Posted: 2/10/2008 12:55:02 PM EDT
| Tell me about this round. Why isn't it more popular. It appears to be a terrific handgun cartridge. |
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The true story is that when it 1st came out it was supposed to be a do it all cartridge.Which it comes as close to as any caliber.One of the very 1st offerings in the 10mm was by Colt.This was a 1911 style pistol called the Delta Elite.Because of the increased pressures when a 10mm round is loaded to it's true potential,there were problems with frames cracking on these Colt 1911 pistols that were designed for the lower pressures of the 45acp. This problem was VERY quickly solved by Colt.However the myth of frames cracking continues to live on.At around the same time the FBI had already adopted the 10mm after the famous Miami shootout.In this shootout they found out that the 9mm did not have the penetration needed(here comes the 9mm will stop a charging rhino kool aid drinkers.) so the FBI ended up adopting the Smith & Wesson 1076 in 10mm. It was soon found out in this age of political correctness that women and limp wristed men(?) of the FBI could not handle the recoil of a 10mm.So the FBI went to the 40S(hort)&W(eak).Well once the the Gun Writer Gods got ahold of this and the very short lived cracked frame problem, they announced that the 10mm was totally uncontrollable and will beat your pistol to death in 20 rounds or less. As we all know,most people out there are sheep and will swallow anything they read.Sales of 10mm quickly nose dived.There remained a small hard core group of 10mm diehards.This group is starting to grow again.Here are the arguements against the 10mm by the 9mm(will kill a bull elephant) and the 40S(hort)&W(eak) crowd.... 10mm will end up destroying your pistol..Bullshit.This problem was solved years ago by Colt.As far as I know only Colt had this problem so it is ancient history 10mm ammo is hard to find.Bullshit again.Yes,Wally World,Gander Mountain etc may have 2 choices for 10mm versus 10 choices for 9mm but they still have 10mm.Anyway,if you truly want 10mm loaded to it's true potential then just order some from www.doubletapammo.com 10mm has too much recoilYes it does have more of a sharp recoil.This is really only a problem with the limp wristed type.The average size man(5'8" or bigger) should have no problem with it. The 10mm is a great round.10mm fans can have real attitudes.This is because we detest seeing/reading/hearing some of the misinformation put out there by people who just mimic what they have "read or heard" about this round without actually trying it. Rant mode off !!! |
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10mm is so awesome, it's the cause of global warming. 10mm is the only caliber Chuck Norris fears. 10mm is so awesome, when it was loaded, the cartridge jumped up and punched Sarah Brady in the face. No matter what you shoot with it, 10mm will kill it deader than a hippie under an Israeli bulldozer. .40 S&W is a 10mm set on Stun. You wanna know why dinosaurs are extinct? Time-traveling 10mm fanatics. 10mm is so awesome, that Jeff Cooper invented a gun just for it. 10mm is so awesome, it blows aliens apart in a spray of acid. You know that scene in Saving Private Ryan, where the Captain shot the panzer with his pistol and it exploded? Yeah, that's what happens when you get a custom 1911 in 10mm. 10mm is so manly, the FBI had to switch to .40 S&W because it's staffed entirely by girls and wusses. 10mm is so awesome, anyone who holds one instantly has his sex appeal double. You ever notice that Miami Vice started sucking as soon as Don Johnson ditched the Bren Ten? The phrase "big brass ones" actually refers to spent 10mm casings, a measure of manliness. 10mm is so awesome, the Geneva Conventions don't apply to it. 10mm is so awesome, it even makes a Glock worth owning. Arnold Schwartzenegger was the only on set manly enough to carry the minigun in Terminator 2, but when they asked him to fire a 10mm handgun he sat down and cried like a girl. The Soviet Union collapsed as a direct result of the invention of 10mm. You know that satellite the Chinese shot down? They used a 10mm and are hoping we don't notice. 10mm is so awesome, it automatically makes anyone who owns one cool. 10mm is so awesome, it makes Schumer's balls shrink into his pelvis just looking at it. 10mm is so awesome, it got its inventor laid. Remember the damage Katrina and Rita did to New Orleans? It all could have been avoided if someone had just shot the hurricanes with a 10mm. Hiroshima was actually the result of a Glock 10mm kabooming. 10mm is so awesome, it neutered John Kerry merely by existing. 10mm can cure sociopathy with direct application. You know the Tunguska event? That's what happens when you dual-wield 10mm MP5's while the A-Team theme is playing. 10mm usually vaporizes its victims on impact, but sometimes leaves a bloody corpse behind as an example to the others. Bigfoot owns a 10mm. James Earl Jones and Barry White both have incredibly deep voices. Both keep a 10mm in their waistband. Coincidence? 10mm is so awesome, Fort Knox threw away all the gold and stocked up on Norma. 10mm is so awesome, Squatdog conceded that he can't take a full power shot from it. 10mm is so awesome, it beat Lootie to all the good beer. 10mm is so awesome, it even makes Feinstein moist. Which we really didn't want to think about but now we are anyway and oh gosh, where's the bleach. Fred Thompson wants 10mm as his vice-presidential candidate. 10mm is why bad things happen to bad people. Iran's nuclear program is a cover up for trying to build a 10mm pistol. 10mm is so awesome, it wards off vampires and werewolves. 10mm is so awesome, just touching the gun gives real men woodies. Clint Eastwood wanted Dirty Harry to carry a 10mm, but they hadn't invented it yet so he had to settle for the .44 Magnum. Do not taunt 10mm. It will fuck you up. Hard. Jack Bauer isn't manly enough for the 10mm. The only way to carry a man-purse and not look gay is to put a 10mm into it. The Roman Empire collapsed because they stopped sacrificing virgins to a 10mm handgun left behind by an irresponsible time-traveler. NASA mounts 10mm guns to all their spaceshuttles to take out Soviet satellites. Anyone who disses 10mm is probably a godless commie bastard. Kick them in the nuts. Eskimos have fifty words for snow, but their word for 10mm is synonimous with 'asskicking'. You ever wonder why aliens never visit us? We invented 10mm and now they're too scared to reveal themselves. Oppenheimer helped invent the atom bomb, but what he really wanted was a 10mm. Unless it mentions 10mm, ignore every penis enlargement ad you get in your e-mail. 10mm is so awesome, it would have replaced the Mk.19 but the army wanted to give the enemy a sporting chance. 10mm is so awesome, it kicked Bill Clinton's dog the day he entered office. 10mm is so awesome, it's the only 80's fad that's still cool. Titanic was actually the result of an ND with a 10mm. My bad. Movie tough guys smoke unfiltered cigarettes, 10mm smokes bad guys. 10mm is so awesome, it once made some kid crap his pants. Ninja are only visible to people who carry a 10mm. 10mm is responsible for bad Chuck Norris jokes. ------------------- Glock, EAA, Smith & Wesson, Colt, Dan Wesson, and others make 10mm handguns. You can get 10mm in a Glock, a 1911, a CZ-75 clone, and revolver easily. Some company is even resurecting the infamous Bren Ten, and you can still find S&W autos in the caliber. Except for the 1911's and custom guns, most 10mm handguns run in the $400-500 range. Most ammo manufacturers make 10mm loads (most of which are equivelent to hot .40 S&W loads or .357 Magnum, so it's good practice ammo), but if you want the nuclear loads the caliber was designed for, buy it from Double Tap. I dunno about you, but 180 grains, Gold Dot JHP bullet, and traveling at 1,300 fps sounds pretty darn good to me.  You can even, if you look hard enough and feel like spending a lot of money, find a Thompson or HK MP5 clone carbine in 10mm. |