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Been looking at the 10mm cartridge in a Glock 20 for a bit. I've carried various 44 mag, 45 colt, and 357 in various revolvers for woods carry and hiking. I've also carried various 9mm with appropriate ammo.

I found with bigger bore handguns, the recoil precludes an accurate second shot at close range. Plus they weigh 50+ ounces.

I can hit follow up shots well with the 357 and 9mm handguns. I'm thinking a 10mm isnt too much for a quick follow up and still has enough power to work well on big brown inland growlies.

I'm most interested in 'shootability' and rock solid function. A pistol isnt much good if you cant hit with it or it jams.

What viable options exist to the Glock 20 for hiking/woods carry?

Thanks.

I like the idea but my hands don't fit the Glocks in 10mm. The 20's grip is too large for my stubby fingers, the 29's grip seems too short (top to bottom) to really get ahold of. A 1911 seems a better option .. for me. (My current 10mm isn't a semi-auto, it's a single action revolver .. a [bleep]-load of fun.) If you like .357 revolvers, have you considered a Ruger GP100 in 10mm ?

Tom

Come down and shoot my G20 SF.

Hard to beat the Glock 20 for a woods gun in the Lower 48 if you want a Semiautomatic. Love mine. Accurate & super reliable too.
My second choice would be a 1911 in 10mm

I carry my 20 all the time when I’m in the woods. I’ve not carried a 44 since getting the 20.

I bought the Glock 21 to shoot inexpensive 45acp then bought a Storm Lake 6 inch 10mm barrel.
Lot of ammo versatility here with the ability to shoot 45acp,10mm,40S&W.

A lot lighter than most big bore revolvers with a LOT more firepower.

The grip feels large and bulky to me and I prefer a Glock 19 or 26 size girth.The grip feels like holding a 2x4 to me !
BUT the Larger grip can be managed for sure.

I can,more often than not, put 3 shots of Underwood 10mm 180 Grain into 4-5 inches or so at 50 yards with a good rest,I suspect a better shooter could better show what the pistol is capable of.

how does the g20 sf grip frame compare to the gen 4 g20 grip frame? I shot a gen4 first of the week and the trigger guard rapped my middle finger just below the knuckle enough to make the gun unpleasant to shoot. I don't recall a gen2 or gen 3 20 having that issue. To the OP check out the springfield 10mm it has a more narrow girth than any glock, but I did not like it for some reason, guess it seems weird after too many years of perfection.

Keep the XDm 5.25 in mind.

I like a g40 with a red dot.

The extra barrell length and weight makes it shoot better and the red dot is a game changer in low light and/moving targets.

Outside the waste or chest rig I don’t see the disadvantage of a long slide.

I tried the Glock 20 and Glock 20C and sold them both. They were replaced with a Colt Delta Elite.

For 10mm you have the options of:

Glock small, medium, large
EAA Witness (CZ75 pattern)
Sig 220
(edit) Sprignfield XDM

Various 1911's from

Colt
Dan Wesson
Kimber
Remington
Wilson
LesBaer
Ed Brown
NIghtHawk

etc.

I have a G20SF, a Colt Delta Elite, and a Dan Wesson Razorback.

The most comfortable to shoot, to me, is the G20

Lots of options here! I need to road trip to somewhere with pistols to handle a few. I'd not call myself a pistol afficiando but do shoot mine a bit.

Thanks for the thoughts. I have homework.

Hi Jay,

Have any idea if Cabelas or Sportsman down your way carry a good selection of semis?

Thanks.

If I'm not mistaken the Gen3 SF is the same as the Gen4 with no backstrap installed.

Hey Bill,

Sorry, no idea on what they carry. I'm not sure the last time I've been to Chattavegas...there's a Bass Pro just across the road from the Cabelas as well.

I think this is correct. I had several of the earlier pre-SF models and this one is a bit slimmer.

I've got a Crimson Trace Laser Grip on mine so it does make it a little larger but doesn't bother me.

I may have heard that before, same as gen 4, have the money for the thing but am not convinced the grip can be fixed to suit me.

I sure wish someone would buy the Les Baer 10 MM in the Classifieds so it would stop calling me....

Saw that but more than I want to spend. Nice peestole though.

Dan Wesson Razorback 10mm was one of the best 1200 bucks shipped I've ever spent, it's more accurate than i'll ever hope to be, 100% reliable so far with 140gr Lehigh penetrators at near 1600 fps, 200gr Nosler and XTP's to 1200-1241 fps, it's a stoner! I imagine it would handle/shoot heavy hard cast 200/220gr bullets just fine too.

A pocket full of 10 round Tripp mags round out the package nicely.