Recent affinity for 10mm

[Phaedrus/69]

An HK UMP in 10mm would be the CQB cold forged hammer of the gods!

 

[el Godfather]

Ok send me one!

 

[420Stainless]

This is how my Delta's chamber looks like. It look not fully supported. However, I have fired only Privi JHP 180gr ammo through it. So far no bulging.

I dont know what the year of my Delta's make but serial number is DS08xxx.

Advice required on what ammo not shoot out of it and what is completely safe.

Thanks.

el Godfather,

Just pulled my barrel and it looks about exactly the same as your with a round in the chamber. Mine is recent manufacture purchased new about one year ago. I have not had any issues with the brass so far, but I've only shot mild Remington UMC loads through it and then various medium handloads re-using the same Remington brass a few times. I'm not too concerned about it since I don't plan on loading it with max loads anytime soon. I can't afford those premium commercial loads and have all the fun I need blasting magnum revolvers when the urge to go hot strikes.

I did notice in some online forum complaints that a lot of the brass issues seemed to tie back to some weak brass produced around 2004, but it does seem to me that something in a more fully supportive chamber wouldn't be a bad idea if you want to max out 10mm loads. However, I don't know that from experience and am not really interested in experimenting.

 

[CZ223]

I have a Delta Elite

and, while I like it, I don't carry 5" 1911's. I was just thinking about having a custom gun built and one thought was to have a commander length gun built in 10mm.

 

[chuckpro]

I have swallowed the 10mm pill. I read internal reports of the 10mm from the FBI 20 years ago and it has always stuck with me. I found a Glock 29 gen 4 at a price i could not pass on so i bought it. (November of last year) Since then i have upgraded the barrel and acquired a model 20 gen 4. I am not a Glock fan epically in high pressure calibers but have found a happy medium with after market barrels. Have been working up reloads with 180 gn hp and 800x and Acc 9.

 

[Phaedrus/69]

As far as I know HK never made the UMP/USC in 10mm but they did make a few MP5s chambered for that round. Thureon Defense also makes a carbine that can be had in 10mm, 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. It uses an AR lower and basically looks like an AR but it's direct blowback operated. I'd like to get one in 10mm eventually as a home defense & camping gun.

 

[mavracer]

I've been a 10mm fan and user since the early 90s, My blued Delta was my first 1911 and has gone through a few changes, I bought another stainless one to shoot IPSC limited class after building my blued gun into a open class comp gun. Was planning on doing some upgrades to the stainless delta (new barrel, sights and such when I found a Dan Wesson PM7 ended up selling the SS delta to a friend. I also had a 6 1/2" no dash 610 that had optics mounted and a ported barrel, but sold it when I quit shooting IPSC and Bowling pin matches. Here is the current stable of 10mm.

I love 10mm so much I decided I needed an original 10mm cowboy setup. My pair of Uberti 38-40s

 

[el Godfather]

Is unsupported chamber the case with all 1911s or just Delta Elite?

 

[mavracer]

Is unsupported chamber the case with all 1911s or just Delta Elite?

Not all, some have ramped barrels and you can have a ramped barrel installed in a Delta

 

[hq]

Well... it seems like there's quite a few of us. Back when 10mm was adapted by FBI I wasn't that interested, but a few years ago when I found a Colt Delta Gold Cup I couldn't pass, I've fallen in love with the cartridge. Full power loads are a bit of a handful to anyone who isn't somewhat competent with medium/high power handguns, but stopping power is nothing short of awesome and I absolutely love having 16+1 of them at my disposal in a modified double stack Para.

A carbine in the same caliber would compliment my 10mm:s nicely...

 

[Iggy]

I've been muddling along with these to 10mm's for over 10 years without too much trouble.
I shoot warmish 180/200 grainer reloads.

Dan Wesson Razorbacks.

I shot a coyote at 80 yards with the top one. Have put down injured 800 pound heifers with both of them.

The CCO is on my hip when I'm in town and the Govt model goes along when I go to the ranch.

 

[wlkjr]

To me the Privi is a good value. Good practice ammo and save the brass and reload to personal preference. My favorite gun is the G29SF. But I do not load hot ammo. I use Underwood for my SD loads and occasionally shoot a couple mags for practice. I can shoot the G29 as well as any of my other Glocks.

 

[ds7br]

10mm

el Godfather,
No, not all 1911's in 10mm have unsupported barrels. My RIA's (10mm) have ramped, fully supported barrels. In the Delta I would stick with a MAX of warm 40 S&W level loads. No reason to beat it up. Colt will admit that its not designed to shoot the original Norma spec loads. Make sure your custom makers know if you want to fire Norma spec loads; they build and set up your pistols for doing this. The glock 10mm, with the factory barrels, have a very sloppy chamber and do not like Norma level loads. That is why those of us using the glock install a after market barrel with tighter chamber specs. From mild to wild the 10mm will do it (if set up correctly). Best of luck.

 

[JR24]

You all have made me feel sad I have to wait to shoot my 10mm.

I grabbed a RIA 10mm on an impulse last year, but local area is not conducive for 10mm shooting or handloading in general (bush Alaska). I have to wait until I move (probably the end of summer, or early fall) until I can really get into shooting/loading for it.

I'll just have to settle for my .45's for now.

 

[el Godfather]

The more I read this thread, I feel Delta is just hot air.

With Glock 20 Gen4, what needs be changed in order to be able to fire all sorts of hot loads, except hand loaded super hot stuff. I only fire factory loads. I do not reload.

 

[tarosean]

If you want to shoot nothing but hot loads in a semi just buy a S&W 10XX and be done with it.

 

[Torian]

If you want to shoot nothing but hot loads in a semi just buy a S&W 10XX and be done with it.

Witness Elite Match in 10mm is also a viable option. The only changes I made for mine were a 20 pound wolf spring and upgraded guide rod.

 

[SDGlock23]

The more I read this thread, I feel Delta is just hot air.

With Glock 20 Gen4, what needs be changed in order to be able to fire all sorts of hot loads, except hand loaded super hot stuff. I only fire factory loads. I do not reload.

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Nothing needs to be changed, I've ran some very warm handloads through my stock Gen4 20 with ZERO issues, zero modifications. The Gen4 recoil assembly does a great job on recoil. I do have a KKM barrel for it too, but that's because I reload and the KKM is a little easier on the brass than the stock barrel, but since you don't handload, you don't really need anything. I'd probably upgrade the sights though, that's it.

 

[el Godfather]

Thats great!

 

[madFive]

10mm is a great round! Love my G20. And yes I really wish more manufacturers made them. If Sig started offering the P220 or similar in 10mm, I would jump on it immediately. I've been casually looking around for one of the EAA 10's, but no luck finding one locally to try out yet.

One of these days I'll get around to picking up a nice 1911 in 10mm, but it's not in the budget any time soon.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I haven't shot one so I can't say I'm addicted to them, but I am certainly intrigued by them. Every time I'm in the market for a new gun I say its next on the list and it seems like something else always wins out in the end. I need to go ahead and pull the trigger on one.

The EAAs seem to be the least expensive way to get into one. Or a G20, though even the SF model is a little large for my short fat fingers.