10mm hunting bullet type

[hyltoto]

I'm a new owner of a Glock 20. I plan to use this on white tails. Would I be better off with a bullet with rapid expansion or one with great penetration such as a FP cast? I will replace the standard Glock bbl with one that can shoot lead. I'm curious due to some previous experiences with hunting with Hornady xtp bullets. I use them saboted in my Encore muzzle loader. With a fully stoked 150 gr.  :shock: load they blow right thru without expanding. Leathal but requires some tracking. The most leathal shot with a pistol I made was with CCI blazer. Weak but the bullet stayed in the goody box amd rattled around in there.

[Mikey]

hyltoto:  I think that if you are going to use a pistol in 10mm to hunt whitetail, you should consider the heavier cast bullets over the lighterweight expanding type.  You can get a 135 grain hp moving pretty quick from a 10mm but unless you pack that one right through the ribs at about 50 yds or so I think she might not penetrate through bone and muscle the way you would want it to.

For whitetail I prefer the 170 grain hard cast Keith style semi-wadcutter made for the 38-40, the 180 grain 3/4 jacket soft nose also for the 38-40 or a 200 grain cast flatpoint.  From the 10mm either of the three should be able to get to 1200'/sec, which will be hot and just aobout max for that straight cased round, and that should be able to punch on through a whitetail's shoulder at out to 50 yds.  The only problem you may have is in feeding a semi-wadcutter bullet, but that is the direction I would go in.  Hope this helps.  Mikey.

[kciH]

I would do as Mikey reccomends.  Get a 200gr, hard cast, lead bullet with the biggest fattest FLAT nose that will feed in your Glock, then load it to maximum velocity.  I've used a 200gr FN in a 10mm Revolver for 1300fps, you should be able to get 1200 with your Glock, and it broke both shoulders of a whitetail  on a broadside 50 yd shot.