I really, really hope they do. The last time I e-mailed S&W about this, which was a few months ago, they replied, "Not at this time." Maybe if they get enough requests they will think about it. S&W made many 10mms in the 3rd Gen. guns, hopefully they will chamber the M&P in 10mm.
Glock has two 10mm, Model 20 full size (15 rnd) and compact Model 29 that seem be selling well. At the last show in Chanitilly, VA I watch two vendors sell out of them.
The round may not be completely dead yet. I own a Glock 20 that is an amazing firearm. But I have to admidt, is it is a bit "snappy" to shoot".
I have heard on the S&W forum of a strong push to have the performance center build a batch of 10mm but in the larger steel 5XXX series frames. :?
I haven't heard anything on S&W doing the M&P in 10mm. It would be nice to see a 10mm (minus the BS fires only with a magzine in it feature). If not, the Glock 20 is still a great pistol.
The 10 mm has joined the .41 magnum as something of a cult item. Shooters that like them praise them to the sky but haven't convinced many others, including most manufacturers. Sales of both were slow when they were first introduced and fell off to a trickle after that.
If there really had been a good market for guns in either cartridge, everyone would be making them. There wasn't and they aren't.
This is why the fans of 10's are fans, broad range of bullet weights and can be loaded hotter than most other pistol rounds and you get the better capacity then the 45.
Thanks for the numbers Dan. Can you give some insight as to how it feels on the shooters end? Recoil wise? I imagine a cross between .40S&W and .45ACP? .357mag? Maybe this is too hard a question to verbalize an answer to. Wish more ranges had 10mm to rent, then maybe people could get some appreciation for the round.
This is why the fans of 10's are fans, broad range of bullet weights and can be loaded hotter than most other pistol rounds and you get the better capacity then the 45.
uhh.. because if it has options how can it be the best handgun on earth? I mean you ahve a choice, that measn their must be something sub-optimal about one of them.
I just find this guy annoying. He joins the forum, bashes the M&P in 4 threads based on his misconception, then never even shows back up to the threads he posted in (even the ones he created!). Definition of a troll.
Thanks for the numbers Dan. Can you give some insight as to how it feels on the shooters end? Recoil wise? I imagine a cross between .40S&W and .45ACP? .357mag? Maybe this is too hard a question to verbalize an answer to. Wish more ranges had 10mm to rent, then maybe people could get some appreciation for the round.
I know this may sound odd since I own 4 M&P 40s, but I have always hated the recoil of the 40. I think it is too snappy, that was until I shot my first M&P but I digress. I love the recoil of the 10mm, it feels like a hot 45. I have always felt the 45 had more roll or push than snap and the 10 has that same roll or push.
If you ever make it over this way again I'll let you shoot a couple of them.
As for durability they are no worse than a 45, I don't know where this stuff gets started I suspect it's because the 10 is known as a heavy recoiling round (which is also kind of a myth unless you consider a 45 heavy).
I follow Dan, and I may take you up on that offer.
Well I don't see why 10mm is going into obscurity then. I can only say that people have to try guns to get to like them, and with so few guns out there to try (both in model selection but more importantly availability) then the outcome is predictable. A caliber that can give you .40 target loads up to and over .45 +P..whats not to like? That's a pretty veritable caliber...
I think the real issue is that there is no gun manufacturer that is adopting the caliber as it's own. Look at what glock is doing to get the .45GAP, they are selling PD's their Glocks chambered in .45GAP almost at cost. Look at .357sig and yes, even the .40S&W. There were guns out for the ammo, and manufacturers with a vested interest in the ammo's success. Hell, it seems I'd like 10mm, but not from a Glock, and I can't afford a 1911 chambered for it.
The 10mm may be holding on by a thread, but from what I see and hear, I hope it becomes popular. Sounds like a great cartridge.
Dan, when I'm rich maybe you can build me a 1911 in 10mm :wink:.
uhh.. because if it has options how can it be the best handgun on earth? I mean you ahve a choice, that measn their must be something sub-optimal about one of them.
Hey RAZ-o...that like saying why should a car have options..thats because everyone preferences are different...why have chocolate and vanilla...come on man... :roll:
As for durability they are no worse than a 45, I don't know where this stuff gets started I suspect it's because the 10 is known as a heavy recoiling round (which is also kind of a myth unless you consider a 45 heavy).
I believe the poor service life reputation for 10 mm guns came from the original Colt Delta Elites and Norma's extremely hot first loading of the cartridge. The Colts shot loose rather quickly and so the 10 mm got the rap of being hard on guns.
I do expect it's a lot harder onall guns than the .45. After all, the pressure is much higher and the ballistics certainly more energetic.
Besides the Glock 20, Glock 29, Dan Wesson Razorback, Dan Wesson CBOB, Kimber Eclipse, Wilson 10mm, you can also find SW revolvers and a coupe of other guns chambered in 10mm. It's not a dying caliber at all. Just not commonly found. I do believe the fans of 10mm are growing, not shrinking. What's not to love about a caliber that'll give you anything from very mild .40 cal. loadings right on up to screaming hot hunting loads... all from the same gun!
I'm a huge fan of 10mm. Looking at another DW ten now and possibly an Eclipse.
The 10mm platform & cartridge case are MUCH safer components for hot .40 loads than .40 is. .40 caliber is pretty much maxed out pressure wise right at factory standard. The downside of .40 is that since pressures are pretty much max to begin with, problems like inadvertant over-loading and bullet set-back in the case can easily cause kabooms! With the 10mm caliber, the guns and the cartridge cases are much beefier and have a much greater margin of safety. I think a 10mm gun makes the best .40 of all, because you can load to forty specs, and even hotter, and still be well below the safety limit of the 10mm caliber. The larger case capacity and beefier case design of the 10mm also makes bullet set-back not quite so dangerous as it is with forty!
One thing that's really important to watch with your forties (probably more so than almost any other caliber) is overcharging and bullet setback. Forty caliber has little tolerance for such errors. Any ammo that you've previously chambered but hasn't been shot should be closely scrutinized before rechambering to be certain that you don't have any bullet setback going on!
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