10mm, is the fad over?

This thing is a cannon! The first time I ever shot it, I had my wife with me at the outdoor range. We were the only people there.

I was on the firing line. She was loading magazines on a bench about 15 feet behind me.

I square up to the target, ready to feel the recoil of 10mm for the first time ever. I focused on the front sight, exhaled, and slowly squeezed...

Within the next two seconds, I heard two loud sounds through my ear muff earpro...

BANG! OWWWWWW!

I looked over my shoulder to find my wife rubbing her forehead! The empty cartridge had flown 15 feet and hit her right in between her eyebrows!

I laughed and laughed! She's still pissy about it, and she refuses to shoot that gun because it hit her with a piece of brass...

That’ll teach her to invite soy boy communists over for pool day!
 
Charter Arms make their Pitbull model in .40S&W with a 2" and 4" barrel. I wish they offered the same size revolver in 10mm and as it doesn't utilize moon clips both .40 and 10mm could be used. I believe it would make a good edc/woods carry gun.

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Charter Arms make their Pitbull model in .40S&W with a 2" and 4" barrel. I wish they offered the same size revolver in 10mm and as it doesn't utilize moon clips both .40 and 10mm could be used. I believe it would make a good edc/woods carry gun.

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One would have to wonder if it uses a cylinder with the length of the .357 models... if it does, perhaps one could ream the chambers out to 10mm.
 
Charter Arms make their Pitbull model in .40S&W with a 2" and 4" barrel. I wish they offered the same size revolver in 10mm and as it doesn't utilize moon clips both .40 and 10mm could be used. I believe it would make a good edc/woods carry gun.

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One would have to wonder if it uses a cylinder with the length of the .357 models... if it does, perhaps one could ream the chambers out to 10mm.
That same gun in 45 ACP is a Duesy.
I have them in 9, 40 and 45. Just don’t shoot ‘em a whole lot. Wanted another way to shoot the same ammo I already have.

If somebody needs measurements off one of them, let me know.

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I have a Witness Elite in 10mm and love it. The first time I shot it, it felt like shooting a 22. But that was right after I had shot my Desert Eagle 44, so it was relative. :D Seriously, I don't think the kick is that bad, but my Witness is a full size steel frame with rail, so the weight has something to do with that. I bet a compact polymer would be pretty snappy.

I handload for it, and my loads are slightly less than max, so recoil is not that bad. OTOH, there are a lot of factory loads out there that are 100fps or more below max charges. The nice thing about loading for it is the cost to reload is basically the same as 40, just slightly more powder. 180gn plated bullets work very well in mine.

I looked over my shoulder to find my wife rubbing her forehead! The empty cartridge had flown 15 feet and hit her right in between her eyebrows!

I laughed and laughed! She's still pissy about it, and she refuses to shoot that gun because it hit her with a piece of brass...

LOL. My Witness really throws the spent cases pretty far, 20 feet or more. Not good for someone that tries to save their brass! I kept increasing the recoil spring until it would not reliably feed the next round (20 lb spring) so I backed off to 18 lbs and have started trimming off the ejector.

Charter Arms make their Pitbull model in .40S&W with a 2" and 4" barrel. I wish they offered the same size revolver in 10mm and as it doesn't utilize moon clips both .40 and 10mm could be used.
As the 40 and 10mm headspace off the case mouth, I don't see how it could chamber both without moon clips. Do they have some type of special extractor that grips the rim? I would love to get the Ruger GP100 chambered in 10mm. It does use moon clips and can shoot both. I like having a revolver chambered for semi-auto rounds. If I try new loads that won't feed or cycle in my semi-auto, I can use the revolver to pull the bullets the fun way. :)
 
I had a gen 3 G20, sold it was sick to my stomach, then I found a G40 and healed again....10mm is a awesome round and it’s not for everyone, but when you reload for it and feel and see the power, then you’ll know!
 
Definitely not. The 10 mm is not dead. Just hard to find sometimes.

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They are still used by mechanics everyday all across America.

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They even come as wrenches sometimes. Equally hard to find. But dead, definitely not.
 
The unfired boxes of ammo that are at least 20 years old makes me feel like the fad is over for you.


At least the gun looks used. :D


{to be fair, I also stopped using my Black Talons}

That ammo is probably thirty years old, but when I see them on Armslist and at gun shows asking $70/box, I'm not going to burn through them. For shooting I roll my own.

Yup, gun is used. That bit of "tarnish" on the frame happened when I was scouting for a moose hunt. One misstep sent me armpit deep in a swamp. It was in a leather holster. I was a good two hour hike from the truck. It was another hour drive home. But I wasn't finished scouting that section so I finished what I came to do soaking wet. I was whipped by the time I got home. The pistol didn't get cleaned until the following day.

But we got the moose so those are marks of character, not abuse or neglect.

At least it sounds better that way.
 
Thinking about it

Ive got one on mine, and it is amazing how lazy it can make you feel once you can run the dot.

Suppressor height sights help alot with picking up the dot and provide a backup incase the battery dies or something...

I think you will be pleased with your pistol.
 
Shot a bud's G40 with a RMR & liked it. Easy to shoot, even with full power Grizzly & Underwood loads.
 
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