Author Topic: 10mm on 1911 frame (Read 955 times)

TScottO · « **on:** March 20, 2005, 06:58:21 AM »

Hey Guys,

I don't see much talk on 10mm 1911 pistols. Whats the skinny on these? Comments... Opinions...

I've heard, in the past, the 10mm beats the 1911 todeath. Perhaps when they first came out the wrong strength springs were used.

Take Care,
Scott

Iowegan · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2005, 10:45:08 AM »

The Colt Delta Elite and Gold Cup were chambered in 10mm Auto. Yes, they did have problems with cracking slides. The recoil spring was actually two springs that made it difficult to pull the slide back. I had a Gold Cup in 10mm and for a high $$ gun, it sure wouldn't shoot very good. Later, I rebarreled it in 40 S&W and got some nice groups.

The 10mm Auto is all but dead now. Only a few manufacturers offer a gun in 10mm, Colt dropped them.

myronman3 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2005, 03:22:54 PM »

kimber made some this last year. after getting intimate with my kimber, i wouldnt hesitate to buy anything with kimber written on the side.

the 10mm is a cartridge that has captured my attention. i just picked up a glock 20 this morning, and test fired it this afternoon. i am impressed. i do wish it had a trigger as good as my kimber; but the 15 round magazines make up for the trigger. i think me and the 10mm are going to become good friends. if kimber would make a 10 that would have a respectable capacity, i would have one.

while99 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2005, 01:58:15 PM »

I have two Colt Delta Elites. One is a stainless Gold Cup with target sites and the other is a blued model with 3-dot sites, flat top slide, arched main-spring housing, and lowered ejection port. I like both of them very much. The factory loads are plenty hot so I usually practice with a handload with Winchester nickel-plated cases and Hornady's 200 grain hollow point. I had been using Unique powder but I'm thinking of switching to either Longshot or 800-X. I put a Wilson one-piece guide rod, recoil buffer, and heavy spring in the blued model but have left the stainless gun untouched.

Mikey · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2005, 02:48:15 AM »

TScott0: the 10mm is a great cartridge but it is a heavy recoil cartridge and unless you stuff your 1911 with a heavy duty spring kit you will notice the recoil.

There may have been some problems with the cartridge/gun combo with it first came out and factories started loading down the power levels of the 10mm before someone got smart enough to install some heavy springs but the cartridge and different gun combinations continue to be made and sold.

I just saw a dressed out 1911 in 10mm at my local gun shop - one fine looking pistol - all set up for silhouette with an extended barrel and a nice scope. Come to find out, the owner regularly shoots (and wins) in silly-wets. Son of a gun takes a one handed stance for the 200 meter rams and knocks the doggone things right over.

The 10mm has a lot of field uses, too. I think that properly 'sprung', that 10mm should last quite a long time. If you ever want to go 'soft' on it and use a lower powered cartridge for the majority of your uses, you can always drop in a 40 S&W barrell, and then change that over to a 357 Sig barrel if you want. That pistol would have a lot of uses. HTH. Mikey.

TScottO · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2005, 01:59:42 PM »

Thanks for the replies fellows. I had noticed Dan Wesson builds a 10mm as well as the Kimber. The only 10mm 1911s I had ever laid my hands on were the Colt Deltas, but never having fired one and hearing negative comments about their durability spurred this thread.

Thanks again for the replies.

Be Safe,
Scott

Greeenriver · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2005, 01:31:25 PM »

My Blued Delta with the three dot sights says 1987 on the owners manual, and I first bought it used in Jan. of 1995. I shot it a few thousand times over the next few years and sold it in 2000. Here a month or so ago I traded a rifle and the guy buying the rifle said he had a Colt Delta to trade in on the rifle. We made a decent deal, fair to both of us, and I took thew Delta in on trade. You can gess how I felt when I lifted the foam linner in the hard case and found my old oweners manual with the date I first bought the gun used still in the case.

I think this time I'll just keep the Colt for a few years. I always liked it the first time I owned it, and have been having a ball shooting it since I got it back. I may make it my CCW gun once I figger a way to comfortably carry it.

I am going to buy some hard cast .401 dia bullets and load a few hundred loads for play. Imght even load a few with American Pionier Powder just to see if they will work the slide. If they work the slide OK, just think of the fun I can have at most any range with others there. APP is a Black Powder sub that smokes more than real BP!!!!!

Greeenriver(So I have never growed up. It's never too late to have a happy childhood!!)

Greeenriver · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2005, 01:46:34 PM »

Sorry, I got off on my own Colt and neglected to address the origional question. My openion on the 10mm ctg is very good. I think it is one of the most usefull of the ctg's normaly chambered in semi autos. The 40 S&W is a shorter version of the same ctg and I like it also. I like the 10mm enough that I have very seriously considered having one of the Brazil made Model 92's rechambered for 10mm as a companion rifle for my Delta.

I think that in a rifle the 10mm could be a great hunting round for Deer and like sized game.

Greeenriver( I always have a hankering for the unusual)