Model 1006 is getting hard to find

[jaimiemc]

Hi guys took a long time but I finally got a 1006! Had 645's 4506's, about 4 years ago I missed a 1006 by 10 minutes guy called and put it on layaway dang. Ended getting the 4506 next to it in the gun case at boise gun company.but I finally got this beauty my friend knew I wanted one real bad and it has the original box,cards,manual chamber safety flag,2 mags and even the little sight adjustment tool! Wowzers! I wonder if anyone can give me ball park on date of manufacture? Anything special I need to know on it? Thanks guys,I'm super stoked! Serial is TFA 99XX product code 104800 spec ord.0118 as printed on box tag. Thanks guys

 

[jsbethel]

I wonder if anyone can give me ball park on date of manufacture? spec ord.0118 as printed on box tag.

118th day of 1990/April 1990

 

[bigggbbruce]

118th day of 1990/April 1990

I chuckle every time someone asks and answers their own question..

Nice 1006..

 

[jaimiemc]

Wow,that's an early one! Thank you

 

[Charlie Foxtrott]

Well the first one that I got about five or six years ago.

It being NIB. I had to pay the going price for it at the time, No beefs there. The second one that I acquired not long after that, LNIB. I got that one for a song. Both are adjustable sight models and neither one of them is going anywhere soon.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

I wonder if anyone can give me ball park on date of manufacture?
...spec ord. 0118 as printed on box tag.

Specifically it's April, 28th, 1990, which strangely was a Saturday.

Sight adjustment tool? Never saw one. Can you post a picture of it?

Congrats on your find.

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[jaimiemc]

Sure here's the little tool that was in the box. that makes sense on the date since the manual is dated 11/89 and the warranty card. Thanks..

 

[GavinLee]

Beautiful guns. I have been wanting a 1006 but a 1076 came along at a decent price and I picked it up about a year ago. I would have preferred the 1006 but I got what was available. All of the 10xx series are very solid and built like tanks. Supposedly would take a steady diet of the original "Norma load"(200gr @1200fps) that was breaking the 1911 10mms.

 

[stansdds]

In the past few years, the only 1006 I have seen in these parts is a Virginia State Police commemorative Model 1026. It is in its presentation case, all original, the shop owner allowed me to inspect it when it first arrived in his shop. I have not been there in a couple of months, but the last time I stopped by, it was still sitting in the display case with a big price tag on it.

I really wish I had bought one 20 years ago when you could find them at gun shows.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Sure here's the little tool that was in the box. that makes sense on the date since the manual is dated 11/89 and the warranty card. Thanks..

That is the correct SAT for that time. Semi auto owners probably never saw them in the box when new. And of course they only came with adjustable sight guns.

 

[skjos]

Wow,that's an early one! Thank you

Reminded me of a thread discussing early 1006's:

First Year Production 1006?

 

[Departed402]

Attached is a photo of my 1006 next to a 5903. I've been told my 1006 is interesting because it has a black hammer and black trigger, and was likely very late production. The spec order is 3351, so applying that system I just learned about earlier in this thread I take it that it was produced on the 351st day of 1993? I acquired it when my great-uncle died, and it is one the dearest guns in my collection.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

The spec order is 3351, so applying that system I just learned about earlier in this thread I take it that it was produced on the 351st day of 1993?

Nice 1006!

That's correct, which would make it Friday, Dec, 17, 1993.

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[bigggbbruce]

I made a trade for a 1006 and a 1076.. A PSA AR15 and some cash..

 

[Fishslayer]

Holy smokes!

I made a trade for a 1006 and a 1076.. A PSA AR15 and some cash..

 

[Ethang]

I made a trade for a 1006 and a 1076.. A PSA AR15 and some cash..

Depending on how much cash was involved, this might have been a better trade then the Vegas T-shirt that I got for my wife...

 

[barbsaurus]

I agree...these are getting hard to find and pricey! I had been looking for several years before I came across this last year. Mine is just a few weeks older but came with the yellow mag follower. It was advertised as "un-fired" but who knows?

 

[Walter Rego]

They don't show up here in CA for sale very often and are pricey when they do. I managed to find several boxes of the original Norma ammo at a show a few months ago and fired a couple of magazines full. I was expecting pretty fierce recoil and blast but it wasn't that bad at all. The S&W 10 series autos were purpose built for the 10mm cartridge rather than being a kludge of an existing design and they are large, heavy guns. Here are a couple of shots of mine including one showing size comparison to an M1911A1.

 

[Doc1500]

There are three of them on GunBroker right now

 

[BLUEDOT37]

The S&W 10 series autos were purpose built for the 10mm cartridge rather than being a kludge of an existing design...

Well, not exactly, S&W took the 4506 & modified it to shoot the 10mm. But that doesn't stop me from liking mine.

Glad you're liking your's too.

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