10 mm and 40 S&W
- Thread starter guess_kto
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NO. The cartridge is locted in the chamber (headspacing) by the mouth of the case, and the .40 S&W is shorter than the 10mm.
Caution!
If you are talking about shooting .40 S&W's in a 10mm semi-auto pistol:
It is physically possible to do so HOWEVER it is not recommended & perhaps even unsafe to do so.
Both ctgs were meant to "headspace" on the front of the ctg case mouth in the barrel chamber. If you try to fire .40 S&W in a 10mm barrel the ctg will not properly "headspace" on it's case mouth as the .40 S&W case is shorter than the 10mm case that the 10mm chamber was designed for. It will only be held in the chamber by the extractor only. This presents a possibly unsafe situation whereby the case is not properly supported in the chamber.
Others may have more detail & I know there has been more than one article about the foley of attempting to fire .40's in a 10mm chamber.
guess_kto said:
If you are talking about shooting .40 S&W's in a 10mm semi-auto pistol:
It is physically possible to do so HOWEVER it is not recommended & perhaps even unsafe to do so.
Both ctgs were meant to "headspace" on the front of the ctg case mouth in the barrel chamber. If you try to fire .40 S&W in a 10mm barrel the ctg will not properly "headspace" on it's case mouth as the .40 S&W case is shorter than the 10mm case that the 10mm chamber was designed for. It will only be held in the chamber by the extractor only. This presents a possibly unsafe situation whereby the case is not properly supported in the chamber.
Others may have more detail & I know there has been more than one article about the foley of attempting to fire .40's in a 10mm chamber.
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Link to Article:
Here's a link to a good article that explains why it is NOT a good idea to try to fire .40 S&W's in a 10mm chambered semi-auto pistol:
http://www.thegunzone.com/10v40.html
Here's a link to a good article that explains why it is NOT a good idea to try to fire .40 S&W's in a 10mm chambered semi-auto pistol:
http://www.thegunzone.com/10v40.html
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- Edmonton, AB
You could always get a second barrel.....
Grizz Axxemann said:
Agreed... but if you have a Colt Delta Elite in 10mm just try & find a reasonably priced "drop-in" 5" barrel in .40 S&W... I say "drop-in" so you can go back & forth between it & the original 10mm barrel without altering the pistol from specs. I realize you could go the "custom fit" route... Much easier to find 'change out' barrels for pistols like the Glock, though...
But then again one might just buy a whole load of 10mm brass & not have to worry about it...
