Why doesn't the 10mm get more love from the manufactures

[highlander 5]

i had a Delta Elite for a while and my biggest concern was the double recoil spring and what happens when it broke. I replaced it with a single Wolff spring,a 26# if I recall and it was like loading a bear trap. The deltas were prone to the rail breakage were the slide release came thru as well. I had a couple of boxes of the original Norma loads 200gr hp at 1200 fps
or so the Norma folks said. I have a 10 mm revolver now I getting to old to play hide and seek with my brass.

 

[TestPilot]

It's not popular because of the very same reason why the biggest potential buyer who asked for it abandoned it.

Even if 10mm can be stuffed into a 9mm pistol size frame, it still has a recoil problem, according to FBI that is. That's the reason why they loaded the 10mm with underpowered load, then abandoned it.

40S&W is used in a 9mm sized guns, and listen to people complaining about the recoil of 40S&W. Imagine what they'll say if it was a 10mm.

9mm, 40S&W, and 45ACP happens to fall within the category where it is powerful enough for a pistol round that offers controllability at the same time. This is also the reason why most people who use pistol in their profession for combat use do not use 10mm, even if they are a member of a team that requires them to be very physically fit.

If you can controll it, why not? Go at it. But, you would be an exception rather than the norm. And, market goes after norms.

 

[Casefull]

The 10mm is harder hitting than the 357 magnum...holds 15 rounds and is easier to shoot. At least my glock 20 with wolf barrel and 180g handloads is.

 

[IdahoLT1]

actually they're not even close.

Actually they are very close

10mm:
200gr@1275fps(722 fpe) from a 4.6" barrel
http://www.doubletapammo.com/php/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_25&products_id=39

220gr@1200fps(703 fpe) from a 5" barrel
http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=219

200gr@1240fps(680 fpe) from a 4.6" barrel
http://www.swampfoxgunworks.com/swampfox/product.php?productid=17522&cat=343&page=1

200gr@1325fps(780 fpe) from a 4.6" barrel
http://www.swampfoxgunworks.com/swampfox/product.php?productid=17681&cat=397&page=1

.357 Magnum:

200gr@1200fps(640 fpe) from a 4" barrel
http://www.doubletapammo.com/php/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_27&products_id=337

180gr@1400fps(783 fpe) from a 5" barrel
http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=100

 

[legion3]

This is really an untapped market, limited only by the creativity and marketing prowess of the manufacturer. Some day, someone will figure it out.

Like VLTOR How is the new Bren Ten working out

No profit in the 10mm thus no new 10mm's

Colt re-introduced the Delta Elite (after many years of not producing the gun) because there is some $ to be made in the 1911 world. And Colt already had the tooloing to do 10mm

However not that much as I know plenty of 1911 NUTS , FANS what ever you call them who would not touch a 10mm 1911 if it were given to them.

Thus why the guns can be so expensive as its a limited market.