Smith & Wesson 10-- series photo thread

[bad_man_ one]

Screwball,
The glass bead blasting will not completely remove the laser etched warning on the side.
It gets burned deep into the grain structure of the Stainless Steel.
I have glass beaded my fair share.
Regards,
BM1

 

[Kavinsky]

What about filling the etching in with stucko (the thing they use with cars and rust holes) and then beadblasting over it?

wouldnt that work?

and what about hard chroming it like this 1006, it doesnt seem to have that annoying labeling on it
AR15 Armory.com > Bought A S&W 1006

 

[Shadow1006]

These might belong here...

The Family of the 10xx Series...there are a few like them but these are mine!

I'll need to post some new pictures when the extra conversion barrels are finished...

 

[Kavinsky]

What is the smith and wesson 1046 there, I dont think I've come across that one before

 

[FirebirdV8]

What is the smith and wesson 1046 there, I dont think I've come across that one before

There aren't many out there. I'm sure someone has the official numbers handy, but the 1086 and 1046 are the hardest to find. The 1046 is the full size DAO 10mm semi-auto, as the 1086 is the shorter barrel DAO 10mm.

 

[Shadow1006]

That's right, there are only 151 of the S&W 1046 5.00" DAO (Rarest of the series) the S&W1086 is the 4.25" DAO little brother.

Smith & Wesson 10mm pistols
1006 - 26,979 units produced 1990-93
1076 - 13,805 units produced 1990-93
1066 - 5,067 units produced 1990-92
1026 - 3,135 units produced 90-91
1086 - 1,660 units produced 1990-92
1046 - 151 units produced 1991 (only)

 

[Kavinsky]

Hmm kinda reminds me of the prototype Walther P38 they made before the war or the Colt/FN 1903


also did smith and wesson ever make a set of grips that didnt have the labeling smith and wesson on them like on the slide?

sort of like the 1026 there, except on both sides

also what's the trigger pull on the 1046, it looks like the trigger is closer to the frame than on the other models and thus it might have a lighter double action pull than the traditional SA/DA 10mm's there.

and what happened in 1993 that made smith and wesson stop making the 10mm series, the introduction of the .40 SW and the FBI droping it?

 

[Shadow1006]

As far as I know the grips were all marked...

The 1046 DAO trigger is slightly better than the SA/DA 1006 in DA...

S&W pushed their "new 40S&W" after the FBI's specs changed to the 10mm lite, without the contracts for the 10mm pistols, then S&W started devoting more effort to fill the 40S&W contracts...

The public perception of excessive force also changed the way things were looked at...

 

[FirebirdV8]

Another issue with 10mm pistols today is that, to shoot 10mm you need to reload, which means not a lot of 10mm ammo is produced or sold. When the gun manufacturers see the numbers on 10mm ammo production, which is almost non-existant, they don't see a reason to start making more 10mm pistols due to the low numbers.

Also, along the lines of shadow's last comment, people had a perception of 10mm being some overpowered, armor peircing, super round that kills just by looking at it, which, as much as I like 10mm it isn't those things.

So between S&W wanting to push 40 cal and a poor public perception, the 10XX series was doomed.

 

[Shadow1006]

FirebirdV8, the public perception and outcry was also the down fall of the bullets named after the bird of prey's toe nails!
The mysterious Winchester Black Talons!

I remember the pictures of a battleship being referenced as being in danger! What a crock of scary superstitions!

 

[FirebirdV8]

FirebirdV8, the public perception and outcry was also the down fall of the bullets named after the bird of prey's toe nails!
The mysterious Winchester Black Talons!

I remember the pictures of a battleship being referenced as being in danger! What a crock of scary superstitions!

Wow, I didn't know my box of black talon 10mm ammo could hurt a battleship! No wonder they go for so much on gunbroker.

 

[Kavinsky]

hmm I believe old hickok45 used them in one of his videos, 44 magnums I think

this one I think
.44 Magnum Model 29 (Dirty Harry Returns) - YouTube

and isnt the 10mm a fairly powerful round up there with the magnum rounds balistic wise? I mean in a way I can kinda see why people have that perception of them.

dont get me wrong I'm not saying that its so powerfull that it shouldnt be used or anything its just that it IS above .45 acp power wise which is as high as a lot of people go, or think that its the maxium sized cartridge people should be using and that anything above that is excessive force.