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Old May 11th, 2008, 01:19 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Erik View Post
It comes down to, as already noted, folks not needing full house 10mm loads to get the job done, self defense wise. At least not against people.

You know what the practical difference between those two loads above is? Nothing. Shave a hundred or two fps seciond of of them? Still not much.
I completly disagree. 200 FPS difference is a LOT when it comes to ballistics in firearms. The .300 Winchester Magnum is only 150-250 FPE more than a .30-06 at the muzzle but we all know that the .300 is much more powerful and flies a lot faster for a lot farther with the same bullet weight.

The fact of the matter is that some of the DT loads push the 10mm to low end .41 magnum power. The .40 S&W doesn't even come close to that.
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