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To: n230099

quite a bit of 10mm ammo is only loaded to 40 S&W specs...


59 posted on 09/25/2006 11:43:07 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: MD_Willington_1976
"quite a bit of 10mm ammo is only loaded to 40 S&W specs... "

True. I'm talking about the originally FBI tested loads"

10mm Made by= Norma Type Proj.=JHP Weight=170 Firearm= Delta (5") FPS=1358 Energy=696fp

63 posted on 09/25/2006 11:56:17 AM PDT by n230099 ("If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.")
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To: MD_Willington_1976
quite a bit of 10mm ammo is only loaded to 40 S&W specs...

That's precisely how the .40 S&W was developed. Full-load 10mm just had too much recoil for effective follow-up shots, according to the FBI. The load they liked was used to develop the shorter-case .40 S&W.

134 posted on 09/28/2006 11:15:04 AM PDT by TChris (The United Nations is suffering from delusions of relevance.)
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