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Recently purchased a glock 40 MOS 10mm with the intent of it being my hunting handgun. Arizona javelina, possibly a Texas cull hunt, and my Stanley cup; a close range elk.

I'm thinking a 200 XTP, and then a cast if elk ever happens.

I would love to see others experiences with the 10mm, pictures, and what loads were used.

I had the G40 when it first came out. I was pretty disappointed in it. Hope you have better luck than I did. I took a 4X4 WT with it at 25-27 yards with factory Sig 180 FMJ. Not ideal but it was handy and did a very nice job. Ran 50 yards and watched it tip over. Horsepower was there.....accuracy wasn't what I hoped. Maybe it was just too large of a grip for me to run adequately. I run XTPs now as well. But 180s. Could penetration test videos showed the 180 actually outpenetrating the 200s I believe. Neither a poor choice in my opinion tho. I am NOT a fan of hard cast. And would rather run my own XTP ammo than Underwood cast. Just my .02

Did you ever replace the factory barrel?

I hope to kill a deer with my G20 and the 6" Storm Lake barrel this season. I'm shooting Underwood 180 XTP's @ 1359fps. I have some powders to load for mine and will still probably stick with the 180 XTP when I shoot the Underwood ammo up.


I've thought about ordering the 200gr Double Tap cast to load.


This is an interesting bullet: https://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=35822

I have been playing with my Glock 40 . I could tell you how accurate it is, but would get accused of lying. One of my favorite handguns of all time so far. I have shot a couple of feral pigs. Have been testing the below ammo with good results to date:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...phy-bonded-jacketed-soft-point-box-of-20

I read a story yesterday on Glock Talk. Guys where talking about that Artic Patrol that carries Glock 10mm's. Someone posted a link to another site that talked about it. The article said that one soldier killed a Polar bear with 6 quick shots a very close range, it sounded like it stopped at 1 meter. It made reference that they carry both FMJ and HP. It didn't reveal what kind or weight. Interesting none the less.

I wonder if anyone has shot a G40 with factory barrel with 180XTP's from some type of machine rest. I know for a fact that my shooting is a lot worse than most pistols are capable of shooting. The glock trigger takes a lot of work and focus to master.

Accuracy has never been an issue with any Glock I've had, including the G40. I upgraded the barrel for velocity reasons, not accuracy. Every 10mm Glock I've shot with an aftermarket barrel has shown gains of 50-100fps with no exceptions. Literally same load, and up to 100fps gain just by changing the barrel. I changed the barrel to a semi-fit Bar-Sto (had to mill it to fit perfect), Vogel competition Glock trigger, and Tru-glu adjustable night sights.

You have to try various loads or come up with your own magic reload recipe to get top accuracy. Mine easily shoots 1" groups, standing, at 10 yards. Better than any revolver I've ever shot, period.

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Casey, I have a new one as well. I mounted a Trijicon RMR sight, and so far, with 180 grain FMJ, it's decent enough with regards to accuracy. I have not done any formal bench rest shooting, but it seems to do what I need done at (for me anyway) reasonable hand gun ranges. I am mostly looking to use this pistol on feral hogs, hunting at night. I mounted a Streamlight TLR-1 HL light on the rail, and it works well.

I started out shooting 180gr Buffalo Bore Gold Dots exclusively in 10mm. They worked and they worked well. But...after using garden variety 175gr Winchester and 170gr PMC I have come to the conclusion that there is not a significant real world difference in performance compared to the hot stuff.

Heavy hard cast and FMJ is were hot 10mm really comes into it's own imo. Pushing hollow points faster just means they expand faster and penetrate less. Fine for light game like deer but not what you want for hunting dense game like hog or bear.

U tube is full of videos on hunting with the 10.

YouTube is full of it for sure. 👍🏻

Uncle Ted and the water buffalo....

DB Dobbs and his raspberry beret......

so saying a fellow wanted to load some hard cast 180 grain bullets for a Glock G40, what would be a good powder choice. If I do this, it will be for hog hunting only. What sort of velocity? Are the Acme bullets suitable?

Check out Underwood ammo and see what velocities they get. Scour the load manuals for loads that get you in the ball park. # 7 and #9 is where I would start.. The only reason I never tried # 9 is I could never find it.

From my 6" Storm Lake barrel in my Glock 20 the Underwood 180 XTP averages 1359fps

I only have one hunting credit to my 1911 10mm so far, well, not a hunt, just a kill, I was walking out to my reloading shop one afternoon a few months back with my new DW 10mm in my pocket, a red squirrel bolted from Wifeys garden and proceeded to climb a tree and chew me out.

Now, if I were caught stealing food, I'd simply apologize and leave quietly if allowed, he had that option. but instead got ready for a bark fest while peering around the three forked tree about 15' up and 15 yards away, I leveled the sights on his head and squeezed one off, barely caught him in the neck with a 200 gr Nosler HP. it was enough.

That's smoking Bearcat, deer, pig or crackhead alike wouldn't balk that load.