Nightcrawler
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Every so often I get the idea in my head that I want a 10mm. Now, I'm quite happy with my two .45s and my .45 Colt S&W. I'm quite fond of both the .45 Colt and the .45ACP cartridges.
However, I find 10mm interesting. In the better loads it's like a hot-loaded .357 Magnum, but with a bigger bore and heavier bullets. That's not bad.
Here's the problem. Nobody makes a 10mm pistol that I want. The only current production 10mm that I can really imagine buying is the S&W 610 revolver. (Though, if I'm going to get an N-Frame revolver, I'd be sorely tempted to make it another .45 Colt, or a .44 Magnum....)
So here's the thing about the other 10mm guns currently available:
-Glock 20: It's a Glock. It's clunky, it doesn't fit my hand, it's ugly, it's plastic. I'm sure it works well enough, I just don't like it. I mean, how are you going to put nice grips on that??
-EAA Witness: Fine if you get one that works, but if you don't, EAA will reportedly just as soon tell you to go jump in a lake as they would fix your gun. And, I've read on here that the Witness isn't really strong enough for a lifetime of 10mm usage.
-Dan Wesson Razorback: I really dislike M1911 types with front slide serrations, extended safeties, etc. The current production RZ-10 seems to be set up as a match pistol in any case.
-Kimber 10mm: Same deal. Front serrations, and all of that.
You know what I'd want? A CZ-97B in 10mm. Not a Witness, a real CZ. I've put .45 Super through my CZ-97 without any trouble; it's a tough, beefy, all-steel gun. I'd also like a M1911-type in 10mm, but without the goofy front serrations, beavertail, and all that. The beavertail and commander hammer can be replaced with parts that are more to my liking, but you're prettymuch stuck with front serrations if you've got them. I like Sean Smith's custom Delta Elite; he even put a regular hammer on it. Something like that would be nice.
I could go for a S&W 1006, too, I suppose, but I've never seen one.
*shrug* Probably just stick with what I've got. My next handgun will almost certainly be a revolver anyways. Maybe I'll find a good deal on a Delta Elite (I'd prefer one with the vertical serrations) and I could get it customized. There're certainly enough of them floating around on the auction sites, thought they're expensive.
S&W needs to make an L-frame in 10mm. The N-Frame is for .41 Magnum and up, if limited to six shots. If they can put seven .357 rounds into an L-Frame cylidner, and have it still be safe for the hotloads from places like Buffalo Bore, then surely they can fit six 10mm rounds into one.
Or, they need to make a TiScan 10mm N-Frame, to lighten it up a bit. Surely a riboflavin 10mm N-Frame wouldn't be as brutal as one in .44 Magnum!
However, I find 10mm interesting. In the better loads it's like a hot-loaded .357 Magnum, but with a bigger bore and heavier bullets. That's not bad.
Here's the problem. Nobody makes a 10mm pistol that I want. The only current production 10mm that I can really imagine buying is the S&W 610 revolver. (Though, if I'm going to get an N-Frame revolver, I'd be sorely tempted to make it another .45 Colt, or a .44 Magnum....)
So here's the thing about the other 10mm guns currently available:
-Glock 20: It's a Glock. It's clunky, it doesn't fit my hand, it's ugly, it's plastic. I'm sure it works well enough, I just don't like it. I mean, how are you going to put nice grips on that??
-EAA Witness: Fine if you get one that works, but if you don't, EAA will reportedly just as soon tell you to go jump in a lake as they would fix your gun. And, I've read on here that the Witness isn't really strong enough for a lifetime of 10mm usage.
-Dan Wesson Razorback: I really dislike M1911 types with front slide serrations, extended safeties, etc. The current production RZ-10 seems to be set up as a match pistol in any case.
-Kimber 10mm: Same deal. Front serrations, and all of that.
You know what I'd want? A CZ-97B in 10mm. Not a Witness, a real CZ. I've put .45 Super through my CZ-97 without any trouble; it's a tough, beefy, all-steel gun. I'd also like a M1911-type in 10mm, but without the goofy front serrations, beavertail, and all that. The beavertail and commander hammer can be replaced with parts that are more to my liking, but you're prettymuch stuck with front serrations if you've got them. I like Sean Smith's custom Delta Elite; he even put a regular hammer on it. Something like that would be nice.
I could go for a S&W 1006, too, I suppose, but I've never seen one.
*shrug* Probably just stick with what I've got. My next handgun will almost certainly be a revolver anyways. Maybe I'll find a good deal on a Delta Elite (I'd prefer one with the vertical serrations) and I could get it customized. There're certainly enough of them floating around on the auction sites, thought they're expensive.
S&W needs to make an L-frame in 10mm. The N-Frame is for .41 Magnum and up, if limited to six shots. If they can put seven .357 rounds into an L-Frame cylidner, and have it still be safe for the hotloads from places like Buffalo Bore, then surely they can fit six 10mm rounds into one.
Or, they need to make a TiScan 10mm N-Frame, to lighten it up a bit. Surely a riboflavin 10mm N-Frame wouldn't be as brutal as one in .44 Magnum!
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