Why Monte - how kind of you to ask. I am quite a fan of the 10mm cartridge and have a history with the design and development of the cartridge that became the proprietary 400 CorBon.
I think the 10mm caliber is a solid performer. You can load the 180 grainers to almost 41 mag velocities, although you don't need to go that high with that caliber. You can load down the 10mm to match 40 S&W performance levels. You can go to the 400 CorBon case with heavy loads and peg your 180s right in at 41 mag performance levels and your 150s and the like even faster. My 10mm will hit to 200 yards. I developed the darn thing to shoot metallic silhouette and to substitute as a field piece when I couldn't afford a big bore wheelgun. It works.
I would like to see a 10mm in a carbine length lever action, I think it would be a great field piece.
There is something about a 10mm bore or 40 caliber that allows significant penetration. I would liken the 10mm performance range in autos to the 357 capabilities in revolvers, in terms of their respective abilities to be loaded up or down and in their application to law enforcement, target or hunting.
I think you can do a lot with the 10mm/40 caliber and I feel it has a much wider field application than most would think.
But this is the fun part, isn't it. Thanks Monte, this is Mikey.
I think the 10mm caliber is a solid performer. You can load the 180 grainers to almost 41 mag velocities, although you don't need to go that high with that caliber. You can load down the 10mm to match 40 S&W performance levels. You can go to the 400 CorBon case with heavy loads and peg your 180s right in at 41 mag performance levels and your 150s and the like even faster. My 10mm will hit to 200 yards. I developed the darn thing to shoot metallic silhouette and to substitute as a field piece when I couldn't afford a big bore wheelgun. It works.
I would like to see a 10mm in a carbine length lever action, I think it would be a great field piece.
There is something about a 10mm bore or 40 caliber that allows significant penetration. I would liken the 10mm performance range in autos to the 357 capabilities in revolvers, in terms of their respective abilities to be loaded up or down and in their application to law enforcement, target or hunting.
I think you can do a lot with the 10mm/40 caliber and I feel it has a much wider field application than most would think.
But this is the fun part, isn't it. Thanks Monte, this is Mikey.