1006 mags

Hey everyone. I'm the new kid. I just picked up a previously unfired smith 1006. I say previously because once I got it, it was no longer unfired. It's been one on my want list for a while. My question is does anyone make aftermarket mags for these? They are hard to find and expensive when you do. Are there any other models that use the same mag?

Thanks for any help and info.

Chunk33 said:

Hey everyone. I'm the new kid. I just picked up a previously unfired smith 1006. I say previously because once I got it, it was no longer unfired. It's been one on my want list for a while. My question is does anyone make aftermarket mags for these? They are hard to find and expensive when you do. Are there any other models that use the same mag?

Thanks for any help and info.

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Nothing aftermarket available. All of the 10xx models use the same mags. I know this isn’t very helpful

You just have to keep an eye out for them. I’ve found them on ebay, at gun shows, here on the forum, and on sites like GB, armslist, etc.

Nobody ever offered a functional 10mm magazine for the 1000 series pistol. S&W is, unfortunately, the only game in town. As you recognized, magazines are the Achilles heel of this wonderful handgun. They are hard to find and quite spendy. Your best bet is to put a “want to buy” ad on this and any other forums you may be on, and expect to pay $100 and up for each.
Welcome to the very best forum on the internet. These are the finest folks I have met online anywhere ever.
Good luck!

OP, I sent a link to this thread to a fellow in north Georgia who has several magazines. Hopefully he will contact you.

ColbyBruce said:

OP, I sent a link to this thread to a fellow in north Georgia who has several magazines. Hopefully he will contact you.

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That would would awesome. Thanks bud

Be aware there are 3 variations of 10mm mags for the 10xx series - all interchange but earliest mags had yellow followers. Next were white followers, and finally white followers with AccuGlide markings on metal shell. The last are most desirable, but all will work and as was noted any mags for 10xx series are hard to find and expensive. And I believe the white followers are available and will interchange with yellow followers if for some reason you need to replace a follower.

Look on Ebay but take your time because you should be able to find some or I should say win some for around $75 each.

I haven’t checked in awhile to see if parts are still available, but if you can find them from Brownells and Numrich, you can assemble your own. I made a few about 3 years ago and started a thread on it.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...led-my-own-10xx-mags.html?highlight=10xx+mags

Numrich is out of 1006 magazine bodies. For a while, it was possible and cheaper to buy the parts and assemble magazines, but without a supply of magazine bodies... what's already out there is all there is.

stansdds said:

Numrich is out of 1006 magazine bodies. For a while, it was possible and cheaper to buy the parts and assemble magazines, but without a supply of magazine bodies... what's already out there is all there is.

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Yep, out of stock, I checked last night.

ACEd said:

Be aware there are 3 variations of 10mm mags for the 10xx series - all interchange but earliest mags had yellow followers. Next were white followers, and finally white followers with AccuGlide markings on metal shell. The last are most desirable, but all will work and as was noted any mags for 10xx series are hard to find and expensive. And I believe the white followers are available and will interchange with yellow followers if for some reason you need to replace a follower.

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Photo of the mag variations. My Model 1006 that shipped in june 1991 shipped with a couple of the AccuGlide mags and the previous owner included a few of the middle variation mags as well. I upgraded those with new mag springs from Wolff and the white followers.

There are 2 more variations capacity wise.
The FBI ones
IIRC they were 12 and 15 round ones.

You said it, Chunk, hard to find and expensive. I see them fairly often at gun shows, but always $80-110.

i think i might have a couple but i'd have to look. expect to pay around the prices mentioned above.
pm me if you're interested for more info.

weatherby said:

There are 2 more variations capacity wise.
The FBI ones
IIRC they were 12 and 15 round ones.

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Yes but those are even more rare and pricey and stick out of grip area - I was focusing on the differences within the more common configuration that fits within the grip.

Walter Rego said:

Photo of the mag variations. My Model 1006 that shipped in june 1991 shipped with a couple of the AccuGlide mags and the previous owner included a few of the middle variation mags as well. I upgraded those with new mag springs from Wolff and the white followers.

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OK - you got me here - I did not realize there were 2 variations of yellow followers.I had never seen the one with the angled front corner. I have several with white followers with and without Accuglide markings. So that would make 4 variants (original + 3 design changes) not counting the higher capacity variations that stick out the bottom - which may or may not have their own follower geometry sub-variations?

DUSTYDOGDAN said:

Look on Ebay but take your time because you should be able to find some or I should say win some for around $75 each.

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$100 each is more realistic nowadays.

10xx Mags' Good Side . . .

. . . are the pistols into which they fit.

In the wake of the FBI's infamous 1986 "Miami Shootout," Smith & Wesson, along with the FBI and Winchester/Western, were about, what, 25-30 years ahead of just about everyone else in the handgun universe when they combined to introduce the 10mm pistol and ammunition, originally developed by the late Jeff Cooper, into law enforcement usage.

A handgun enthusiast par excellence, "for many years Jeff Cooper studied the ballistic performance of handguns. The culmination of his work was the 10mm Auto cartridge that incorporated all the features Cooper believed necessary for a law enforcement cartridge. Following its introduction in 1983 along with the Bren 10 pistol, a flurry of interest enticed Norma, Federal and several other ammunition makers to add this caliber to their product lines. However, the anticipated ground wave of interest never developed. Today, the 10mm Auto cartridge is near extinction." - (source: Ammo Encyclopedia, 5th Edition by Michael Bussard, Section XI, Chapter 73, Sporting Pistol, Pg. 751, ©2014, Blue Book Publishing)

While there were various mechanical teething issues that didn't bode well for the FBI's project, the biggest problem, as primary mover FBI saw it, were the female agents who had considerable difficulty in handling the firearm's (Model 1076) grip and recoil (source: "Guns of The FBI" by Bill Vanderpool, Gun Digest Books ©2018).

Out of the above scenario came the S&W .40 Caliber - a 10mm projectile restated - the powder charge of which carried somewhat fewer grains than the 10mm. While a good story in and of itself, such is tangential herein.

Bottom line from Ol' DC's perspective, still, is the S&W Model 1006 had 26,979 units produced from 1990 to 1993. Others in the series, like the Model 1046 had only 151 units (yep) produced in 1991, only (source: Blue Gook of Gun Values, Blue Book of Gun Values).

No matter the specific model, it's hard to see the value of an S&W 10mm going down anytime soon - unless an individual firearm is mean mistreated (source: "Mean Mistreater," Grand Funk Railroad, 1970).

Sorry, I'm an Old Guy . . .

Later.

P.S. My firearm collection includes a factory acknowledged Colt's Manufacturing Delta 10mm prototype, the frame of which is based on the Colt's Governor .45 ACP and additionally is cracked from the stress induced in testing by the 10mm Auto cartridge. And she really, really is "Some Kind of Wonderful," Grand Funk Railroad, 1974).

P.P.S. Sevens: I love you, man.

Hahaha entertaining for sure but no, Smith & Wesson did not bless the world with the 10mm semiautomatic pistol first. That was Dornaus & Dixon with the “face down in the gutter failure” Bren Ten. The Colt Delta Elite came next. Smith & Wesson was third on the scene. The Glock 20 was not far behind.

There is merit to the idea that Glock saved the 10mm because Glock is the only gunmaker that has produced a semiautomatic pistol chambered for 10mm going back all the way to the fall of 1991. In the mid-90’s when everyone flocked to the .40 S&W and Smith & Wesson gave up their interest in the 10mm, almost no gunmaker wanted to bother with 10mm but Glock kept making them.

A couple years ago I found a nice 10XX mag at a gun show for $25, which I flipped a few minutes later for $75. A year later I bought a 1006 and kick myself for letting it go for a quick $50.

Since then I've paid $75 to $125 (NIP) for 10XX mags.