Let me start by saying that back in January I decided that I wanted to get a new pistol. I really wanted a M&P, but more than a M&P I wanted a 10mm. Seeing as how S&W doesn't make a M&P 10 I decided to go with a Glock 20SF. I was never really a Glock fan before, but after getting my 20 I have learned to straight love this gun. It is very good, and I like it way more than I thought I would.
I have a hard time admitting it, but my Glock might(might) have taking the place of my Colt CE as my favorite pistol and I've like 1911's for a long time. I have been way more impressed with the 10mm round than I ever was with .45 ACP. I don't want to just sound like I'm trying to put the .45 ACP down as it's a good round that's a very traditional American round, and has plenty of knock down power it's just the 10mm is much better IMO. It shoots faster, straighter, farther, hits harder, and is just a much more modern, and versatile round as you can get 10mm rounds that hit like a .40 cal all the way up to .357 Mag power or more, and anywhere in between. Other semi-auto rounds I've fired are .380, 9mm, .40 cal, and .45 ACP and to me pretty much all of them are outclassed in most ways by the 10mm. I understand that you're not going to pop shots off as quickly when comparing heavy 10mm loads to a 9, but still with light to medium 10mm loads I can get them off pretty quickly, and be accurate enough.
I don't want to come off as some arrogant fanboy as I know plenty of people on here really like their 9's, .40's, and .45's and you should as they are all fine rounds.(I own a Colt 1911 in .45 ACP, and recently bought a 9mm CZ 75, and am very fond of both guns) I just think it's a shame that the 10mm plays the role of a niche round when I think it should be the standard modern day, big semi-auto round. A lot of people don't even know there is a 10mm round. When you say 9mm, or .40 cal, or .45 people know what you are talking about, but when you say 10mm to a lot of people who aren't very gun savvy don't have a clue what you are talking about.
I was at a friends house a few weeks ago and I had my 10 with me, and we decide to shoot some. He went and got his old 1911, and Colt King Cobra and we set up some old clay bricks he had laying around. The .45 ACP rounds he had were nothing special just your typical PMC 230gr FMJ rounds. It would bust the brisks up pretty good but it was nothing to write home about. His .357 Mag obviously busted the brisks up quite a bit better, and there was a lot more small pieces of brick with it. With my 10 I had some Swampfox hard cast heavy loads,(this is very hard hitting 10mm ammo) and these were turning half of bricks it hit into straight up dust, and the rest of the brick broken up into many small pieces. When we'd hit a brick with the 10mm we'd have to turn our heads as the wind was blowing towards us and was carrying the dust cloud with it. It was quite impressive when compared to my friends .357, and he was amazed at how hard hitting a round as small as the 10mm can hit, and how easy it was to manage. He swears that his next gun purchase will be a G20.
I feel that if Glock could build such a good poly gun to handle factory 10mm loads back 20/21 years ago then the other manufacture's should be able to today. If I'm not mistaken Glock is the only one who makes a 10mm polymer gun? I feel that a FNP 45 or M&P 45 would make a great 10mm gun if correctly massaged to work with, and handle 10mm ammo. How about a HK semi-auto 10mm? Haven't they made MP5's in 10mm? I bet a Sig would make a nice 10mm, and so on and so forth.
Of course I'm sure the biggest reason the 10mm hasn't taken off is because the Military, and Law Enforcement don't show much interest in the round. You would think that when you hear things like the Military wanting to step up to something bigger than a 9mm that they would consider a 10mm. I have average/medium size hands, and my G20SF fits my hands like a glove, and even with a heavy nuclear 10mm loads it's a more manageable gun to fire than my 1911 with +P ammo.
Sorry for the long read BTW. I guess I had a lot to say, and got a little carried away. Anyway what do y'all think? Discuss.
I have a hard time admitting it, but my Glock might(might) have taking the place of my Colt CE as my favorite pistol and I've like 1911's for a long time. I have been way more impressed with the 10mm round than I ever was with .45 ACP. I don't want to just sound like I'm trying to put the .45 ACP down as it's a good round that's a very traditional American round, and has plenty of knock down power it's just the 10mm is much better IMO. It shoots faster, straighter, farther, hits harder, and is just a much more modern, and versatile round as you can get 10mm rounds that hit like a .40 cal all the way up to .357 Mag power or more, and anywhere in between. Other semi-auto rounds I've fired are .380, 9mm, .40 cal, and .45 ACP and to me pretty much all of them are outclassed in most ways by the 10mm. I understand that you're not going to pop shots off as quickly when comparing heavy 10mm loads to a 9, but still with light to medium 10mm loads I can get them off pretty quickly, and be accurate enough.
I don't want to come off as some arrogant fanboy as I know plenty of people on here really like their 9's, .40's, and .45's and you should as they are all fine rounds.(I own a Colt 1911 in .45 ACP, and recently bought a 9mm CZ 75, and am very fond of both guns) I just think it's a shame that the 10mm plays the role of a niche round when I think it should be the standard modern day, big semi-auto round. A lot of people don't even know there is a 10mm round. When you say 9mm, or .40 cal, or .45 people know what you are talking about, but when you say 10mm to a lot of people who aren't very gun savvy don't have a clue what you are talking about.
I was at a friends house a few weeks ago and I had my 10 with me, and we decide to shoot some. He went and got his old 1911, and Colt King Cobra and we set up some old clay bricks he had laying around. The .45 ACP rounds he had were nothing special just your typical PMC 230gr FMJ rounds. It would bust the brisks up pretty good but it was nothing to write home about. His .357 Mag obviously busted the brisks up quite a bit better, and there was a lot more small pieces of brick with it. With my 10 I had some Swampfox hard cast heavy loads,(this is very hard hitting 10mm ammo) and these were turning half of bricks it hit into straight up dust, and the rest of the brick broken up into many small pieces. When we'd hit a brick with the 10mm we'd have to turn our heads as the wind was blowing towards us and was carrying the dust cloud with it. It was quite impressive when compared to my friends .357, and he was amazed at how hard hitting a round as small as the 10mm can hit, and how easy it was to manage. He swears that his next gun purchase will be a G20.
I feel that if Glock could build such a good poly gun to handle factory 10mm loads back 20/21 years ago then the other manufacture's should be able to today. If I'm not mistaken Glock is the only one who makes a 10mm polymer gun? I feel that a FNP 45 or M&P 45 would make a great 10mm gun if correctly massaged to work with, and handle 10mm ammo. How about a HK semi-auto 10mm? Haven't they made MP5's in 10mm? I bet a Sig would make a nice 10mm, and so on and so forth.
Of course I'm sure the biggest reason the 10mm hasn't taken off is because the Military, and Law Enforcement don't show much interest in the round. You would think that when you hear things like the Military wanting to step up to something bigger than a 9mm that they would consider a 10mm. I have average/medium size hands, and my G20SF fits my hands like a glove, and even with a heavy nuclear 10mm loads it's a more manageable gun to fire than my 1911 with +P ammo.
Sorry for the long read BTW. I guess I had a lot to say, and got a little carried away. Anyway what do y'all think? Discuss.
