Need 10mm load for Alaska

[John Browning]

What's your preferred 10mm load for Alaska? Going fishing and while I will have a .45-70 nearby, I will be carrying my stock Glock 20. I'm thinking of the Underwood Xtreme Penetrators but they are so expensive that I have only a box through the gun. I reload so much cheaper options are a possibility.

I have Longshot and AA #7/#9 on hand for powder. I have a lot of Nosler JHP 200gr bullets and Hornady 180gr XTPs.

[MongooseV8]

I would use something I knew was going to hold together. Either a hardcast lead bullet or a mono copper like the lehigh defense bullets used in your Underwood ammo.

[TripleThreat]

Glocks and reloads don't go together. I'd find some factory hardcast if possible.

[JackEllis]

Probably not what you want to hear but the likelihood yo'd need to use your gun is pretty tiny. I've spent two weeks fishing up there in two locations for the last 6 or 7 years and while we see bears, they tend to run the other way when they see people if they're even up and about during the day. At Brooks Lodge there were bears everywhere and it was pretty much the same deal. Older bears stay out of camp because they've been conditioned to stay away from people.

Worst case is, they'll steal one of your fish.

[MrElectric03]

You want a hard cast bullet, no hollow points. Also shooting lead bullets you will want a different barrel, the rifling in Glock barrels is not lead friendly. I use an AlphaWolf barrel on my G20 gen4 with an alpha wolf compensator. Looks just like a Glock40. LoneWolf is an Idaho company and make great products.

My load uses 11.5 gr AA#9, 200gr hard cast bullet made by Beartooth bullets(same bullets used by DoubleTap in hardcasr loads). I trickle meter my loads. Use this data at your own risk. I spent a lot of time testing this and suggest you start low and work up to it. I haven't had to use it yet and hope I never do.

[waveslayer]

I use buffalo bore ammo for bears. Good stuff

My wife thinks I only have 3 guns

[G38xOC]

I put 2 mags in this way .. Lehigh - HP - Lehigh - HP and on n on . get the most out of lehigh in every mag lol

[MongooseV8]

Glocks and reloads don't go together. I'd find some factory hardcast if possible.

Thats funny, Ive literally never shot factory ammo through several Glocks. Each of them has shot tiny groups as small as my TRP.

[kcstott]

Glocks and reloads don't go together. I'd find some factory hardcast if possible.

Maybe your glock and your reloads don't go together.

[kcstott]

What's your preferred 10mm load for Alaska? Going fishing and while I will have a .45-70 nearby, I will be carrying my stock Glock 20. I'm thinking of the Underwood Xtreme Penetrators but they are so expensive that I have only a box through the gun. I reload so much cheaper options are a possibility.

I have Longshot and AA #7/#9 on hand for powder. I have a lot of Nosler JHP 200gr bullets and Hornady 180gr XTPs.

The problem is you are using way to small of a gun. Yeah the 10mm is no slouch I know but we ain't talking black bear either, 44 mag being the recommended minimum, in reality .454 casull .460 S&W or 500 S&W.
I'd seriously rethink that 45-70 to unless you can load safely to 458 win mag power, which i doubt. What ever load you choose it should be a FMJ or a solid for both pistol and rifle. The reason is. a heart lung shot will just piss off the bear long enough for it to kill you. and if it was a good heart lung shot you were not in any danger anyway. You hold your ground, and you wait till the bear charges and you put two rounds in it's head. You need to treat this like an African dangerous game hunt.

In the world of dangerous game there is no such thing as too much gun.

Corbon 200gr hunter

[MrElectric03]

Thats funny, Ive literally never shot factory ammo through several Glocks. Each of them has shot tiny groups as small as my TRP.

[John Browning]

The problem is you are using way to small of a gun. Yeah the 10mm is no slouch I know but we ain't talking black bear either, 44 mag being the recommended minimum, in reality .454 casull .460 S&W or 500 S&W.
I'd seriously rethink that 45-70 to unless you can load safely to 458 win mag power, which i doubt. What ever load you choose it should be a FMJ or a solid for both pistol and rifle. The reason is. a heart lung shot will just piss off the bear long enough for it to kill you. and if it was a good heart lung shot you were not in any danger anyway. You hold your ground, and you wait till the bear charges and you put two rounds in it's head. You need to treat this like an African dangerous game hunt.

In the world of dangerous game there is no such thing as too much gun.

Corbon 200gr hunter

I own a .44 magnum that I've carried before. The problem with the giant revolvers is that they weigh such an obnoxious amount that you might as well carry a long gun. I also shoot Glocks competitively and my Glock to revolver ratio is probably in the neighborhood of 2,000:1 rounds per year. Like you said, body shots don't count for much and I'm much more confident in getting a CNS hit with the Glock.

The .45-70 is the perfect up close rifle. If you can't kill whatever it is you're trying to kill with a very hot and heavy .45-70 load out of a modern rifle, it isn't from Earth.

[MrElectric03]

I own a .44 magnum that I've carried before. The problem with the giant revolvers is that they weigh such an obnoxious amount that you might as well carry a long gun. I also shoot Glocks competitively and my Glock to revolver ratio is probably in the neighborhood of 2,000:1 rounds per year. Like you said, body shots don't count for much and I'm much more confident in getting a CNS hit with the Glock.

The .45-70 is the perfect up close rifle. If you can't kill whatever it is you're trying to kill with a very hot and heavy .45-70 load out of a modern rifle, it isn't from Earth.

I agree, you also have more rounds in the Glock. If you are making the trip with someone who lives in a free state you could even have them pick you up a standard capacity 15 round mag for your G20, then they can hold it for you until the next trip. Most guys up here have gone to carrying a Glock 40 or a Glock 20 with a 6" barrel, which looks funny but it's a Glock and not the prettiest gun to start.

[MrElectric03]

This is my woods carry gun. Glock 20 gen4, AlphaWolf threaded barrel, AlphaWolf compensator, Solid guiderod, Dawson Precision adjustable night sights. I'm still considering a cheap trigger upgrade but havent decided on one. Right now it shoots great, the compensator makes for quick follow up shots and sights are rock solid. Fits holsters intended for a Glock 40.

[John Browning]

I agree, you also have more rounds in the Glock. If you are making the trip with someone who lives in a free state you could even have them pick you up a standard capacity 15 round mag for your G20, then they can hold it for you until the next trip. Most guys up here have gone to carrying a Glock 40 or a Glock 20 with a 6" barrel, which looks funny but it's a Glock and not the prettiest gun to start.

That was the surprise to me as well with the transition to Glock. I have been going to Alaska for 25 years, and over the past 2-3 I've seen more Glocks than revolvers.

I would just buy a standard capacity up there and then give it to the guide at the end as part of his tip.

Also, I want to move to CDA.