Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns 10mm owners/fans - your fave out the box?

I've gone full on default with my S&W Shield 45 as being my small, light, big bore carry.

^^^ Lot of info in this post. ^^^

Revolvers are my primary handgun when game is large, but for those that want a semi the 45 Super is superior inmy opinion

For me my 10mm Glock is for keeping ugly critters off me in the brush, be it four legged or two, and maybe swatting something for the grill if it's about 60 yards or closer. If I were gonna pack a revolver for that I would likely use a 4" magnum .41 with a 220 gr. hardcast around 1200 - 1250 fps to keep it manageable. Sorta like the 220 gr. from the 10mm...

The powders used to get to 1200-1250 in either are what make both annoying, unless you enjoy rung ears for a week.

1000-1100 in both give up nothing on game, make great target and hunting loads and dont require so much fuel, especially the louder/cracking ones. Let the bullet do the heavy lifting.

Believe me, if I thought 1,200, 1,300 or more made a difference to the critters Ive keeled with cast, I would continue the ear-ringing, ass kicking loads I used to use.

Youll also find, at the 100 mark, the more sedentary loads dont slow down as much as the "powerful" ones...

I am happy with the Gen4 G20 Glock.

Accurate enough and 16 tries to hit a bears noggin with enough zip to whistle through from all angles.

Won't rust and doesn't bobble.

I think if I wanted an out of the box 10mm Auto for hunting my first choice would be a DW Bruin. In revolvers I would be happy with the S&W 610 or the Ruger Blackhawk. The first thing I would do with the Blackhawk would be to send off the .40 cylinder and have it chambered you .38-40

as I understand it, my 10mm dies will also load 40sw. Damn this talk about the shorty 40.

Ha, back in the early days of the 40, they called It the 40 Short and Weak.

If/when Ruger makes a GP100 in 41 mag, I may be all over it.

Still do.

Don't care for large frame revolvers. Don't particularly care for five-shooters. My risk assessment doesn't call for that level of power, and I hunt with a rifle. But thanks for your concern.

Factory loads...

What's that...

DF

Hopefully it's a six shooter.

Only the ignorant ones do. I best most 10mm factory loads in a 40. With room to spare.

There are a few custom gunsmiths who will turn a GP-100 into a .41 Special but none would do a .41 Magnum that I know of... While the GP is a very strong mid-frame revolver it would never stand up to the beating that full bore .41 Magnums would do to it...and for that matter most shooters could not either.

I have three Taurus Trackers in .41 Magnum. Two are titanium and one stainless steel. They are about the same size and as the GP and the SS is about the same weight but you would not to care shoot them with standard factory loads most of which push a 210 grain jacketed bullet at 1250 fps from a 4" barrel.

As to comparing 10mm to .41, standard BIG Three ammo companies run their 210 grain loads in the 1250 fps range from a 4" barrel. Comparing a 10mm of the same size, like a 1911 with a 5" barrel, 200-220 grain bullets can be run to the same velocity....but that is where it ends. The .41 can be loaded with bullets up to 300 grains and run 1275 from a 5.5" barrel. The 255 CP (which flave has shot in my gun) run 1205 out of a 4" Model 57.

A better round for the GP-100 and totally doable is the .401 Herter's PowerMag...or a rimmed 10mm Magnum...

Bob

The watered down FBI loads. Not real stuff like the original Norma and modern Underwood Ammo loadings.

Watered down, yes, but there it is. And the "real stuff" is in the tiny minority, while most stuff, as I said, is easily caught or beaten in a handloaded 40 with a 5" barrel. Not so "short and weak" compared to the 10, which was my point, since I am outdoing most guys firing a 10 most of the time.

I have had a few stock Colt Delta's over the years that have run without a hitch. Of course you have to invest some in
the trigger and sights to get them just right. Dan Wesson's come correct right from the factory as well as some others.
The XDM looks like a winner.

The one in the picture was built by a known pistol smith out in in VA (not Novak). I bought it barely used. It has the stock barrel
refitted and is more accurate than I am over the years. Georgia Arms 180 grain Gold Dots in it most of the time. Double Tap
200 gr XTP's if I am in the boonies for any length of time.

Glad the 10mm is finally getting it's due. It is a compromise, but covers a lot of bases.