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Very interesting article. Glad to see that I've got at least 9,500 rounds of life left in my 1006. I am shooting Underwood ammo tho, so it might not make it to 10 grand.

It was also interesting to note the price of 10mm Silvertips back in 2005. $12.50 for 20. I would certainly jump on that today.
 
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who was tortured the shooter or the gun???
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Seriously. 150 rounds wears me out. 10,000 rounds in 6 1/2 hours. By my math, that's averaging almost 26 rounds a minute.
 
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Tag teaming the effort

My understanding is, Frank James didn't shoot all those 10,000 himself. He was BEGGING others to help him out...
 
I have an original copy of that some wheres, and really made me feel secure knowing the 10mm 1006 I purchased was tough as nails! It has lived up to and beyond all expectations for use...

The only thing that I see as down fall is that there is a lack of parts supply, to maintain these fine weapons should you have a need!
 
To heck with the Delrin grips!!!!

One surprising (well, not "surprising," but less than appealing) thing about this "test" is they used the standard, straight Delrin grips...

I promise you, I wouldn't have even THOUGHT about doing this -- without Hogues...

Love the 1006s. Hate the Delrins...

Even the S&W regional sales manager would roll his eyes and wince about Delrins back in the early '90s. "Hogues are good," he'd say -- and you could read between the lines without him saying any more as to what he REALLY thought about Delrin grips...

I myself am just saying...Job One is getting rid of those Delrins -- as first order of business.
 
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Outrider said:
One surprising (well, not "surprising," but less than appealing) thing about this "test" is they used the standard, straight Delrin grips...

I promise you, I wouldn't have even THOUGHT about doing this -- without Hogues...

Love the 1006s. Hate the Delrins...

Even the S&W regional sales manager would roll his eyes and wince about Delrins back in the early '90s. "Hogues are good," he'd say -- and you could read between the lines without him saying any more as to what he REALLY thought about Delrin grips...

I myself am just saying...Job One is getting rid of those Delrins -- as first order of business.
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Exactly what I did earlier this year. Got rid of the plastic ones and installed a set of Hogue grips. Much more secure grip and absorbs the recoil better.
 
Delrins were recalled

Smith Delrin grips -- in the early going -- were actually potentially dangerous and the subject of a recall.

(Details on this are sketchy in memory banks now, so don't hold me to the jot and tittle of the minutiae...)

Back in the early '90s -- maybe even 1990 -- Smith found that if you dropped a 1006 with a Delrin grip in very frigid conditions, it could seize up the pistol and it wouldn't fire...

Smith modified the grips and marked the guns appropriately. The details are fuzzy now...

But Hogues bypassed the problem altogether -- as Hogues adequately cushioned, shielded and encased the affected mainspring so that it wouldn't lock down...

If you look closely at a Hogue before putting it on, the black rubber outer has what appears to be a whitish fiberglass (or comparable material) solid backing -- so it has no direct contact with the little previous OEM black plastic holding pin that could break when dropped -- under the wrong conditions.

Hogues should be standard equipment on 1006s -- except where hands are too small to hold them.

Hogues...Don't leave home without them...
 
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I have a 1006 and a 1086. I have the original grips in a drawer. I put Hogues on them before I ever fired them. I hate the stock grips.
 
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