Resurgence of the 10mm

Mdclinks · Oct 10, 2018

Has anyone else noticed the resurgence of 10mm chambered firearms lately? Springfield just released the 10mm XDM today. Springfield, Glock, Sig Sauer, Ruger, Kimber, Tangfolio, Colt, Rock Island, etc. are all making 10mm pistols currently. I wonder how soon Smith & Wesson, H&K & FN will start producing 10mm firearms.

I am planning on taking a 6" Springfield TRP in 10mm out deer hunting this season. I'd really like to take a deer with it if I get the opportunity for a close shot.

Has the 10mm bug bit anyone else recently?

Echo40 · Oct 10, 2018

I've noticed and I'm glad to see it. 10mm Auto is a fantastic cartridge which has been grossly underappreciated for decades despite being an incredibly effective cartridge with little more recoil than a .45 ACP.

Now if only the .38 Super Auto would gain a resurgence in popularity then we'd really be in business.

Ivan the Butcher · Oct 10, 2018

I have an ex B-I-L that has 4 or 5 10mm's. He carries a full sized Glock for CCW often (Works in some bad conditions!) He's been an enthusiast for 10 or better years!

I seldom encounter brass, but when I do he still gets all of it!

Ivan

CLASSIC12 · Oct 10, 2018

I have loved the 10 since I bought my st st Delta Elite in 2000.

This year I added a blue one, and a gen 2 G20. The S&W 1006 was acquired NIB 3 years ago.

They are all ancient guns, but here in Switzerland we do not get all the recent 10 mm offerings.

colt_saa · Oct 10, 2018

Mdclinks said:
Has anyone else noticed the resurgence of 10mm chambered firearms lately? Springfield just released the 10mm XDM today. Springfield, Glock, Sig Sauer, Ruger, Kimber, Tangfolio, Colt, Rock Island, etc. are all making 10mm pistols currently. I wonder how soon Smith & Wesson, H&K & FN will start producing 10mm firearms.

I am planning on taking a 6" Springfield TRP in 10mm out deer hunting this season. I'd really like to take a deer with it if I get the opportunity for a close shot.

Has the 10mm bug bit anyone else recently?

Where are your pics?

And what do you mean recently . . . the various 10MM cartridges and their firearms is among my favorite topics

I have been shooting the 10MM Auto cartridge since the 1990s and the 10MM Magnum cartridge for about 12+ years now.

I am a huge fan of this cartridge for auto loaders, revolvers, single shots and carbines.

My current project is converting an HK USP Elite over to 10MM Auto. It will be threaded for use with a suppressor.

Previous Smith and Wesson conversions include my CS10s, 1013 and 1014

My Smith and Wesson 310 and 610 revovlers have all be opened up for the 10MM Magnum cartridge.

The most recent one that was built from scratch is this long slide I worked on a few summers ago

There are more . . . lots more and I am still have conversion and building projects in mind.

Not to mention ammunition.

I love the look of the Barnes all copper hollow points

Unfortunatly, this is not a full power loading and did not function in all of the 10MM Autos at testing time.

SIGs 2015 10MM Auto ammunition release worked great in everything we tested it in

The 2015 release of Federal's 180 JSPs are also full power

Then thee is the Bad Boy of 10MM Auto

Capable of putting 30 rounds of full power ammunition on target in 2 seconds

Yes, I am talking about the HK MP5/10

While these came out 27 years ago, they are seldom talked about

SAFireman · Oct 10, 2018

colt_saa said:
...Then thee is the Bad Boy of 10MM Auto

Capable of putting 30 rounds of full power ammunition on target in 2 seconds

Yes, I am talking about the HK MP5/10

While these came out 27 years ago, they are seldom talked about

Yup, best kept secret at the FBI. There are hundreds of ugly dark blue Chrysler K cars floating around with one or two in the truck (mid-80's). I believe that they are still in circulation, but you would have to ask a current or recently retired agent to know for sure (maybe).

Sevens · Oct 10, 2018

I was a junior in High School in 1988 when I wrote a term paper on the Colt Delta Elite and I had to interview someone as one of the references for my paper, so I interviewed the friend of the family who also happened to be my FFL!

He bought one and I was enamored with the whole idea. I also read Jeff Cooper every month and that was all that I needed to be a 10mm guy even before buying my first handgun.

My first ever S&W semiautomatic pistol was a 1006. While I didn't actually own it until 1996 (I think it was), this was the pistol I talked my buddy in to buying back in 1992 when I was dirt poor and he was slightly less dirt poor. With the exception of four boxes of ammo to get us brass, I made all of the ammo for it and he sold it to me later.

Got my Ohio license to carry in 2008 and bought a Glock 29 to be my first every primary carry gun and I did exactly that for 7 years before I elected to carry something else.

The 10mm and I go way back, lots of great memories.

colt_saa · Oct 10, 2018

SAFireman said:
Yup, best kept secret at the FBI. There are hundreds of ugly dark blue Chrysler K cars floating around with one or two in the truck (mid-80's). I believe that they are still in circulation, but you would have to ask a current or recently retired agent to know for sure (maybe).

Most are still in service with the Bureau. There are various other Federal Agencies with MP5/10s still in their inventories as well.

There is a RFI out for replacements. I have worked up a subsonic 240 grain JHP 10MM Auto load for the integrally suppressed SMGs that might be the replacements

loc n load · Oct 10, 2018

10mm

Wife and I just returned home, and I just pulled this Glock 20 out of a bladetech IWB holster. The G20 is my EDC, this one is stoked with hydrashoks. I have carried and shot the G 20 since they were introduced.
I have been shooting the 10mm since it’s inception, started with a Bren 10. Have several Colt’s, a RIA, Ruger 1911, but the G 20 I carry everyday.
There has always been a group of us diehard 10mm fans out here, just like the 41 magnum fans, and the 16 ga. shotgun fans, which I belong to all three groups.
Recently bought some of the new Speer 200 gr Gold dots, these are going to be my new carry ammo.

billwill · Oct 10, 2018

Need to have one close by. Lot of power in a handgun with more than 6 shots

Richard Simmons · Oct 10, 2018

Yes, I've noticed it and I'm glad. I've only got two 610s and a G29 but hope to add more in the near future.

wingriderz · Oct 10, 2018

I hope Smith bulids one. Springfield put a real bad taste in mouth. I bought and Xds 45 new its first and last

Ethang · Oct 10, 2018

Eagerly awaiting the modern Bren Ten replacement. Having wanted one since my teenage years in the early 80's I am really hoping this time will be the one.

CH4 · Oct 10, 2018

Currently my only 10s are a DE and Razorback. I want an early 3 or 5” 610 no dash and a G29. Funny how you couldn’t give 610s away when the first came out, now an example will cost you a small body part plus cash.

dmar · Oct 10, 2018

10mm is a great round. I’ve got a G29 for carry, a G20, and a sweet shooting Colt Delta Elite. I reload, and can go from mild to wild with the 10mm. It’s a very impressive round at the higherload levels. It’s also surprisingly soft shooting, too.

Donn · Oct 10, 2018

Dirty Harry Callahan said:
Now if only the .38 Super Auto would gain a resurgence in popularity then we'd really be in business.

There's at least two of us, Harry.

Homie · Oct 10, 2018

Mdclinks said:
Has anyone else noticed the resurgence of 10mm chambered firearms lately? Springfield just released the 10mm XDM today. Springfield, Glock, Sig Sauer, Ruger, Kimber, Tangfolio, Colt, Rock Island, etc. are all making 10mm pistols currently. I wonder how soon Smith & Wesson, H&K & FN will start producing 10mm firearms.

I am planning on taking a 6" Springfield TRP in 10mm out deer hunting this season. I'd really like to take a deer with it if I get the opportunity for a close shot.

Has the 10mm bug bit anyone else recently?

Is '87 recent enough (Delta Elite) or '91 (DE Gold Cup)?

Racer X · Oct 10, 2018

I really want a 5" M&P in 10mm, with a .40S&W barrel, and maybe even a 9mm conversion barrel. Unless S&W gets their **** together, I may end up with the Springfield XDm or maybe a RIA1911a2 10mmHC doublestack (42009) with a .40 barrel fitteed to the upper.

stansdds · Oct 11, 2018

I have always felt that the 10mm Auto was an underappreciated caliber. It is to the semi-auto pistol universe what the .357 Magnum is to the revolver universe.

one eye joe · Oct 11, 2018

Dirty Harry Callahan said:
I've noticed and I'm glad to see it. 10mm Auto is a fantastic cartridge which has been grossly underappreciated for decades despite being an incredibly effective cartridge with little more recoil than a .45 ACP.

Now if only the .38 Super Auto would gain a resurgence in popularity then we'd really be in business.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DNC, "little more recoil than .45 ACP", WAS HARDLY THE TERMINOLOGY USED TO JUSTIFY THE FBI DROPPING THE 10MM, SHORTLY AFTER PUTTING IT INTO SERVICE--IN RESPONSE TO THE MIAMI SHOOTOUT.....

IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A "WRIST BREAKER, THAT WAS TOO POWERFUL FOR THE FBI AGENTS TO HANDLE". PERHAPS THE PROBLEM WAS THAT FEW FBI AGENTS WERE EXPERIENCED SHOOTERS. AND THE LEAP FROM THE WORLD OF 9MM AND .38SPL, WAS JUST TOO GREAT TO MAKE.....

IN ANY EVENT, NEVER HAVING SHOT A 10MM FIREARM, I HAVE NO BASIS TO JUDGE WHAT THE RECOIL MIGHT BE LIKE. IN ACTUALITY, I HAVE BEEN ENAMORED OF THE M610, WITH THE 8 3/8" BARREL......

IMHO, THAT WOULD BE MORE VERSATILE---ALLOWING FOR CASUAL .40 CALIBER RANGE WORK, AND HUNTING WITH THE MORE POWERFUL 10MM ROUND......

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