per Mr McNett angle
He is a manufacturer. I do strongly believe he as adequate data as to his real world performance of his offerings. Police do get back to manufacturers regarding ballistic performance in actual shootings and Mike has briefly mentioned this on 10mmtalk.com. However, the subject of shooting people is not one that an organization brags about in this arena, it's just bad karma dude, think about it. Mike makes his living doing this stuff, there are certain lines he can and will not cross simply out of professional courtesy and ethics.
I would gladly carry a full power 10mm round from McNett or other boutique manufacturers as opposed to the 40S&W equivalent offered by most well known large manufacturers such as Winchester and Federal. If prosecution accused me of selecting a "killer" load, I would reiterate that it operates at the originally intended operating range of the firearm, nothing more.
And if needed, I'm sure Mr. McNett's organization could provide plenty of ballistic data to support or dispute any legal claims as to performance. He is using bullets in his cartridges that have well known performance characteristics, so I don't see what all the quibbling is about.
He is filling a niche quite nicely and making a decent living at it considering he has moved to a larger facility within a year or so IIRC. I'd state he is becoming a large manufacturer and 10 years from now this will be a moot point regarding data. The amount of ballistic gelatin testing he has conducted cannot simply be thrown out because it did not come from an independent lab, that's just asenine IMO. Data is data, maybe DT generated it, but that doesn't make it invalid. I should have skipped this one, my apologies if I've irked anyone in my statements. Respect to all, happy plinking.
jeepmor
PS - on topic, I'd probably pick a G29 for CCW. I know you don't like the trigger or feel safe, but it's the smallest model available. Other than that, a Witness compact, but they are notably heavy at 30oz unloaded.
