$$$ Whats up with 10mm? $$$

[SaigaSlinger 61]

Good God man, I took my new 10 to the range just for a function test and a box of plain old PMC's was $40 for 50rds. I mean, its a little longer than a .40 Does that really justify the price? 

[RED333 1,025]

It is that metric thing.

10mm is a 10% round, like 44 auto mag, not many shoot it.

Save your brass, reload with cast boolits.

180GR HP I cast for my Glocks 40 S&W

[Mullet Man 2,114]

Underwood 10mm isn't even that expensive.

[sccritterkiller 473]

During the SH panic is was everywhere and at a very responsible price. I think all the manufacturers quit making due to that....but then again I refuse to buy any ammo by the box. If I cant get a least a case I dont buy it.

[Bvamp 604]

you are getting off cheap.....

[Arik 565]

The reason why I sold off all my 10mm

[SaigaSlinger 61]

I ran across an STI perfect 10 for $800. Its brand new so I couldnt pass it up.

[storm6490 2,768]

It was a great round introduced when most of the market was too stubborn or stupid to realize it's potential. It never caught on and is still around because of it's performance. 10mm just sounds odd to Americans that only know 9mm. It hits hard, fast as hell and packs in tight.

 

The reason you see high prices is because it's about as common as my 300 H&H. The price isn't that bad for a low production round. Do what RED suggested and cast your own for plinking. Leave the factory stuff for a rainy day.

[RED333 1,025]

There is a guy on Castboolits that casts and hunts deer and bear with the boolit mold I used to make the boolits in the pic.

He uses a shallow HP pin, where mine is the deep HP pin. No need to worry about performance from cast.

A cast boolit will perform as good if not better than a jacketed. The lead in a jacketed bullet is soft, almost pure.

I cast with straight wheel weight, it will mushroom well and not break apart at the speed I push it to.

I dont own a crony, but load data it should be somewhere around 800 to 900 FPS.

These were shot into sand, 180 gr before with powder coat.

All were over 170 gr after and the powder coat stuck.

[RED333 1,025]

Here are some from my 44 mag, they went from .430 to .75.

The mold is a .432 hollow base wad cutter, I put them into the brass case backwards,

so the hollow base becomes a hollow point, again recovered from a sand bank.

215 gr before, all over 200 gr after.

[RED333 1,025]

Now if you really want to shoot jacketed you can do this.

I use a spent 40 S&W case, stuff a 160 gr 40 cal booilt into the brass.

seat it to the bottom of the case, made a swag die to make .429 projectiles

for 44 mag. For 40 cal or 10mm(same size) you use a 9mm case and boolit.

There are more steps but it works well.

I guess my point is, cast, reload and never run out of ammo.

Pay a lot less than you pay for store bought.

[SaigaSlinger 61]

Thats a damn good idea man. Ive been looking into getting a reload setup. The problem is room, what was supposed to be my "gun room" is currently a spare bed room for when my old ladys family stays over. It'll have to be after i move. I really dig those dillons.

[RED333 1,025]

Reloading does take up some room, but not as much as you think.

I started reloading 12ga, had all the supplies in a 18" x 18" x 30" wooden box.

Shells and wads in 5 gallon buckets, kept them in a closet.

I would reload at the kitchen table, when I was finished put all the stuff back into the closet.

Start small, single stage press, Lee Classic Cast is a good press.

Mount it to a good piece of 3/4 plywood, clamp that to a table.

Keep your supplies in buckets, 1000 primers and a few pounds of powder wont take up to much room.

However as I have grown in reloading so have my supplies and the room it takes.

I cast and reload every caliber I shoot, 25 ACP, 38 and 357, 44 mag, 45 Colt, 7mm rem mag, 308, and 12 ga., but not 22LR.

I even have a tool to make caps for black powder cap and ball, gona try my hand at making black powder this winter.

The last scare when supplies went dry I was ready, and will be ready for the next few.

Be ready, be safe and take care, the times are changing.

Edited August 31, 2014 by RED333

[RED333 1,025]

I cast and reload every caliber I shoot, 25 ACP, 38 and 357, 44 mag, 45 Colt, 7mm rem mag, 308, and 12 ga., but not 22LR.