10mm Questions.....

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Hey all.
Been thinking about getting a Glock in 10mm.
Whats the availability of ammo, compared to other rounds? Pricing?
Might consider a 9mm Glock.

But for 10mm, the only guns that catch my eye are the Glock and the S&W.

Any reason the stay away from a 10mm? Not familiar with the round, what so ever.
 
imho, I believe the 10mm is a bit of a novalty. It is expensive for ammo, and recoil is up there.
A plus is that if you handload, your .40s&w die will work with 10mm.
 
I don't believe that the 10mm is a novelty. It is a good cartridge with lots of potential. It is more expensive than 40/9mm but if you reload, you can reduce the cost significantly. If you are just a plinker and not too concerned about terminal issues ie knocking down steel, bowling pins etc, then without question I would recommend a Glock 17 or any quality 9mm. The cost of 9mm is very low in comparison to other cartridges and very available. That would be your best bet.

My first pistol was a 10mm, I have a couple of G20s in the inventory and I love them. But for plan economy, and simplicity, you can't go wrong with a 9mm. I hope that helps.

Jeff
 
Max owner,

My first handgun was a G20, great gun, very reliable and recoil is very controllable in the glock. In fact I had a .40 caliber conversion barrel for the gun and fealt recoil was very similar with both cartridges. I've also got a Delta Elite which is a 10mm Colt 1911. Also a great gun, very accurate and a real joy to shoot.

If you reload all the better because the 10mm is so versatile. You can load way down and way up depending on what you want.

If I was you I would definately go for it.
 
I have been loading for the 10mm cartridge since 1987 when I bought my first 10mm a Colt Delta Elite.

I now also have a 3 generation Glock 20 and a 18.5" 10mm barrel for my T/C Contender carbine.

The 10mm is an awesome cartridge if you are a reloader.

In my D/E with a 6" Barsto barrel I am getting 1850fps with 135gr Nosler JHP's, in the G20 with a 5" KKM barrel I'm getting 1725fps and the T/C barrel gives me 2060fps with the same loads.

My heavy loads are 190gr Sierra FPJ and 200gr Hornady XTP's @ 1300fps in the handguns and 1480fps in the rifle.

My practice loads are 180gr Montana Golds @ 950fps or equivalent to a 40S&W velocity load.

Factory ammo for the 10mm will not give you this kind of performance. If you want to save money on ammo just buy a replacement drop in barrel for a G20 in 40S&W and your set.

One thing to consider about a G20 is that it does have a larger grip frame and maybe to big for your hands to grip properly.


:mrgreen: The 10mm can do anything that all of the other semi-auto rounds can and everything that they can't. :mrgreen:
 
If I was going to hunt animals with a semi-auto handgun it'd be a 10mm.
If I wanted something big and bad I'd get a .45 (GAP hehe) ;)

~Cheers
 
The 10mm is a great cartridge have on in a Glock 20, it was expensive to shoot before if you don't handload but at wholesale sports in edmonton here they have boxes of Remington FMJ for $22.00 a box, they use to be 27.00. So I bought a few boxes.But the 9mm is cheap and lots of fun too, and always cheap ammo wherever you are in canada.Or better yet just buy the !0mm and the 9mm and you will have best of both worlds. :mrgreen:
 
I used a 10mm for IPSC the problem is even if you reload the brass is hard to find and expensive... $0.15 -$0.25 a piece.

My brass cost more per round than my buddy could do a whole loaded 9mm round for. 10m mis NOT that common to find at stores either.

9 and 40 are available everywhere and for cheap. Brass is practically free its so common.
 
Max Owner said:
Well. I gotta have a 10mm. Just may not shoot that often...... :cry:
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One bonus with the glock 10mm (model 20) is that you can buy conversion barrels in most (possibly all) of the other cartridges glocks come in. You can have many guns in one. 8)
 
Get a 610 :wink: it will let you shoot eventough you re broke. It wont mind being fed with 40 S&W :wink:
 
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