I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching! Which caliber will make it through the most boards? 10mm vs 44 magnum cartridge comparison.
10mm Auto versus .45 ACP Uncle Zo
Maximum damage becomes very handy when you’re in dangerous situations and the 45 is going to give you the largest bullet expansion.
10mm ammo also happens to be the most expensive of these three loads.
My reasoning is that i would care more about the muzzle energy and “average hot”.45 loads are ~560ft/lbs while 10mm “average hot” is ~700ft/lbs. I’m going to go against the grain and say that out of the 2, the 10mm will be better. The.40 s&w is sparked by a small pistol primer, while the 10mm uses a large pistol primer. Plus, from what i have learned modern 10mm is not as powerful as it was in the 1980s.
The first is their bullet diameters.
If.45 acp is considered expensive then 10mm can be seen as costing a fortune on ammunition cost. The 10mm and.45 acp rounds both have similar physical sizes in height and width and are commonly compared as two big bore calibers. There are three important things to take away when you put the 10mm and the 44 mag side by side. Sure, there are a couple of ammunition companies that reproduces the original load pressures of the 1980s but most companies only provide the “watered down” version.
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Today on kentucky ballistics we shoot some 10% ballistic gel with 10mm and 45 acp + p. Ballistics wise, the 10mm wins over the.45 acp. I hope you enjoy the. That is to say, 10mm auto bullets travel 1.4 times the speed of a 737 airplane at cruising speed, while.45 colt (lc long colt) bullets travel 1.2 times that same speed.
Pistol hunting happens at bow hunting distances in most cases, and the 10mm simply delivers better performance on animals given identical platforms and range.
10mm 1911s also offer you a flatter shooting cartridge and only drops a mere 4 inches or so at 100 yards. The 10mm is a bit more powerful than the.45 acp and it also has a higher capacity. In terms of energy, the 45 acp is slightly behind the 10mm, but it set the industry standard with decades of ballistics data to back it up. My preferred patform in 10mm is an autoloader, & an autoloader may not feed a heavy large meplat bullet.
While the 10mm ammunition is a true 40 caliber round with a.40” diameter bullet, the 44 mag’s bullet is nearly.03” greater in diameter.
In comparing data, there isn't much difference between 45auto in a revolver and 45 super in a pistol. Price per round (one is a bit more spendy than the other) The 10mm auto devotees point out that the 10mm has more energy remaining at 100 yards than the.45 acp does at the muzzle. Fans of the.45 acp counter that the.45 is bigger at 100 yards than the 10mm is at the muzzle.
Handgun size (.45 has more compact options) average engagement range;
As far as felt recoil and controllability, the.45 acp wins over the 10mm when using lighter loads, but for the heaviest loads the difference is marginal at best. This caliber offers substantial power and penetration that’s beyond the 45 acp and 9mm. Points to consider when deciding between the 10mm vs.45 acp: Since it hasn’t been mentioned yet, the 10mm is also better than the.45 acp when talking about ammo capacity in handguns.
10mm vs 45acp the 10mm is a powerful cartridge that is often compared to the.45 acp.
When it comes to the 10mm vs.45 acp, application decides the winner. The 10mm has problems, and in their opinion, the.45 acp solves them. Fans of the.45 acp counter that the.45 is bigger at 100 yards than the 10mm is at the muzzle. The max i’m seeing for both platforms is 771ft/lbs and 1015ft/lbs for.45acp and.10mm, respectively.
But the 45 gives great diameter and has stood the test of time.
As the 40 s&w is simply a 10mm auto lite, the 40 has considerably higher chamber pressure and fires its 165 or 180 grain bullet at a much higher velocity than a 45. The 10mm auto devotees point out that the 10mm has more energy remaining at 100 yards than the.45 acp does at the muzzle. Pistol hunting has become very popular in the last few years and the 10mm has benefitted over the.45 acp because of this. This combination creates what many shooters describe as an incredibly snappy and sharp felt recoil similar to a 357 sig.
The 10mm has a faster velocity and energy than the.45acp.
However, the.45 acp is a bit more reliable and it has been around for longer. However, the 10mm round is generally considered the faster of the two when speed is necessary and the 45 has better expansion qualities and can usually do more damage, so they tend to even out. If you’re looking for speed, 10mm will have you covered. I have 10mm in 1911s and a glock.
However, those statements also reflect the strengths, weaknesses and ideal uses of each cartridge.
