The Grand Power wins for accuracy and recoil / brass retention. Check one out.
There are enough reports of 10mm EAA cracked slides to think there might be something to it.
The all steel construction of many single stacks makes them good platforms for 10mm Auto. People like options and there’s no reason variety should be limited based on the traditional offering of a 45 cal 1911. The same is true of the P220 traditional offering. There’s tons of single stacks in different offerings also. If we based design decisions on traditional offerings of the original design, we would neuter the industry and future offerings.I don't understand the affinity for a single stack 10mm. If you're gonna get a single stack, why not get a .45? You lose 1 round in capacity, not that big a loss.
Doublestacks are what make 10mm great.
True 10mm is more powerful than .45, that's the main reason I'm looking at getting a Glock 10mm, but one extra round in an autoloader is meaningless IMO due to speed of reloads.The all steel construction of many single stacks makes them good platforms for 10mm Auto. People like options and there’s no reason variety should be limited based on the traditional offering of a 45 cal 1911. The same is true of the P220 traditional offering. There’s tons of single stacks in different offerings also. If we based design decisions on traditional offerings of the original design, we would neuter the industry and future offerings.
Rather than saying you only lose a round by going up to a 45, trying viewing it the other way. You gain a round by going down to a 40 caliber bullet. You also gain a lot of velocity in 10mm Auto.
Capacity isn’t what makes 10mm great. It’s what makes .40 caliber cartridges great, because you strike up a nice balance between capacity and projectile weight.
Ballistics is what makes 10mm auto great due to the velocity and bullet weight involved, with increased capacity adding to the winning combo.
True 10mm is more powerful than .45, that's the main reason I'm looking at getting a Glock 10mm, but one extra round in an autoloader is meaningless IMO due to speed of reloads.
IMO capacity of pistols doesn't become a factor until moving up in caliber reduces the capacity by 3 rounds or more, which is why I don't see the detraction of .40 caliber vs 9mm, but I do with .45 vs 9mm in doublestack pistols. For example I look at a used .45 GAP Glock and see that its capacity is 10 rds and the G17 holds 17 rds; 7 rds more is nearly double the capacity.
Because .45 +P, .45 Super, .460 Rowland exist and can reach or exceed 10mm power and lose only one round. Personally, I wouldn't buy a single stack in .45 or 10mm, but some might for the ergo reasons you mentioned.If you understand that 10mm auto is more powerful than a 45 acp why would you assert that if people are going for single stack guns they should go for a 45? What does the capacity or magazine design have to do with the chambering?
The point of a 10mm is power. You said capacity is what makes 10mm great. Now you’re saying capacity only matters if caliber changes it by three rounds. If your point is that single stacks should only be chambered in 9mm caliber and 45 caliber offerings because 10mm auto doesn’t offer a significant capacity difference, then you’re totally missing the point of 10mm, especially out of a single stack gun. Not everyone likes the brick like ergonomics of the Glock 20 or 40. A single stack increases options in the ergos department, and some folks like all steel designs.
There are double stack all steel 10mms offered by Tanfoglio but some folks want different designs, and some folks just love the 1911. So I don’t understand the logic behind your earlier assertion, nor your response. I’m not trying to single you out, just understand your thought process for your comments.
The cartridge is what makes it great, imho.I don't understand the affinity for a single stack 10mm. If you're gonna get a single stack, why not get a .45? You lose 1 round in capacity, not that big a loss.
Doublestacks are what make 10mm great.