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Shot my new Glock Model 20 today. The 10 mm is a handfull. :clap: :clap:
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10mm is one Hot round, I like it. A .40 cal is a sawed off 10mm case, not quite as hot but does the job well. A little easier to hang on to.
It depends on what reveiws you read, I know its all numbers but a 10mm is the only round I have ever seen that comes out to 100% one shot stop rating.
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I was expecting more recoil. I was braced and ready to rock. The Glock absorbed it. I went back and forth between the 10 mm and 9 mm. A pleasant day shooting.
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10mm is a nice round, especially in a "woods" gun where you'd want deeper penetration.
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Ahhh, yes, the 10 milli,,my personal favorite! I still have the issue of Guns and Ammo (I think it's G & A,it's buried in a box in my garage) with the write up on the Glock 20 just prior to it's release back in the day. I waited with baited breath till the first ones came out and snagged one back in the 90's. Still have that beauty with no finger grips and no ugly accessory rail, in all it's smooth glory! I have the plus 2 extension on all my mags for high-cap goodness! I LOVE the 10 milli! :wink:

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I've got a Colt Delta Gold Cup stainless, 10mm, slightly customized with beavertail grip safety, extended slide release and safety, and a set of nice cocobolo checkered grips. It has to be my favorite handgun and one of the best shooters. I reload and generally load a bit on the light side to keep from damaging the gun as I understand the real hot loads can batter and or crack frames.
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jkingrph wrote:I've got a Colt Delta Gold Cup stainless, 10mm, slightly customized with beavertail grip safety, extended slide release and safety, and a set of nice cocobolo checkered grips. It has to be my favorite handgun and one of the best shooters. I reload and generally load a bit on the light side to keep from damaging the gun as I understand the real hot loads can batter and or crack frames.
The key to the hot loads is slowing things down as much as you can. Make sure you aren't using light springs, especially the mainspring, and install a squared off firing pin stop, which adds drag against the hammer on cocking, slowing the slide and helping out the recoil spring.

You can also look into a recoil buffer, but I'm not a big fan.
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The Internet, for better or worse, is a source of much information. If that information is accurate, factual, speculation, confabulation or just plain old BS is anybody's guess. The 10 mm falls squarely into the Urban Legend/Best thing since sliced bread category.

Since owning the Glock 20 (which in and of itself creates a firestorm of either loathing or loyalty) I've tried many different brands of ammo. A favorite company I deal with, Zero, sells only two types, a flat point and a hollowpoint 180 grain that mimics the "old" FBI standard which is a 180 grain bullet @ 1200 fps. I've bought the bargain of the century called "Canned Heat" from Georgia Arms. It's cheap and easily obtained, but, at 1100 fps, it's really just a fat .40 S&W. Which leads me to Double Tap. That company is the real deal as far as the 10 mm. Talk about a soup to nuts selection. You can go from a light 135 grain @ 1600 fps to a 230 grain lead freight train @ 1120 fps.

To me, and I speak only from my limited point of view, that is what is so fascinating about the 10 mm, is the options that Double Tap ammunition offers. Granted, it still is only a handgun, and a handgun isn't much compared to #### near any rifle, it still makes the 10 mm fun.
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pigirondan wrote:The Internet, for better or worse, is a source of much information. If that information is accurate, factual, speculation, confabulation or just plain old BS is anybody's guess. The 10 mm falls squarely into the Urban Legend/Best thing since sliced bread category.

Since owning the Glock 20 (which in and of itself creates a firestorm of either loathing or loyalty) I've tried many different brands of ammo. A favorite company I deal with, Zero, sells only two types, a flat point and a hollowpoint 180 grain that mimics the "old" FBI standard which is a 180 grain bullet @ 1200 fps. I've bought the bargain of the century called "Canned Heat" from Georgia Arms. It's cheap and easily obtained, but, at 1100 fps, it's really just a fat .40 S&W. Which leads me to Double Tap. That company is the real deal as far as the 10 mm. Talk about a soup to nuts selection. You can go from a light 135 grain @ 1600 fps to a 230 grain lead freight train @ 1120 fps.

To me, and I speak only from my limited point of view, that is what is so fascinating about the 10 mm, is the options that Double Tap ammunition offers. Granted, it still is only a handgun, and a handgun isn't much compared to #### near any rifle, it still makes the 10 mm fun.
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