame cracking - I believe that the 1006 is twice he gun of the Colt.
carbuncle
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I want one, as soon as I start reloading the 1006 and the 4506 will jump to the top 5 on my to-buy list.
Rock185
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awizard, I have owned multiple 10MM S&Ws, to include 1006s, 1076s, 1026s and a couple of S&W 610 revolvers. I have also had a Glock 20, Colt Delta and Bren Ten.
The S&Ws suit me the best, especially the 5" guns. The S&W pistols have the slide mass to handle the real 10MM ammo, without having to worry about extra heavy recoil springs, buffers, etc. I really like 1911s, but not in 10MM. They have a lighter slide than the Smiths, and the Glock. In most any discussion of the Delta Elites, you will soon find heavy recoil springs, and buffers being discussed. The Delta slide cycles at about warp 9+ and is just too light IMHO. Milder 10MM ammo in the Delta is not a problem. But, I admit, I did not buy a 10MM to shoot .40 S&W equivalent ammo. Mine didn't break, just the white dots immediately came out of the sights. A fellow shooter reported that the slide on his Delta cracked on top, through the locking lug area ahead of the ejection port. Colt replaced the gun under warranty and he immediately sold it without ever shooting it. The S&W 10XX series I owned were as accurate as the average commercial Colt .45 ACP at 25 yards. The two S&W 610 revolvers with 5" barrels I owned were more accurate than their pistol counterparts at 25 yds. In fact, the 610 revolvers would out shoot any other 10MMs I ever owned. I have owned at least six S&W 10mm semi-auto pistols over the past, almost 20 years. I can only remember a couple malfunctions total between them in all that time. A few years ago I found a LNIB, unfired 1026. It has been an excellent gun and I'm going to try to hang on to this one. Clean S&W 10MM pistols are beginning to get hard to find at any sane price...ymmv
The S&Ws suit me the best, especially the 5" guns. The S&W pistols have the slide mass to handle the real 10MM ammo, without having to worry about extra heavy recoil springs, buffers, etc. I really like 1911s, but not in 10MM. They have a lighter slide than the Smiths, and the Glock. In most any discussion of the Delta Elites, you will soon find heavy recoil springs, and buffers being discussed. The Delta slide cycles at about warp 9+ and is just too light IMHO. Milder 10MM ammo in the Delta is not a problem. But, I admit, I did not buy a 10MM to shoot .40 S&W equivalent ammo. Mine didn't break, just the white dots immediately came out of the sights. A fellow shooter reported that the slide on his Delta cracked on top, through the locking lug area ahead of the ejection port. Colt replaced the gun under warranty and he immediately sold it without ever shooting it. The S&W 10XX series I owned were as accurate as the average commercial Colt .45 ACP at 25 yards. The two S&W 610 revolvers with 5" barrels I owned were more accurate than their pistol counterparts at 25 yds. In fact, the 610 revolvers would out shoot any other 10MMs I ever owned. I have owned at least six S&W 10mm semi-auto pistols over the past, almost 20 years. I can only remember a couple malfunctions total between them in all that time. A few years ago I found a LNIB, unfired 1026. It has been an excellent gun and I'm going to try to hang on to this one. Clean S&W 10MM pistols are beginning to get hard to find at any sane price...ymmv
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