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I am always way more of an accuracy fanatic. Maybe already have the answer in my safe. I've shot a few deer with the 10mm. I was impressed. My current 10mm are a Kimber Target in stainless. Shot a buck with it and a 180XTP handload. It's very accurate. The other is the XDm 5.25". I added a few springs and it's also very accurate.

For a time (currently also) I was hung up on wanting a 6" long slide 10. Everyone seems to have no drank all the 10mil Kool Aid available. All the Flat Landers now seem to need Bear Protection in Iowa and Ohio I guess? They in general seem rather difficult to find in any flavor.

Remington made a 6" for a short time. Kimber made/makes a 6" though they're not easy to find. Enter Dan Wesson.....couple 6" options. But the price tag....wow! I am a Lefty so the few extra bucks would see warranted for the Kodiak and ambi right out of the box, as it's mandatory for me. The Bruin would be an Add On.

Springfield made a 6" for a bit, but I no longer see it listed. At 50 my eyes have faded. A large reason I am wanting a longer sight radius. A RMR may be a need addition, but not mandatory at this time. Nice, crisp adj target sights still get hit out to 50 yards for me/for now.

The Glock G40 is a No Go for me. Had one. Just couldnt like it. Yes it checks a ton of the boxes.....6" barrel. MOS ready. But to me....the real accuracy in a handgun comes from the trigger. Any plastic pistol, even after being replaced and tweaked, just doesnt have a 1911 or single action revolver type of trigger and accuracy potential.

Any die hard 10 mil fans have experience? Are the Dan Wesson 10s REALLY that accurate? Everything I read says they're put together very well. But are they accurate?

If you're the typical YouTube content creator where you test a handgun with WalMart white box at 5 yards in your pile of horse manure outside your chicken coop...you probably don't have the credentials I'm looking for.

I am always way more of an accuracy fanatic. Maybe already have the answer in my safe. I've shot a few deer with the 10mm. I was impressed. My current 10mm are a Kimber Target in stainless. Shot a buck with it and a 180XTP handload. It's very accurate. The other is the XDm 5.25". I added a few springs and it's also very accurate.

For a time (currently also) I was hung up on wanting a 6" long slide 10. Everyone drank all the 10mil Kool Aid available. All the Flat Landers now seem to need Bear Protection in Iowa and Ohio I guess? They in general seem rather difficult to find in any flavor.

Remington made a 6" for a short time. Kimber made/makes a 6" though they're not easy to find. Enter Dan Wesson.....couple 6" options. But the price tag....wow! I am a Lefty so the few extra bucks would see warranted for the Kodiak and ambi right out of the box, as it's mandatory for me. The Bruin would be an Add On.

Springfield made a 6" for a bit, but I no longer see it listed. At 50 my eyes have faded. A large reason I am wanting a longer sight radius. A RMR may be a need addition, but not mandatory at this time. Nice, crisp adj target sights still get hit out to 50 yards for me/for now.

The Glock G40 is a No Go for me. Had one. Just couldnt like it. Yes it checks a ton of the boxes.....6" barrel. MOS ready. But to me....the real accuracy in a handgun comes from the trigger. Any plastic pistol, even after being replaced and tweaked, just doesnt have a 1911 or single action revolver type of trigger and accuracy potential.

Any die hard 10 mil fans have experience? Are the Dan Wesson 10s REALLY that accurate? Everything I read says they're put together very well. But are they accurate?

If you're the typical YouTube content creator where you test a handgun with WalMart white box at 5 yards in your pile of horse manure outside your chicken coop...you probably don't have the credentials I'm looking for.

A 6" plate at 50 would be considered accurate. At least 60% hit ratio. An 8" plate at 50 yards with 100% hit ratio. A gallon jug at 100 I would consider accurate.

Milling a 1911 slide seems to be a spendy and potentially clunky endeavor.

I have a 6" Rock Island Armory Utra, single-stack, and it shoots smoothly and fairly well, at least on par with the early Delta Elite I had 30 years ago. It has LPA adjustable sights (like BoMars), and a fiber-optic front sight. It is a pig to carry, and hard to find a decent holster for (it has an under-rail for lights/doodads). It also has an ambidextrous safety, which you wanted. Out of box, it has the best trigger of the eight 1911s I have on hand right now.

This is, more or less, the same gun I have:
https://www.armscor.com/firearms-list/pro-ultra-match-6-10mm-8rd

They can be had for a lot less than MSRP, I think I paid $925 or thereabouts a year ago.

My buddy has one of those Dan Wesson 10mm $1500 dollar pistol. It will not feed the buffaloe bore 220gr ammo. But you know what pistol will my Glock 20..

An RIA Model 52000 10mm HiCap with a Novak white dot front sight and a single side thumb safety, but otherwise stock:



Set up like this for 50 yards:



Produced this:



That’s 3-1/8” CTC. If it wasn’t for that one low shot, … yada, yada, yada.