Our Neglected 10mm Fans...

Perhaps it is a case of trying to keep a good thing to ourselves

Just kidding, I would not say I am one who has "gone over" to the 10mm but I have used one since they came out (even fired the prototype Bren X with ammo made from 30 Remington Cases).

It is a fine cartridge. I personally have not seen any real difference in practical results between it and the .45 ACP on big game (that could be a good thing, at least it is not less effective) and don't see too much difference in ballistic practicality in the field at normal handgun ranges.

That said, it could easily be loaded to better penetration and it might have an advantage at longer than normal handgun ranges (in excess of 100 meters).

My new job has me often "boondocking" out in the wild, right at the moment (meaning actually this moment, tomorrow may bring something else) I am packing my standard old Govt. Model and a 4" 629 as a backup gun (which does double duty as a field gun).

I am strongly considering working more with my Delta Elite or Para Ord in 10mm out here in the field.

The 10mm is a grand idea (as are the.40 Super, .45 Super and the .460 Rowland!!!), it is too usefull to let it die on the vine!!!!

Onward and upward!
Jim

I like my 1076 for mountain hiking here in NM. I load it with 200-gr XTP Double Taps (at over 1200 fps out of the gun), and I feel well-protected against anything that I might encounter. I feel that the cartridge (that very much excited me when it became more generally available in the late '80s) brings an excellent balance of power, caliber, and shootability. I do not feel it's the equivalent of a .41 magnum, but I sure think it outraces the .45's performance by a heck of a margin.

I like the fact that the 1076 allows me to carry an autopistol that I find I can shoot much faster than my SA .41 mag revolver. The 1076 is maybe a teensy bit lighter than my Blackhawk .41, also, and it seems to pack quite a bit smaller. The 1076 holds ten compared to the .41's six. Reloads with the 1076 are a flash, whereas a non-indexing SA Ruger revolver is one of the slower modern revos to reload.

I don't carry the 1076 much concealed in town. Maybe come winter I'll do it more, but my "civilized" carry guns tend to be considerably smaller and lighter. It's all about how I dress. At the end of the day, the 1076 really is a belt gun (although I have a Galco IWB that works perfectly well with it - but my usual hiking carry is in a Bagmaster Pistol Pack).

I don't think that the 10mm is necessarily the "be all and end all" of handgun cartridges, but it's darn handy for my uses.

Hello. I'm certainly not an authority on 10mm, but have shot a few Delta's over the years. Checking figures over the chronograph and glancing through reloading manuals, I think it would be a dandy woods gun for folks wanting to take animals from whitetails down (assuming only good shots) and would be a peach at taking the fight out of a felon or felons who assumed their deeds could be done in the wild more easily than the city. I'd probably go with an XTP handload as it would probably not be my first choice as a dedicated self-protection-against-humans-concealed-carry gun and feel well-armed in my neck of the woods.

Felt recoil is subjective but to me, with full-house loads, the 10mm's felt recoil was rather like +P felt-recoil with 200 to 230-gr. loads in .45 ACP. In the real world, it probably wouldn't make much difference.

I was very pleasantly surprised at the intrinsic accuracy of the 10mm out of the last Delta Elite I was able to fire several brands of factory ammunition through.

I can see how the cartridge has a following.

Best.