I won one last weekend at the GA SCI meeting. I know absolutely nothing about this caliber. Understand that it packs quite a punch when properly loaded. What is the recommended load - both factory and do-it-yourself?

Just a coincidence that I was in the market for a self loader. In fact, I was looking at the Glock in 40 S&W. This will do, however.

I shoot a Colt Double Eagle in 10mm. In my pistol, the Norma ammo produces the highest velocity. You can pretty much duplicate it with a 180 gr bullet and 9.7 gr of IMR 800X. WORK UP, this is max, and will get you close to 1300 fps. from a 5" barrel. It's a good round, and can always be loaded down to 40 S & W levels. Good luck. - Dan

DO NOT SHOOT NON-JACKETED LEAD BULLETS IN YOUR GLOCK
10mm load data -http://home.earthlink.net/~gnappi/10mmdata.htm
if you don't see it here i've got scads of data i worked up

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Death Before Dishonor

Congratulations! You've got yourself a very nice prize there. The Glock 10mm is a great pistol; only down size IMHO is the size. I used to carry a G-20 (full size) and shooting old factory 180 grain loads (the hot stuff) recoil was minimal and accuracy was outstanding (used to be able to hit a 6" gong 10-12 times out of 15 at the 75 yard line).

Current factory loadings have been wimped down significantly in order to reduce percieved recoil in the S&W and Colt pistols. I would personally start reloading ASAP - but heed the good advice above and DO NOT shoot any lead reloads in this or any other Glock...

Dies for the 10mm are interchangable with 40 S&W dies; only the 10mm uses a large pistol primer instead of small...

Regards,

Kevin

I have a Delta & a S&W in 10mm. The Glock is a great gun, probably out-last those two. I just wish they made it in the long slide version like their 9mm & 40s&w. It would be a great hunitng pistol.
As far as lead bullets, you can shoot them IF they are cast very hard & you clean routinely. I have been using them in a 9mm for many years w/o a problem (I cast my own).

The Glock in 10mm is sweet. You will enjoy it! You can buy an aftermarket barrel if you want to shoot lead. DO NOT shoot lead (no matter how hard) in the Glock Factory barrel. I used hard (BN 22) cast bullets in my .40, cleaned the hell out of it regularly, and still blew the gun up. Have not had that problem with an aftermarket barrel. Besides there are many great jacketed bullets available for the .40/10mm.

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"The Constitution of the United States shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams

Glock does have a 6" hunting barrel for the Glock 20. I just ordered one...

Just load it to what it was designed for. Saw a local shooter Kaboom one, but he was really pushing it! Buddy gunsmith told me it has the fastest action lock time of any auto in existence, so its not just a matter of loading it up.

You said you were looking for a .40 S&W. You have it in your Glock 20! Plus you have a 10MM. Pretty cool, huh. Try Hornady 180gn custom loads. This is your .40S&W. Reload for 10MM heavier loads per data in reloading manauls or buy 10mm loads. Very versatile caliber. Chuck Carwan told me, if he had one to do it all-------10mm baby!

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God, Guns and Gibsons...doesn't get much better than that!

AA#9 is capable of plenty of power without compressing the load. Blue dot is pretty good all around. I got really good results from W231, although they were light loads of course. IMR 4756 was a disappointment. 2400 is a little bulky, but works. Probably not the best choice for a short barrel auto. Some of the guys on Glocktalk have been impressed with Alliant's new Steel. I have some Power Pistol that I want to try out too.

I have the witness, which I consider the poor-man's Glock, so i shoot cast lead. Absolutely no problems feeding with any load, but only if you grip it really tight. Took me several factory rounds to learn how to do this. I've heard the Glock kicks even more.

If you are new to reloading (which I was getting the impression of), go to http://www.GlockFAQ.com/reloading.htm and read all the articles there. They will keep you out of trouble.

Someday (soon, I hope) there is going to be a 10mm reloading forum active at http://www.glocktalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=67 . In the mean time, you can go to the 10-Ring at Glocktalk and read about some handloads there.

In terms of factory ammo, there are lots of good, full-power or nearly full-power loads available:

Cor-Bon 180gr Bonded JSP @ 1300 fps
Winchester 175gr STHP @ 1275 fps
Triton 155gr Quik-Shok JHP @ 1400 fps

There are also good full-power loads available from Georgia Arms and Pro-Load, as well as several others.

If hunting is your primary concern, I'd invest in the 6" hunting barrel and some of that Cor-Bon ammo. It will do the job on deer.

I am in the process of getting my handgun licence and the Glock 10mm is the handgun I am most interested in purchasing at the moment. What capacity mags does the glock 10mm have ??

Because it is plastic does that affect durabilty??