After looking at Mr DiFabio's extremely interesting post regarding the expansion of various .45 caliber bullets, I wondered if perhaps 10mm is more handicapped than I have always considered by its lack of variety in loadings.
The only loads available in (quasi)full power are: XTP 180gr @ 1180fps, XTP 200gr @ 1050fps, GD 180gr @ 1200fps, 175gr ST @ 1290fps.
Only three bullet designs, luckily the XTP and GD are both excellent (I am not a Silvertip fan). But is there truly any advantage then to a 10mm? Loads like the Winchester Ranger-T 230gr @ ~1000fps (cf. Mr DiFabio) are not far from 10mm territory, have a larger diameter (never bad), and are overall more widely available, though for that specific load one must search around a bit. The only indisputable advantage it has is an extra round in a 1911.
Basically, is there any point nowadays to the mighty 10mm?
On a related note, does anyone have experience with VV N105 in handguns? How is the flash? or the new 3N38?
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: telackey on 2001-06-17 22:16 ]</font>
The only loads available in (quasi)full power are: XTP 180gr @ 1180fps, XTP 200gr @ 1050fps, GD 180gr @ 1200fps, 175gr ST @ 1290fps.
Only three bullet designs, luckily the XTP and GD are both excellent (I am not a Silvertip fan). But is there truly any advantage then to a 10mm? Loads like the Winchester Ranger-T 230gr @ ~1000fps (cf. Mr DiFabio) are not far from 10mm territory, have a larger diameter (never bad), and are overall more widely available, though for that specific load one must search around a bit. The only indisputable advantage it has is an extra round in a 1911.
Basically, is there any point nowadays to the mighty 10mm?
On a related note, does anyone have experience with VV N105 in handguns? How is the flash? or the new 3N38?
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: telackey on 2001-06-17 22:16 ]</font>