If it weren't for the .40 S&W..

[Medic!]

What about 9mm guys?
''It's just as powerful as''[ insert caliber] .

 

[Kruel J]

10mm guys are like 300 Ultra Mag guys. Talk power, are slightly afraid of their own gun, shoot less-than full-power loads in guns that hold fewer bullets, wax eloquently of the cartridge's virtues over other cartrides that FIRE THE SAME FREAKING BULLET.

Spoken like a true .40 guy. I assume you carry it while working? I'm neither afraid of nor romanticizing the 10mm. Yep, same projectile. So? I can shoot AR-15's with virtually the same projectile as a .22. Does that make them comparable?

Krispy Kreme or Duncan? Go easy, I kid because I care!

 

[No_Regerts]

Spoken like a true .40 guy. I assume you carry it while working? I'm neither afraid of nor romanticizing the 10mm. Yep, same projectile. So? I can shoot AR-15's with virtually the same projectile as a .22. Does that make them comparable?

Krispy Kreme or Duncan? Go easy, I kid because I care!

Honestly, I'm a Safeway donut guy...

22LR is .218, 223 is .224. Thats WAY more difference in the grand scheme of gnat's azzes.

 

[Captain O]

I have been shooting the 10mm since 1991. 26 years with the same cartridge and am unmoved. Whit Collins and Irving Stone originated the 10mm Auto (.40 G&A) and John (Jeff) Cooper endorsed it.

1. The original loads had a 200-grain FMJ-TC bullet leaving a 5" barrel at 1200 fps (638 fpe).
2. The 170-grain JHP left the 5" barrel at 1400 fps (this load yielded 741 fpe). The original Norma FFV loads suffered from problems with erratic ignition. (This has since been resolved by Underwood and Double Tap ammunition).

These are all good loads.

 

[Kruel J]

Honestly, I'm a Safeway donut guy...

22LR is .218, 223 is .224. Thats WAY more difference in the grand scheme of gnat's azzes.

.006 is thinner than a short curly one. I don't think it makes that much of a difference my friend.

 

[No_Regerts]

.006 is thinner than a short curly one. I don't think it makes that much of a difference my friend.

Really? Go to a place that sells hunting rifles and reloading equipment. Walk up to the counter and say 280 is WAY better than a 270. Everyone will nod and grunt approval. But then again, its .007 different.

 

[Kruel J]

Really? Go to a place that sells hunting rifles and reloading equipment. Walk up to the counter and say 280 is WAY better than a 270. Everyone will nod and grunt approval. But then again, its .007 different.

You're missing the sarcasm here brother.

 

[Captain O]

Children, children! Keep this up and you'll both be sent to neutral corners! (When the bell rings, come out punching)!

 

[No_Regerts]

You're missing the sarcasm here brother.

You too

And 280s are WAY better than 270s...

 

[Captain O]

I love you both, but holy guacamole! Please be careful and back up your claims with empirical data, instead of anecdotal evidence.

Please, gentlemen.

 

[No_Regerts]

 

[No_Regerts]

You guys do know we are playing around right?

 

[Captain O]

Are you two enjoying the Forum, or are you needing a saucer of milk?

 

[No_Regerts]

Are you two enjoying the Forum, or are you needing a saucer of milk?

Did you just call me a puzzy!?!?

 

[Captain O]

Did you just call me a puzzy!?!?

No, but you sound like a couple of tom cats fighting inside of a refrigerator's cardboard box!

 

[Captain O]

I was once accused of having "four on the floor" (but I couldn't find the other three).

 

[Kruel J]

There are guys that admit the 10mm is a supreme cartridge capable of taking down bears along with most other 2 and 4 legged creatures in North America. Then there are guys that just haven't figured out how to tame their flinch.

 

[Captain O]

There are guys that admit the 10mm is a supreme cartridge capable of taking down bears along with most other 2 and 4 legged creatures in North America. Then there are guys that just haven't figured out how to tame their flinch.

I tamed a flinch, then I tried to find a bobolink.

 

[No_Regerts]

There are guys that admit the 10mm is a supreme cartridge capable of taking down bears along with most other 2 and 4 legged creatures in North America. Then there are guys that just haven't figured out how to tame their flinch.

Tame their flinch...sounds kinda dirty...

 

[Argonaut]

I have always found these 9mm-40-10mm-45 conversations silly. I am a 45 guy (1350 FPS @ 185 grains trumps most everything) I did have a 45 Win Mag that was a great caliber.....if you want larger magazines, get a 40, if you want cheep ammo get a 9mm. Handguns in general are underpowered marginal weapons one step above a knife in any event until you get to a 44mag or my XP100 .308. Handguns are fun (I have many) but even cops that know they are going to a gunfight get a rifle or shotgun.