This may ruffle some feathers, but is 10mm overrated?
I keep hearing around the internet, Youtube, almost everywhere it seems, etc. that 10mm is equivelant to 41 magnum, 357magnum and how people traded in their 44 magnum revolvers for Glock 20's in 10mm. I have nothing wrong with Glocks, obviously, I just don't see the hype to 10mm. I even have read about people in Alaska carrying 10mm in Glock 20's...and I just don't get it. Am I missing something?
When you compare the top end of 10mm and the top end of 357magnum, the 357magnum comes out on top. These are woods guns, so that means hard cast bullets, not hollow points. So let's compare, and leet's use Buffalo Bore as an example, they are apparently the hottest stuff you can get for people who don't handload, again, unless I'm missing something. BB's 220gr hard cast 10mm runs at 1,140ft/sec which equates to 635ft/lbs out of a Glock 20 4.6" barrel. BB's 180gr hard cast 357mag runs at 1,375ft/sec which equates to 756ft/lbs out of a 4 inch barrel. Sure, the 357magnum is marginally smaller and marginally lighter but from tests I've seen around and from my research, 357magnum should actually penetrate deeper than 10mm. People dont recommend carrying 357magnum for protection against grizzly bears, so why would people be carrying a round that has LESS energy than 357magnum?
41 magnum is miles above 10mm pushing a 265gr hard cast bullet at 1,310ft/sec and 1,010ft/lbs of energy.
44magnum, which is considered the low end of power for protection against large bears, pushes a 305gr hard cast bullet at 1,331ft/sec and 1,200ft/lbs. This is from Buffalo Bore. Underwood offers a 340gr hard cast +p+ 44 magnum load that pushes 1,425ft/sec and 1,533ft/lbs out of an unknown barrel length.
Am I missing something? I haven't found 10mm that's anymore powerful that Buffalo Bore and Underwood. I understand that having more rounds may make people think they're better protected, but that doesn't mean much if the rounds you have can't penetrate far enough to do enough damage to stop the threat. By that logic you might as well skip the 16 rounds of 10mm and just shoot the bear 100 times with a 22lr and hope for a lucky shot
Please inform me if I'm missing something here.
I keep hearing around the internet, Youtube, almost everywhere it seems, etc. that 10mm is equivelant to 41 magnum, 357magnum and how people traded in their 44 magnum revolvers for Glock 20's in 10mm. I have nothing wrong with Glocks, obviously, I just don't see the hype to 10mm. I even have read about people in Alaska carrying 10mm in Glock 20's...and I just don't get it. Am I missing something?
When you compare the top end of 10mm and the top end of 357magnum, the 357magnum comes out on top. These are woods guns, so that means hard cast bullets, not hollow points. So let's compare, and leet's use Buffalo Bore as an example, they are apparently the hottest stuff you can get for people who don't handload, again, unless I'm missing something. BB's 220gr hard cast 10mm runs at 1,140ft/sec which equates to 635ft/lbs out of a Glock 20 4.6" barrel. BB's 180gr hard cast 357mag runs at 1,375ft/sec which equates to 756ft/lbs out of a 4 inch barrel. Sure, the 357magnum is marginally smaller and marginally lighter but from tests I've seen around and from my research, 357magnum should actually penetrate deeper than 10mm. People dont recommend carrying 357magnum for protection against grizzly bears, so why would people be carrying a round that has LESS energy than 357magnum?
41 magnum is miles above 10mm pushing a 265gr hard cast bullet at 1,310ft/sec and 1,010ft/lbs of energy.
44magnum, which is considered the low end of power for protection against large bears, pushes a 305gr hard cast bullet at 1,331ft/sec and 1,200ft/lbs. This is from Buffalo Bore. Underwood offers a 340gr hard cast +p+ 44 magnum load that pushes 1,425ft/sec and 1,533ft/lbs out of an unknown barrel length.
Am I missing something? I haven't found 10mm that's anymore powerful that Buffalo Bore and Underwood. I understand that having more rounds may make people think they're better protected, but that doesn't mean much if the rounds you have can't penetrate far enough to do enough damage to stop the threat. By that logic you might as well skip the 16 rounds of 10mm and just shoot the bear 100 times with a 22lr and hope for a lucky shot
Please inform me if I'm missing something here.