Shot a Glock 20 yesterday. I was a little worried about it blowing my hand off, but ended up loving it. Another great day at the range. Looking forward to a little time there again tomorrow.
Thats a big ol honkin Glock.
I now remember why I didn't shoot my GLOCK 20, 10 MM ammo is too expensive & hard to find
i just bought 500 rds from CTD
AMM-5832 - Ammo 10mm Auto BVAC FMJ 180 Grain 500 Round Value Pack 1200 FPS for range use not much more than .45acp's ~ $.36 rd
I'm going to buy some, but 10MM ammo used to be a 200 grain bullet with a velocity of 1200 FPS
i just bought 500 rds from CTD
AMM-5832 - Ammo 10mm Auto BVAC FMJ 180 Grain 500 Round Value Pack 1200 FPS for range use not much more than .45acp's ~ $.36 rd
He should have said full power 10mm is expensive and hard to find. That stuff is light loaded. You might as well be shooting 40 S&W. I love the cartridge and owned a G20 for awhile. It was the difficulty in finding full house loads that made be get rid of it.
Expensive? No more so than good .45 ACP defensive loads.
Hoosier9 said:Hard to find? Not really: AmmoEngine: 10mm / 10mm Auto, Instock For Sale Premium & Discount Ammunition, Ammo Deals
Hoosier9 said:The typical .40 S&W load in 180 grain bullets is doing 975 - 1000 fps. The BVAC ammo is 180 grain bullets at 1200 fps, quite a bit warmer than .40 S&W in that bullet weight. "Hot" ammo in 10mm is only loaded about 150 fps faster, making the BVAC stuff good practice ammo.
Hoosier9 said:Speaking of .40 S&W, one can always buy a drop-in replacement barrel for a G20 to shoot .40, or .357 Sig for that matter, and have the convenience of using the more common rounds for practice. Or, one could always reload for 10mm, of course.
Hoosier9 said:I plan to pick up a G20 and an aftermarket .40 barrel sometime this year. I doubt the 10mm cartridge is going anywhere, it has a small but enthusiastic group of fans. There's something to be said for 15+1 rounds of .41 magnum ballistics.
I'll be back into 10mm as soon as I finally get set up for reloading here soon. I'm, however, not satisfied with practicing with a different cartridge.
Expensive? No more so than good .45 ACP defensive loads.
Hard to find? Not really: AmmoEngine: 10mm / 10mm Auto, Instock For Sale Premium & Discount Ammunition, Ammo Deals
The typical .40 S&W load in 180 grain bullets is doing 975 - 1000 fps. The BVAC ammo is 180 grain bullets at 1200 fps, quite a bit warmer than .40 S&W in that bullet weight. "Hot" ammo in 10mm is only loaded about 150 fps faster, making the BVAC stuff good practice ammo.
Speaking of .40 S&W, one can always buy a drop-in replacement barrel for a G20 to shoot .40, or .357 Sig for that matter, and have the convenience of using the more common rounds for practice. Or, one could always reload for 10mm, of course.
I plan to pick up a G20 and an aftermarket .40 barrel sometime this year. I doubt the 10mm cartridge is going anywhere, it has a small but enthusiastic group of fans. There's something to be said for 15+1 rounds of .41 magnum ballistics.
NO, the 10MM isn't a 41 MAG, the old 10MM loading was a 200 grain bullet going 1200 FPS, but now it's a 200 grain bullet going 1050 FPS, but you'll mostly find 10MM ammo 180 grains or lighter