Is a 1911 in 10mm as reliable functioning as one in .45?

[gunfan]

From the Church of the 10mm...

...and the 10mm congregation said... AMEN! Bless the Father, (John Moses Browning) and of the son, (Irving Stone) and of the spirit, (John "Jeff" Cooper.) All praise the 10mm Automatic Pistol cartridge!

Scott

 

[Sean Smith]

Y'all were talking about case support with a ramped barrel. The picture posted illustrated a barrel with a certain amount of throating which, in turn, resulted in some of the case side being exposed.

There is almost always going to be SOME case exposed. The quesiton is how much. Compare my picture to a Glock or typical unramped 1911 and the difference is radical.

Oh yeah, here is the pic he's talking about:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73234&perpage=25&pagenumber=2

Just posted over on 1911Forum was a (terrible) pic of a barrel from one of the DW Bobtail Commanders in 10mm. The thread is here and the pic I'm talking about is Feed Ramp0001. The pic doesn't show any case side exposure. I wonder how well it runs

Actually, it shows about the same case support as my gun. The picture is so dark and grainy that it is hard to see it, that's all... the shadow from the case blends into the top of the feedramp. I'll post another pic of my ramp from the same angle as the pic of the DW ramp on 1911forum.com and you'll see what I mean. Got to charge my camera's batteries first.

 

[1911Tuner]

What I'd really like to see

A subgun chambered for the 10...A '27 Thompson would be nice, albeit
a bit heavy...but an MP-5 or an Uzi would be a natural, and doable
with just a bit or re-engineering. Another good one would be something
on the lines of the old Marlin Camp Carbine, designed to take 1911
magazines...mainly for economy. A doublestack would be even better.
maybe an M-1 Carbine conversion kit? Doable...and the added thump from a longer barrel would lend some serious mid-range authority to the
Big Ten. Just think, the ballistics of a hot-rodded .44 magnum in a neat
little carbine AND commonality of ammunition with your sidearm.

Gunmakers! If you build it, they will come...

Cheers!

Tuner

 

[wardog]

Subgun

http://www.hkpro.com/MP5-10.htm

I WANT ONE (or two or three)

 

[WonderNine]

Thanks to everyone who has replied to the thread so far, it's been a very interesting read.

 

[BluesBear]

I just saw a 1927-A1 Thompson, in 10mm, at the gunshow in Puyallup last week. The dealer has had it in his rack for a while now. I didn't look at Monroe yesterday to see if he still had it.

I'll look next week in Puyallup if anyone is interested.

 

[Sven]

Trying to recall exactly what John Jardine said last night... something about the slide needing to be set back 110 thousands, and the ejection port needs to be made a little longer, and a long extracter helping a bit... thinking about getting a 10mm 'upper' made for my Valtro.