Hi there,
I can't speak for price ranges or values, but the 1006 is a good pistol, although not to be compared with good modern 1911s or similar pistols.
It just has a good "fun factor", but even if i'm going to be yelled at, the 10mm just seems to disappear step by step, so i tried to sell my 2 Model 1006s and just 1 went in 8 months and one came back. Hell, i'm glad i got that one back, now!
Because i get myself to load the 10mm again (after blowing the dust of the reloading dies
and found it really amusing.
Contrary to ALL my reloads, which i download to preserve guns and shooting fun, i just wanted to know how much "magnum" the 10mm is or can be, as often referred to in magazines or the net.
Right from the start, reloading the 10mm compared to the good old .45, gives you the sense of a better yield, it just fills up perfectly with powder and the big bullets stucks good and straight. But that's only an opinion, because i love to reload the .45
To start with came a reload of 14gr of AA Nr.9 behind a 170gr FMJ bullet and CCI300 primers, which relaoding books give at more or less 1300 fps, not bad in comparison with a .357 MAG. On the ride was a box of (20) Winchester 175gr Silvertyp ammo, too.
Ok, both surely bangs loud with a pretty flash, but it aint no "MAGNUM", not in the 1006, which recoils about the same or less than a 1911 with a standard 230gr ball, so it appears to me !
In fact, after shooting a Model 19 with 158 gr Magnums recently, i thought it was more pleasant with the 10.
However, when i changed to a Glock 17 short after the session with the 1006, the Glock 17 seems to be a popgun. So indeed, recoil IS REALLY very subjective.
Back to the 10, i have to say, that although the Winchester ammo gaves signs of good pressure when looking at the cartridge cases, the primers looked good.
My reloads however (also Winchester cases), had flattened primers! I did not overcrimp or put the bullet to deep!
The gun worked flawlessly, spending cartridge cases straight back a few feet to the right. I forgot to mention, that the gun was upgraded with the Wolff 22 lb mainspring along with it's firing pin spring.
Accuracy, although not olympic and way form a LB or S&W PC Gun, was pretty good with groups of 4-5 inches @ 25 yards with both loads.
Whatever, i had fun shooting the 10 and will try other loads in the future. The original plastic grips are fine, the ambi safety does make the slide a little cumbersome, but ... if you have a 1006, keep it, if you can get one for a good price, take it. You can't have enough guns, can't you?
Steve
