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The 10mm is good performer especially out of a revolver. While I have 11 center-fire revolvers, I don't have a 41 magnum so I don't have first hand experience with them. However, my experience is that the 10mm is clearly more powerful than a 357 magnum (have 2 of those). A stout load out of the revolver will drive a 208 grain bullet over 1400 fps. In fact the velocity was for a bullet weighing and you can see there is no sign of pressure at this.

That round yields about 922 ft/lbs of energy from a 6.5" revolver and I can't think of any 357 mags above that, in fact, a lot of factory 41 mags don't claim that much power. My standard load is a 180 XTP at 1252 from the 1911 and it serves me well but more power is there if you need that and don't want to go to a different caliber. The 10mm is designed to operate at a higher pressure than the 357 or 41 mag so that helps it in performance. YMMV