FAT PAT:
This morining I went to a local gunshop to check to see if they had a Glock 20 in stock.They didn't,i started to talk to the salesperson and he was saying that the 10mm wasn't good to shoot because it cracks and breaks the pistol.I've never heard of this occuring and was wondering if anyone knew anything about this.I would like to find out as much as I can before I go and buy.
Funny but you asked about a gun they didn't have and all of a sudden, that gun has a problem with cracking.
Too many wanna be's work in gun stores. Sell the rest of us nice P7s, P210s, Kimber 1911s and what do they own, maybe a beat up ole first gen G17 or a 380 Mak
And a lot of them don't know squat about the newer rounds like 10mm, 357 sig, or .500 SW.
defnote sure nuf did find one post on a cracked G29. But over the past almost 10 years, I cannot recall of any problems with the G20 or the G29 and they have more than 100K glocksters over there.
Any gun under a overloaded round with kaboom or crack the slide or frame - happens to 1911s, Glocks, Sigs, etc - seen the pictures.
It's not a problem at all. If it was, why are the U.S. Marshals, the FBI, U.S. Customs still carrying that frame cracking round.
Remember the 1983 Miami shootout? The FBI sponsored the development of the 10mm round from that great loss. Now the first loadings with the FBI and SW and the 1075 autoloader may have cracked some frames - but almost ever new round busts some guns. Part of the development and refinement of the caliber.
These agencies can't be carrying these frame cracking rounds:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gnappi/10user.htm
Good 10mm info site for you.
Funny but with tons of gun mags and knowledgeable people around, you'd think people would have a better handle generally.