This might be a stupid question. Wouldn’t a 10 mm make for a better suppressed pistol than the 45 ACP? Couldn’t it be loaded with the same weighted bullets? They could still be sub sonic with lower sectional density, right? What am I missing?
Think you typed faster than you read there10mm isn’t nearly as plentiful historically as the 10mm
Thanks! Fixed it..Think you typed faster than you read there
Point of order: Hypersonic refers to Mach 5 and above, around 5582fps at sea level. 300BO is easily supersonic, but not hypersonic.full power hypersonic
You could certainly load a 220gr .400 bullet in the 1000-1050 fps
The point of loading them 1000-1050 is to keep them subsonic. The BB load with its wide nose being just barely supersonic is the recipe for a loud supersonic crack.Buffalo Bore 220 gr 10mm. 1150-1200 fps depending on the gun.
Not sure much of the 40sw FMJ is under that 1044 line; most of the HP ammo is over, as that helps expansion is various media.
that somebody had a 200gr 10mm factory load out there;
So the downsides are
1) cost compared to the more established.45
2) almost would have to hand load because almost nothing is available subsonic
3) you’d have to set up the pistol just to run suppressed because switching would cause function issues.
The third sounds like the biggest hurdle. Why set up a 10mm that can only do what a .45 can do already? It won’t switch back w/o a spring change.
#3 is what I didn’t know. Thank you High Road.
Wouldn’t a 10 mm make for a better suppressed pistol than the 45 ACP?
And the crack is louder when it's just barely super sonic.The point of loading them 1000-1050 is to keep them subsonic. The BB load with its wide nose being just barely supersonic is the recipe for a loud supersonic crack.