Recent content by TexasBEAST

Idk what got up McGruber's backside so badly, but dang! I'm sorry I rubbed him the wrong way. It's gotta be the whole terrorist thing (Hanz Gruber). They just don't make for jovial fellows. I don't back down from a conflict. I stick in it. But I regret if I came off snotty or jackassy. I...

Well, yeah, it was some shooters. Vanderpool said the same thing: some lightly loaded guns were fine, and some jammed. But it was enough "some" for them to abandon the whole thing. Not at all. When I first converted to the the 10mm cult, I bought into the common misconception that the FBI...

We all use second-hand knowledge about all kinds of guns. Learning from others is a mark of intelligence, and not something to be derided, as you do here. I know murder is wrong as well, even though I have no hands on experience there either. Must I kill you, first? Of course not. So the...

No, but I have looked far beyond your sample set of one. And I have also not made the error of falsely claiming that it was hot loads that doomed the FBI's 1076's. I don't like single stack guns. I prefer to keep shooting more, and to reload less. Cheers, McGruber.

We both know that 10mm was designed from the start to be a zippy round. As it went through R&D, it's intended muzzle velocity jumped from 1000 to 1200fps. This quickly earned the round an infamous reputation. And it is precisely why the FBI considered it in their testing and their search for a...

I'm not changing facts. So please don't accuse me of such. Thia comes directly from Bill Vanderpool, one of the main FBI special agents at the Firearms Training Unit where the 10mm testing took place: I'm glad you like your 1076. But please don't deny that plenty other FBI agents didnt like...

I would disagree a little on one part of the source article. My understanding from the FBI agents in charge of the brief stint with 10mm is that there were never any reported problems with the 10mm having excessive power or recoil, but actually with the size of the S&W gun chosen to shoot it...

Yes, I'm fully aware. In a typical display of federal government bureaucratic brilliance, the FBI sought out a more powerful, better performing cartridge than what they were using, learned that the 10mm might fit the bill, also learned that it was breaking Bren Tens and Colt Delta Elites, asked...

I believe it is for weight savings. The 5.25 is 0.75in longer than the 4.5, and with the overbuilt 10mm barrel and slide, that adds up to a not-inconsequential amount of weight and balance issues. The cutout helps prevent the gun from feeling particularly nose-heavy. Empty, I still feel it, but...

Also, I believe that the 10mm = .41Mag myth comes from Bren Ten catalog hype in the '80s. Gotta be wary of marketing sizzle like that. My 10mm semiauto really has about the same performance (but with twice the capacity) as my father's .357Mag revolver. It's actually something that bonds us...

Back in the '80s, the FBI established 12in as the bare minimum penetration depth for self-defense rounds. But that is like a "D" grade on a test. They said the ideal was definitely more. They never established a maximum depth for their tests. They said that 18in was the maximum practical...

Nah, I don't think I really need to match the gun to the situation, like Gresham advised in the article. It's not that subjective and variable. I chose to carry for self-defense, so that's the situation, and I researched to identify the best, most effective caliber for that situation. 10mm was...