Palladan44
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Love me some 10mm!
Glock 40MOS w/ lone wolf barrel 6"
CMMG Banshee 8" barrel
Weve all came to agreement that majority of 10mm factory fmj standard loads such as WWB, UMC, and Fed champion, CCI blazer brass. PMC bronze, etc. loads are not much more than 40 s&w power some winding at or below power than 40 s&w factory. Often pushing the same grain slug 50 fps faster than 40 s&w or less.
That makes it hard to justify spending the extra investment in the caliber. Getting the higher velocity ammo such as Underwood, Buffalo bore, etc. has proven to be very expensive and also not worth the investment in the caliber, IMO.
Im lucky enough to be a handloader and came across 40/10 dies for by Dillon 550 b.
A favored projectile for full power 10mm has been hornady XTPs or Hornady Action Pistol 180gr.
Favored powders have been Blue dot and Power pistol for the max published loads from Alliants website. These push anywhere from 1310fps avg in the Glock to 1340 in the Banshee. And these loads produce great accuracy, and great groupings. I once invested in 5000 projectiles of 180-HAP which i expect to last a long long time.
The point im getting at is, 10mm is a great caliber if youre willing to pay a lot of $ like a buck a round for the full power stuff, to get the full potential out of the round. OR if you are a handloader and you are able to load 10mm properly to the specs of the original Norma 10mm, or even slightly more when care is taken.
That is what makes the 10mm the 10mm
One last question is Why do the factory ammo have 10mm watered down so much? Are they following the "FBI Load" specs? Maybe its like a .38 special/357 mag philosophy where you use lighter 38s for practice and then carry 357s for carry. Old way of thinking, but just brainstorming here.
Glock 40MOS w/ lone wolf barrel 6"
CMMG Banshee 8" barrel
Weve all came to agreement that majority of 10mm factory fmj standard loads such as WWB, UMC, and Fed champion, CCI blazer brass. PMC bronze, etc. loads are not much more than 40 s&w power some winding at or below power than 40 s&w factory. Often pushing the same grain slug 50 fps faster than 40 s&w or less.
That makes it hard to justify spending the extra investment in the caliber. Getting the higher velocity ammo such as Underwood, Buffalo bore, etc. has proven to be very expensive and also not worth the investment in the caliber, IMO.
Im lucky enough to be a handloader and came across 40/10 dies for by Dillon 550 b.
A favored projectile for full power 10mm has been hornady XTPs or Hornady Action Pistol 180gr.
Favored powders have been Blue dot and Power pistol for the max published loads from Alliants website. These push anywhere from 1310fps avg in the Glock to 1340 in the Banshee. And these loads produce great accuracy, and great groupings. I once invested in 5000 projectiles of 180-HAP which i expect to last a long long time.
The point im getting at is, 10mm is a great caliber if youre willing to pay a lot of $ like a buck a round for the full power stuff, to get the full potential out of the round. OR if you are a handloader and you are able to load 10mm properly to the specs of the original Norma 10mm, or even slightly more when care is taken.
That is what makes the 10mm the 10mm
One last question is Why do the factory ammo have 10mm watered down so much? Are they following the "FBI Load" specs? Maybe its like a .38 special/357 mag philosophy where you use lighter 38s for practice and then carry 357s for carry. Old way of thinking, but just brainstorming here.
