Love it or hate it, the vaunted 10mm has definitely been enjoying a resurgence of late, we also like to shoot and argue about guns.Here are some of the top 10mm handguns out there capable of taming this underrated beast of a cartridge.
Posted on 07/02/2018 5:29:47 AM PDT by w1n1
Love it or hate it, the vaunted 10mm has definitely been enjoying a resurgence of late, we also like to shoot and argue about guns.
Here are some of the top 10mm handguns out there capable of taming this underrated beast of a cartridge.
Colt Delta Elite
Colt stepped up in 1987 after the original Bren Ten went out of production and introduced this 10mm pistol.
The Colt Delta Elite was for the 1911 followers, re-designed to fire the 10mm cartridge.
It was the best of both worlds: a gun worthy for personal-defense but powerful enough to take hunting.
Glock 20
The Glock brand and quality is enough, most people will buy it whether its a 9mm or a 10mm without thinking.
The G20 is based on the new larger frame meant to accommodate chunkier cartridges such as the .45 ACP, the full-sized Glock 20 boasts a 15-round capacity.
Smith & Wesson 610
Since revolvers is what Smith & Wesson are into, they fitted the large stainless steel "N" frame to house six 10mm rounds. Since the 10mm is a rimless design, something needed to be done to allow extraction of the fired cases from the cylinder.
Smith & Wesson looked at a simple solution for the .45 ACP-chambered model 1917 and 625 revolvers in the past, the use of "moon clips". Read the rest and full description of these top 10mm handguns here.
Yep, that’s what I carry on the trail.
“Pistol whip? You watch too much TV”
That may be true, lol, but I’m also a hunter. I question the sanity of anyone who would select a 10mm for that purpose.
I was really heavy into hand loading until around 20 years ago.
Norma brass was always heavier than other brands. You had to watch you maximum loads as they also had less capacity.
Thank you sir! I just ordered 3 boxes. I spoke to one of their techs on the phone. Very friendly and helpful.
MFO
I use mine for hiking
For the heck of it, there's a video out there of Lehigh Defender vs. other rounds against some grade of bullet proof glass - interesting results.
Once I saw a black bear in Canada that was as big as the front of an old school four wheel drive Bronco that I was in. He crossed the road in front of us. There are legendary creatures out there, those are the ones you run into when you’re outgunned.
That reminds me of the Son Tay Prison Camp raid. They would build a replica of it every day, then take it down while a Russian Satellite passed over.
Colonel Bull Simons who led the raid lived not far from us.
Oops! I posted that on the wrong thread.
About 350 is about as big as I see them here, no need to lug an N frame around. 10mm cast has the oomph to penetrate head to tail. I switch to 180gn hp when I’m only worried about mountain lions.
Semi-funny story; back during the great ammo shortage a few years ago I went to Academy Sports to see what ammo they had. There were boxes and boxes of 10mm and little else. I decided I would buy a 10mm pistol and a few boxes of ammo. They had no 10mm guns, just the ammo.
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