Model 1006 is getting hard to find

[Rock185]

Walter Rego, Does any of your factory Norma ammo possibly have a tiny "NP" stamped of the primers? I ask because I've used a fair amount of the old Norma, mostly the 200 grain, back when Norma was the only 10MM factory ammo available. I've chronographed quite a bit of 10MM since those days. I found that even though Norma did not change the listed 1200@200 on the box, the later ammo, marked with the tiny "NP" on the primer, was loaded to lower velocity. About a hundred FPS less than the original in my 5" S&Ws.

ETA, I had a couple of 1006s, 1026s, and 1076s. I think the Op's and other's adjustable sighted guns are the way to go since there is such a range of bullet weights and velocity ranges available with 10MM factory and reloaded ammo. I like my current 1026, but would still prefer adjustables.

 

[ladder13]

Put me in the 10mm club.

 

[Walter Rego]

Rock185; I believe all the Norma 10mm ammo that I bought had an NP on the primer. I bought it at a gun show and when examining it before purchase to make sure that it wasn't someone's reloads, I noted the "NP" for Norma Precision on the primers and the truncated nose flat point FMJ bullets also looked original so I took the chance.

 

[greenmachine]

Mine is from early 1993 apparently. Spec. Ord. 3055, Serial No. TZR56xx, Product Code 108234. Features code on the label are 9SH-AS, what would that mean?

 

[The_Truth]

I had a Chesterfield VA Police issued 1076, but regrettably traded it. Now I've got a Virginia State Police issued 1076, which for a while was my grail gun. Both were 1990 manufacture. It would take a ridiculous offer for me to sell the VSP gun.

I also have a 4053 currently being converted to 10mm by a talented member of this forum. I'd like to call it a "1053" when I get it back

For some reason I never got into the 5" 10xx guns. Could be because I already had 2 other 5" 10mms. I wouldn't mind having a 1026. Definitely want a 1086 eventually to match my "1053."

 

[S&W59]

All the S&W 10mm Gen 3 semi-autos are getting hard to find. They're classic all-metal and shiny. Who doesn't love an all-steel man-gun that shoots a short auto-magnum round reliably and feels like your holding a small tank in your hand?

 

[Charlie Foxtrott]

I agree with this post.

All the S&W 10mm Gen 3 semi-autos are getting hard to find. They're classic all-metal and shiny. Who doesn't love an all-steel man-gun that shoots a short auto-magnum round reliably and feels like your holding a small tank in your hand?

All of the third generations S&W autos are getting hard to find in general. The 40 S&Ws and the nine mils not so much. But the .45 acps and the ten mils are drying up fast. And the prices are going up fast as well.

 

[stansdds]

All of the third generations S&W autos are getting hard to find in general. The 40 S&Ws and the nine mils not so much. But the .45 acps and the ten mils are drying up fast. And the prices are going up fast as well.

And that is why I bought a slightly overpriced, needs some work to be really nice again, S&W Models 645. The 10mm and 45 ACP metal receiver S&W pistols have become scarce.

 

[barbsaurus]

Mine is from early 1993 apparently. Spec. Ord. 3055, Serial No. TZR56xx, Product Code 108234. Features code on the label are 9SH-AS, what would that mean?

Not sure about the 9SH but AS, I understand, means "Adjustable Sight". Maybe a real expert will come along and educate both of us...

 

[BLUEDOT37]

Not sure about the 9SH but AS, I understand, means "Adjustable Sight". Maybe a real expert will come along and educate both of us...

The "9SH" is for the magazine capacity, a (9) shot mag.

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[moralem]

I too have been looking to add one of these to my pile and two have just popped up on the local gun board....one is asking $850 with just one magazine, the other asking $1100 with two mags and it’s original box. So is the higher price justified? I am leaning towards the lower priced one just to get into the 1006 but does an extra mag and SW blue case make me open my wallet even more?

 

[moralem]

Rock185; I believe all the Norma 10mm ammo that I bought had an NP on the primer. I bought it at a gun show and when examining it before purchase to make sure that it wasn't someone's reloads, I noted the "NP" for Norma Precision on the primers and the truncated nose flat point FMJ bullets also looked original so I took the chance.

I found a bunch of Norma and it truly is a much hotter round than most 10mm current ammo.

 

[moralem]

Rock185; I believe all the Norma 10mm ammo that I bought had an NP on the primer. I bought it at a gun show and when examining it before purchase to make sure that it wasn't someone's reloads, I noted the "NP" for Norma Precision on the primers and the truncated nose flat point FMJ bullets also looked original so I took the chance.

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[CLASSIC12]

I bought a NIB a few years ago, it didn’t stay new for long

I wondered why the sight adjustment tool was not in the box ... because it’s a fixed sight gun, duh.

 

[Sevens]

I too have been looking to add one of these to my pile and two have just popped up on the local gun board....one is asking $850 with just one magazine, the other asking $1100 with two mags and it’s original box. So is the higher price justified? I am leaning towards the lower priced one just to get into the 1006 but does an extra mag and SW blue case make me open my wallet even more?

What you've shown in the pictures is curious -- any chance that you can see MORE pictures of the adjustable sight 1006 in the box? Specifically, the SN and the end label on the box.

That box is one of the elusive later boxes that a new commercial retail 10xx pistol was never shipped or offered in, however they may well have been used for some agency shipments. Perhaps as far as LIKELY used for agency shipments.

If it was a new commercial gun for sale at a retailer to the public, it's original box would be the blue flip-top box that has "semiautomatic PISTOL PISTOL PISTOL" emblazoned across it.

I like that fixed Novak sight gun at $850, I would definitely buy that now to get in to the S&W 10xx game.

 

[CLASSIC12]

If it was a new commercial gun for sale at a retailer to the public, it's original box would be the blue flip-top box that has "semiautomatic PISTOL PISTOL PISTOL" emblazoned across it.

Like this one I suppose

 

[Walter Rego]

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Interesting. My Norma 10mm ammo is the Ref. No. 11001 200 grain @ 1200 fps load. I think I paid the seller $20 each for several boxes of 20 rounds, not too different from what some of the current high performance self defense rounds sell for these days in 9mm or .45 ACP.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

That box is one of the elusive later boxes that a new commercial retail 10xx pistol was never shipped or offered in, however they may well have been used for some agency shipments. Perhaps as far as LIKELY used for agency shipments.

I have doubts that (plastic box) is the pistol's original box. And the brown paper looks too new also.

The 1076 I bought was in that same early blue square cornered plastic box & the seller "suggested" it might be the original, but of course it wasn't. The box was void of any end labels too.

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