Zaydok Allen
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You can compare any two cartridges you like. What folks take issue with is when 10mm auto is erroneously misconstrued to be the ballistic equivalent of the 41 magnum. It isn't. That's apparent to people who can...………. well the ability to read is really all that's needed to understand it.The comparison is perfectly valid because the .41 has no raison d'etre except the very same as 10mm. If you just want to race ballistic specs, then sure, the 41 is "more powerful," but so what?
There's no one puffing their chests or boasting about the power of the 41 magnum. It is what it is, and it can do what it can do. And the reality is it can do more than the 10mm auto. That FACT takes away nothing from the 10mm auto. People are tired of hearing the same inaccurate drivel repeated over and over. That's all.
I don't really see what the original 41 mag loading has to do with the discussion. While I believe you are correct about the original loads being much tamer and meant for police use, that doesn't change the fact that they have the potential and are regularly used for applications that require higher velocity than the original loading. I mean the 45 Colt was never intended to be a monster killer, and yet people figured out that Ruger only loads can be much more powerful than ever originally conceived due to propellant changes and metallurgy advancements. So what? If someone erroneously said 45 Super is just as good as 45 Ruger only loads, what bearing would original 45 Colt loadings have on the fact that they said something inaccurate? Times have changed, and so have the possible loadings.
For the record, I own two 10mm auto pistols and a carbine. It's my very favorite semiauto cartridge. I do not own any 41 magnum guns of any kind. However, my affection for 10mm auto doesn't mean I think it's something it isn't, and I refuse to listen to people foolishly trying to justify their own choices by trying to portray 10mm as something more than what it is.
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