Which 10mm rd for defense?

[MIAMIbaseballer]

Which 10mm rd do you use for the woods and which for personal protection?

[DRAB_81]

Winchester 175gr Silver Tips (1180fps) & DT 200gr WFNGC (1150fps).

[filthy phil]

Underwood 200xtp in it now but wanna try 180 or 165 gold dot underwood

[Bill Steele]

I use 180gr XTP's over a full load of AA#9, Blue Dot or VV-N105.

If I were in a position where I were using a 10mm for defense against something like a Brown Bear (a last resort kind of thing), I think I would do max load 200gr WFNGC bullets (same bullets Meathead9 is using in his DT's).

[DRAB_81]

I based my answer on factory ammo options, and what they actually get at the chrono. I handload 200gr WFNGC's to 1350fps (6" barrel) for my woods carry/hunting load, but I still stick with factory Silver Tips for SD.

DT's 200gr WFNGC chrono'd 1215fps through my 6" barrel, so the 1300fps/4.6" barrel claim on the box is pretty optimistic. The 200gr WFNGC @ 1150fps is still a NASTY round, and that's what that load gets out of a stock G20 barrel.

[filthy phil]

DT's 200gr WFNGC chrono'd 1215fps through my 6" barrel, so the 1300fps/4.6" barrel claim on the box is pretty optimistic.

Someone pointed out atmospheric conditions would play a role in velocity results

[DRAB_81]

Someone pointed out atmospheric conditions would play a role in velocity results

That is absolutely true, but across the board, DT's 10mm ammo falls 150fps-250fps short of what the box claims. Temperature & elevation will change results, but not by 150+fps. Why does DT fall so short of their velocity claims, while Underwood & Buffalo Bore are pretty dead on with what they advertise? If you look around, you'll find tons of 10mm shooters/handloaders with the exact same reports.

- DT claims a 200gr WFNGC @ 1300fps in a 4.6" barrel.
- 10mm typically gains 50-100fps per inch of barrel.
- That should put that load at a minimum of 1375fps in a 6" barrel.
- Their load only got 1215fps out of my 6" barrel, tested on 3 different days

Like I said, it's still a NASTY round, and if I didn't reload I'd be using them for woods carry. I just wish Underwood had a 200gr WFNGC load.

[MIAMIbaseballer]

I based my answer on factory ammo options, and what they actually get at the chrono. I handload 200gr WFNGC's to 1350fps (6" barrel) for my woods carry/hunting load, but I still stick with factory Silver Tips for SD.

DT's 200gr WFNGC chrono'd 1215fps through my 6" barrel, so the 1300fps/4.6" barrel claim on the box is pretty optimistic. The 200gr WFNGC @ 1150fps is still a NASTY round, and that's what that load gets out of a stock G20 barrel.

Where do you get your 200 gr bullets from?

[DRAB_81]

Where do you get your 200 gr bullets from?

Beartooth Bullets.

http://beartoothbullets.com/bulletselect/index.htm