More 10mm pistols - Anybody like 10mm 1911's?

[Lew Bonitz]

I just saw the 10mm Witness that was posted. Glad to see some interest in them!
Does anybody else have any 10's?
They are an absolute blast to shoot. Here is a shot of one that my friend has.

Thanks,

[awp101]

Welcome!

Details man, we need details!

[David]

I like 10mm's, can't however say the same for 1911's.

[GEOFF]

Got my first 1911 back in 1985, so been at it for a while. After reading a Brian Pearce article about the 10mm I decided to get myself a Kimber and LOVE IT!!!! I can't believe how flat it shoots, at least for a handgun and the recoil is tolerable. I never liked .44 Mag, I'm not ashamed to say it makes me flinch. The 10 mm is just such a nice blend. I used to be a .45ACP man and I still have high regard for it but the 10mm is my favorite now!

My thoughts,

Geoff

[Lew Bonitz]

Here is a list of the components/build sheet for the 10mm.

Caspian slide, carbon Commander or Government
Frame to slide fit
Best quality trigger job, using proprietary components and choice of short, medium, or long trigger
Fitted Wilson beavertail gripsafety
Frontstrap hand checkered @ 30 lpi
Flat top & serrate slide @ 50 lpi w/ point pattern
Heinie sight system, black, w/ .140 notch
Polished slide flats
Wolff mainspring
Wolff sear spring
Wolff recoil spring
Wolff firing pin return spring
Ed Brown recoil spring guide
Ed Brown recoil spring plug
EGW firing pin stop
Ed Brown Firing pin
Ed Brown hammer strut
Stock screws
Stock screw bushings
Wilson ejector
Wilson extractor
Barstock plunger tube
Nowlin magazine catch assembly
Steel mainspring housing hand checkered @ 30 lpi to match frontstrap
Hand-filed beveled magazine well
Ed Brown Pin set/rebuild kit
Schuemann Barrel
EGW barrel bushing
Dehorn complete pistol
Ed Brown thumb safety
VZ Grips Micarta stocks
Blast, blue & polish all metal as required

It turned out so nice that we decided to build a package around it.

More photos can be seen here.

http://www.grizzlycustom.com/index.html

Thanks,

[rock-steady]

Colt Delta Elite

[salvo]

I just have an ugly Glock 20, but she shoots great.
BTW, welcome to the forum Lew!

[msmith1228]

Colt Match Ten

[AJMD429]

They seem like they'd make nice powerful semiautomatic guns; the Desert Eagles have plenty of power, but are too bulky, and several 10mm's are out there not much bigger than 1911's.

OTOH, for 'self-defense' use I think the .45 ACP and .44 Special class has very adequate one-shot-stop power, and very proven guns/actions/reliability. The 10mm might be the edge you need for bears, wild hogs, or Kevlar-coated criminals, but I'd wonder about the sonic consequenses.

If I can have 80% one-shot-stop with a gun only 10% likely to cause permanent hearing damage, and only increase to 85% one-shot-stop but 80% permanent hearing damage, (and I just made up the percentages for the purpose of illustrating my point, so they are NOT necessarily valid), I think I'd prefer the former, maybe in 'double-tap' mode.

Still, I remember the Para-Ordnance 10mm had something like 18 round capacity in a 1911 wide-body, and thought it would be pretty nice...

[Peter M. Eick]

I have a couple of 10mm 1911s. One is my Les Baer Heavy Weight Monolith. I speced this one out to a 1.5" guarantee, 8 mags, and setup just the way I like. The other is my Razorback 10mm. It is one of the original 150 and I have 8 serial numbered mags to it. That was my suggestion to DW in the original order. I really like how they did it. Both are great guns, lots of fun to shoot.

[Hobie]

I would love to have a Delta Elite but have to put that off for a while. I do have a Contender barrel. As a CARBINE it is an interesting cartridge, pretty well matching the BP .38-40.