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whm1974

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From reading this article:
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1911 Pistol in 10mm Auto Caliber, Sounds Good But...

As a hunting handgun, the 10mm Auto may have a place, so long as you’re not hunting anything dangerous...
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This is the first time I heard of such problems with the 10mm Auto, but my first thought is the student must be using the FBI Lite loads and the pistol is intended to be use with the Full House loadings. However the FBI Lite is most common load available so the pistol shouldn't have any problems right?

Yes I'm aware of the issues with the Bren Ten, but that was due to the rushed development and production, that was so rushed that the first orders was shipped without magazines. Of course said student could have brought a used 1911 made in the late 80's...

Those of you that own 10mm Auto pistols, do have any such reliability issues?
 
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BTW, that story is little more than a personal blog about an experience of one gun. I had a 9mm Springfield XD-S that would jam every single time with any hollow point ammo out there, but would fire any FMJ round without issue. The JHP rounds jammed in the gun, which wedged against the feed ramp when the round attempted to load into the chamber. The problem was with the gun's design / maufacturing quality control, and not the ammunition. If I were a betting person, I'd bet the person who wrote about this ran into a similar issue, yet assumed the cartridge was the issue since they had a limited amount of time to test it out since it was someone else's firearm.

But to answer your follow up question, I doubt you will find many people anywhere that own a gun that uses 10mm ammo in a handgun. It just never really caught on, so production was much more limited, and was it pricier than competing rounds (Outside of very specific, limited cases of course).
 
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UsandThem said:
BTW, that story is little more than a personal blog about an experience of one gun. I had a 9mm Springfield XD-S that would jam every single time with any hollow point ammo out there, but would fire any FMJ round without issue. The JHP rounds jammed in the gun, which wedged against the feed ramp when the round attempted to load into the chamber. The problem was with the gun's design / maufacturing quality control, and not the ammunition. If I were a betting person, I'd bet the person who wrote about this ran into a similar issue, yet assumed the cartridge was the issue since they had a limited amount of time to test it out since it was someone else's firearm.

But to answer your follow up question, I doubt you will find many people anywhere that own a gun that uses 10mm ammo in a handgun. It just never really caught on, so production was much more limited, and was it pricier than competing rounds (Outside of very specific, limited cases of course).
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Thanks that was helpful. To my knowledge 10mm seems to be popular among handgun hunters and those who live in the country where bears are quite common. Of course is with the proper loadings that the 10mm was intended for and not the FBI Crippled ones.
 
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There seems to be a fair number of wildcats derived from the 10mm Auto cartridge case, such as the .22 Reed Express and the 9x25 Dillon. But I can't find any .45 or .50 ones.
 
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whm1974 said:
No one you this Forum owns a 10mm Auto chambered pistol?
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i own exactly zero guns and yet i can tell you that post is bullshit
nobody at all is reporting issues with the round, which they would do, if there was anything wrong with it. i must have watched a hundred reviews of 10mm by different reviewers and not a single one let slip "..those known reliability issues .." in the review.
 
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If you have a malfunction with a gun you purchased because it was cool or just to punch holes in paper, it's just a minor annoyance, you can still enjoy the experience. If you purchased the handgun for life or death situations, that's a whole different story,

In the ideal world, your semi-auto will shoot every cartridge, without fail, every time, day in and day out. In the real world, you are probably looking at finding a cartridge your gun "likes". The only way to make that determination is by shooting a number of rounds through it. I have heard 200. Personally, I think it is north of there.
 
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Without even reading it sounds like a bunch of hogwash.

I know a few folks that have 10mm autos, including a Colt Delta Elite. I've never heard a complaint about reliability. The idea of getting a Glock 20 has crossed my mind more than once too....
 
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I don't own any firearms in 10mm (that's one caliber I have zero interest in although YouTube and elsewhere seems to be obsessed with how AWESOME it is), but I've watched a decent amount of reviews of firearms and shooting videos featuring the 10mm (don't ask me why) and I can't remember once hearing about poor reliability.

But yeah, that's a pretty useless article. So wow, one person with a 10mm 1911 (a pistol that was designed around a .45 ACP in the first place) has problems and the guy writes off 10mm for serious use? Pffft. There's plenty of variables in this case that can influence that result. Sounds like the dude can't think very logically if you ask me.
 
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gill77 said:
If you have a malfunction with a gun you purchased because it was cool or just to punch holes in paper, it's just a minor annoyance, you can still enjoy the experience. If you purchased the handgun for life or death situations, that's a whole different story,

In the ideal world, your semi-auto will shoot every cartridge, without fail, every time, day in and day out. In the real world, you are probably looking at finding a cartridge your gun "likes". The only way to make that determination is by shooting a number of rounds through it. I have heard 200. Personally, I think it is north of there.
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I had a Springfield Armory XD-9 that I brought off a friend that rather flinty about some kinds of ammo and my first .22LR pistol I ever brought, the S&W 22A was almost the same way.
 
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clamum said:
I don't own any firearms in 10mm (that's one caliber I have zero interest in although YouTube and elsewhere seems to be obsessed with how AWESOME it is), but I've watched a decent amount of reviews of firearms and shooting videos featuring the 10mm (don't ask me why) and I can't remember once hearing about poor reliability.

But yeah, that's a pretty useless article. So wow, one person with a 10mm 1911 (a pistol that was designed around a .45 ACP in the first place) has problems and the guy writes off 10mm for serious use? Pffft. There's plenty of variables in this case that can influence that result. Sounds like the dude can't think very logically if you ask me.
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I know the the article is bullshit and not well thought out at all. And yes I'm also well aware that anytime you buy a new semi-auto firearm, you should test it with many brands and types of ammo that you can before you start to depend on it.
 
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whm1974 said:
I had a Springfield Armory XD-9 that I brought off a friend that rather flinty about some kinds of ammo and my first .22LR pistol I ever brought, the S&W 22A was almost the same way.
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If anyone expects an auto .22LR pistol to eat anything & everything I've got a bridge for sale......
 
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NutBucket said:
If anyone expects an auto .22LR pistol to eat anything & everything I've got a bridge for sale......
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I didn't say that I expected the 22A eat anything and everything I loaded into it. However since I went to a Olin/Winchester owned range - I only shot Winchester branded ammo in the weapon. And their 50 count plinking ammo was rather dirty... let say that I'm not a big fan of rimfire pistols that are spring loaded striker fired
 
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why are you posting bullet threads in a tech forum for geeks?

this is no place for bullets, guns, and murder machines!
 
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My earlier question about necked up 10mm wildcats didn't get answered, so I'll asked again. Does anyone know of .45 and .50 cartridges that based off the 10mm Auto?
 
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whm1974 said:
No one you this Forum owns a 10mm Auto chambered pistol?
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I'd be surprised if anyone here owned an automatic weapon.

Many semi-auto pistol malfunctions are caused by limp wristed holds versus actual weapon malfunctions. Especially in 10 MM.
 
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whm1974 said:
My earlier question about necked up 10mm wildcats didn't get answered, so I'll asked again. Does anyone know of .45 and .50 cartridges that based off the 10mm Auto?
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224 Boz? Are you a terrorist?
 
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