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Posted: Fri May 22nd, 2020 06:55 pm

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The first 10mm I shot was a high end 1911 that my dad had in the early 80's. He handed me the gun with a magazine and told me to try it out. One shot, it felt like the palm of my hand was on fire. I cleared it and handed it back as he was telling me about 10mm. After that every time I was offered to shoot a 10 I passed. In the late 80's Dad had another 10mm he wanted me to try. It was a Colt Delta Elite that he had fine tuned. I was able to shoot a magazine before I had enough. I still didn't care for 10mm.

I forgot about 10mm til about 2008 where a buddy and I were out shooting our hand cannons. I had my 44MAG and he had a 454 Casull. I did the one shot thing with his 454 as well before I swore off of it. Jim was able to finish off the other 4 shots that were loaded. My 44Mag seamed like a cap gun next to the 454 and we shot a couple of sets. As things were winding down Jim handed me a Glock. It was a large frame and I thought it was a 45ACP. It had a little kick but nothing too bad. He told me it was a 10mm. I tried a few other plastic 10's over the next decade and picked up a Glock 20 in 10mm earlier this year.

The 10mm if loaded to the top end is roughly equivalent to a 41 Magnum. The low end 10mm loads are equivalent to 45ACP and the mid-range is equivalent to 45ACP+P/45GAP. It does kick more than the 45GAP but the smaller grip of the GAP permits better control and that may be the difference. The other plus to the 10mm is that in standard configuration it is a 15+1 gun.

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