You guys have me dreaming about my ideal carry guns again: a pair of STI 2011s in 10mm with railed short dust cover frames and a similar commander-length gun to make a trio.
Rhino, I think you should go all the way. Bren 10 with sunglases, no socks and pastel colored shirt with white jacket. That would be killer!!!
In seriousness I would love to find an old S&W 1076 with the de cocker like the FBI Issued for several years.
It was Miami Vice that got me started on 10mms and once I figured out how versatile the round is I became a devotee.
I picked up a g20 for carry on our black bear property. Sure I could have gotten a .44 or .357 mag, but why have 6 when you can have 16? On a not so funny reloading mistake, I was asked why I was shooting black powder out of it? Large dark cloud, multiple witnesses. And I couldn't hit squat that day. I was disgusted with my self. But I noticed something strange. The targets looked like I had used a small amount of shot on them (the close ones).
Wasn't till after competition I figured it out. The moral of the story is don't exceed the reccomended velocity of the projectiles. I had used the same load data for JFP on a lead cast. The cloud was the bullit disintegrating out the end of my barrel. And bullit fragments on close targets. Funny now. Was bad at the time. And competing with hot loads wore me out big time. But it is an awesome gun. I love it
Along those lines I made the mistake of loading up some plated bullets once and I couldn't hit a pie plate 7 yards away. Every pull of the trigger left me wondering WTH, how'd I miss? There's just now way to cut corners and make a 10mm cheap to shoot. After that I loaded nothing but 200gr hornady jhp bullets. Outstanding bullet that'll do everything a 10mm was meant to do.
I love the idea of a 10mm AR.
Rhino, I think you should go all the way. Bren 10 with sunglases, no socks and pastel colored shirt with white jacket. That would be killer!!!
In seriousness I would love to find an old S&W 1076 with the de cocker like the FBI Issued for several years.
Years ago, Bob at Plainfield Shooting Supply almost always had a few S&W 1066 and an occasional 1076 in the case. They were dirt cheap at the time and I kick myself for not buying some of them.
The scarey thing is that the FBI converted a full auto Thompson into 10MM. It was the most uncontrollable thing ever made.
I think the 1990s auto ordinance once made some 10MM semi auto versions.
One of the problems with 10MM with roller delayed blowback in the MP5 was that you needed to change parts when you went from downloaded 10MM to full power 10MM.
I hear you. If I could go back I would have hoarded some of those super cheap police trade in S&W Wheelguns for like $150-$300 bucks back in the day.