So is the 10mm a bitch to shoot, or is it simply a man's gun?
Most factory 10mm is very similar to factory .40 S&W, to the point of making a guy wonder why he bought a 10mm in the first place. Judging by the gun range, there are plenty of 10mm shooters that don't know what they have and ooh and ahhh over nothing. The numbers below are from a test barrel:
Federal 180-grain Hydra-Shok (4-inch TB):
10mm - 1,013-fps
.40 S&W - 1,022-fps
Nope, I don't have the data backwards. The picture clears up when a guy touches off some full power 10mm.
Buffalo Bore 180 gr. JHC (4-inch TB):
10mm - 1,338-fps
I think full power a 10mm is similar to full power .357 Mag. The latter can be fired in heavy N-frames down to alloy J-frames with the fun factor becoming less and less as you go. In 10mm an all steel Delta Elite is one thing, a Glock 29 is another.
Almost every shooter's speed and accuracy are going to suffer shooting full power 10mm, so the target should justify the sacrifice.
