Driftertank
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So, I've noticed in the last year or two, a lot more interest and factory ammo availability (well, up until the last 6 months when everything disappeared) in the 10mm Auto. Seems like more guns in production and more people looking for them.
So is this just a fluke in my perception, or is this round actually experiencing a resurgence in popularity lately? If so, what factors would you folks say are driving it?
I know it was the new hotness back in the 80s when the FBI started using it, before they realised that the extra oomph just made it harder for the average agent to use effectively, leading to a toned-down version, leading to the .40 S&W that duplicated the ballistics of the "mild ten" and fit better in smaller, lighter guns. And recently, it seems that the FBI has decided that, in the real world, caliber arguments don't play out to show that any of the common issue calibers has more inherent ability to stop the fight than any other, and so since shot placement is more important than caliber, then more capacity means better odds of a critical hit, and seems to be moving back to 9mm's.
Meantime, I've heard and read of more people looking for 10mm guns and ammo in the last couple years than i have in the previous 20. I have a friend that just bought a 10mm Glock for a "woods gun" (seemed an odd choice, but far be it from me to urinate in his whole-grain cereal).
Is it me? Or is some factor pushing the old 10 back out in the limelight again?
So is this just a fluke in my perception, or is this round actually experiencing a resurgence in popularity lately? If so, what factors would you folks say are driving it?
I know it was the new hotness back in the 80s when the FBI started using it, before they realised that the extra oomph just made it harder for the average agent to use effectively, leading to a toned-down version, leading to the .40 S&W that duplicated the ballistics of the "mild ten" and fit better in smaller, lighter guns. And recently, it seems that the FBI has decided that, in the real world, caliber arguments don't play out to show that any of the common issue calibers has more inherent ability to stop the fight than any other, and so since shot placement is more important than caliber, then more capacity means better odds of a critical hit, and seems to be moving back to 9mm's.
Meantime, I've heard and read of more people looking for 10mm guns and ammo in the last couple years than i have in the previous 20. I have a friend that just bought a 10mm Glock for a "woods gun" (seemed an odd choice, but far be it from me to urinate in his whole-grain cereal).
Is it me? Or is some factor pushing the old 10 back out in the limelight again?