Pet peeve alert:
The only .41 magnums the 10mm compares to are the downloaded rounds like the Silvertip. Using bullets of similar sectional density and similar barrel lengths, the 10mm best compares to a full-bore .357 magnum, with slightly more energy and slightly reduced penetration. (http://recipes.alliantpowder.com as a starting reference). Depending on your use (defense v/s hunting) this can be advantageous (or not).
//end pet peeve alert
Sorry about that.
Now, I enjoyed my Colt Delta 10mm and found recoil to be more tolerable than my .45 Kimber Custom Royal. Not necessarily "softer," per se, but different and to my mind more pleasant. That pistol is on the short list of those I regret getting rid of.
For a plinker, I'd stick with 9mm. In fact, I have. The only centerfire autopistol I own these days is a newly acquired Sig 229 in 9mm.
The only .41 magnums the 10mm compares to are the downloaded rounds like the Silvertip. Using bullets of similar sectional density and similar barrel lengths, the 10mm best compares to a full-bore .357 magnum, with slightly more energy and slightly reduced penetration. (http://recipes.alliantpowder.com as a starting reference). Depending on your use (defense v/s hunting) this can be advantageous (or not).
//end pet peeve alert
Sorry about that.
Now, I enjoyed my Colt Delta 10mm and found recoil to be more tolerable than my .45 Kimber Custom Royal. Not necessarily "softer," per se, but different and to my mind more pleasant. That pistol is on the short list of those I regret getting rid of.
For a plinker, I'd stick with 9mm. In fact, I have. The only centerfire autopistol I own these days is a newly acquired Sig 229 in 9mm.