Knowing it could occur after what most would consider to be a decent break-in round count, is worrisome.

I personally view the 10mm as being pretty much a .357 Mag round. A lot of overlap in their performance envelopes.

With that, I would consider the 10mm to be inadequate for Cape Buffalo.

While I appreciate the 10mm round and carry one daily, when I'm in forests in the lower 48 that have grizzly bears, I carry my Ruger Redhawk loaded with Buffalo Bore 340gr rounds. Buffalo Bore has them leaving its 5.5" barrel at about 1400 ft/s. When I shoot those rounds, the 10mm feels pretty weak in comparison.

Personally, I'd rather have a serious rifle for "taking on" a Cape Buffalo.

I saw you asking Hornady about this, then noticed they had replied.

For general FYI, they used to have that info on their website. I took a note of it. In addition to that 700 to 1200 ft/s range of speed for the 200gr XTP, they had 700 to 1500 ft/s for the 180gr XTP.

I suggest not looking for a smaller gun.

I used a Sig 229 as a carry gun for years. It's a thick gun, so I carried it in a thin Kydex IWB holster (a Comp-TAC  CTAC) with a good gun belt (The Beltman). That concealed better than my Glock 29 in the same type of holster and belt.

Don't know the training history of the person who wrote that. It usually pops up to those new to carrying.

We have a tool, but don't know what problem will need to be solved.

The flaw lies in the scenarios as well as what a trained person will actually be doing. Things just may not play out to fit the way the magazines are loaded. For the scenario quoted, the BG could just as easily start out behind cover and move out; or there could be two BGs, one behind cover, the other in the open.

Interestingly, all his/her examples of "cover" are actually concealment. Only a few parts of cars provide cover. Car doors and car windows will not protect you from 9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP and especially not from 10mm rounds. If the BG is using refrigerators, TVs, most walls ... hes/shes behind concealment.

Even if the BG is behind real cover, you won't be standing there trading shots. Training is key to understand the arrangement of ammo type is far out weighted by other things.
   
Get training. One may not know what they do not know.

I decided to spend time and money on training. Was able to work my way up to "advanced classes".  Along the way experienced close quarter shooting, the 'Tueller Drill', crawled in the dirt with a partner, shooting around and through barriers, shot into and out of automobiles.

I load the best ammo that makes sense to me and refresh myself on the issues that will keep me and those around me safe.

Here are maps showing the path across the country for states in the path: http://eclipse2017.org/2017/maps.htm

Overview map: http://eclipse2017.org/2017/maps/whole-us.jpg

I'm impressed that there is enough interest for some hotels to hire temporary logistics planners for this event.

I've decided to be in the Sawtooth National Forest that day.

'sqlbullet' I've driven the 15 thru SLC. Please get a good head start, maybe more than two hours.

The path of the moon's shadow will cross the U.S. on August 21, 2017. Those within the path will experience a total eclipse of the Sun.

http://eclipse2017.org/eclipse2017_main.htm

Time to select a spot. Some hotels and National Parks are already booked!

I watched this documentary on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. If you haven't watched it, I recommend you do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScO4XAL2bOg

Watching it led to watching a video on the Mumbai, India attack and a few videos on ISIS. AK47s, explosives and suicide bomb vests were part of their arsenals.
   
An attack against shoppers in a mall is easy for us to relate to. Easy to imagine ourselves in that situation and how we need to be prepared to deal with it as best we can.

The attackers in both cities acted as if there would be NO armed resistance. And they were right. India, obviously so. Shoppers in Nairobi were searched for weapons before entering the mall. Of course, the scanning staff either ran away or were killed and were of no help to the people in the "gun free" mall.
   
I suspect our police will be better prepared. In those two cities, "help" stayed outside for the most part. There were some brave people in Kenya. Mumbai was a clusterfu... Some Mumbai police entered after hours or days, many ran away. Authorities in both cities should be ashamed.

As we well know, even with better trained police, they'll most likely be elsewhere at the start of the attack.

Based on my measurements, nothing has changed at DT. 

My 1911, with the 4.25" Bar-Sto barrel, averages about 40 ft/s faster than my Glock 29 for 200gr rounds. So, I would expect performance to be around 1050 ft/s from the Glock. Likely below what you want.

Good outing I'm sure for both of you.

My grandfather took me hunting around that age. Good memories.

Yes, that is a lot of gear. Nice how he was able to set up an antenna farm near his house. When I was a kid, I stung antennas on the roof of my parent's house. My mother had a fear of lightening, but let me do it anyway. I showed her how they were grounded, didn't diminish the fear. I thanked her decades later for letting me do that.

'gandog56' Internet has had an effect. The bands can be quiet. But you're right, Amateur Radio would be critical if infrastructure fails catastrophically.

'tommac919' Nice little rig.

'The_Shadow' I still have some rigs I made as a kid. Afraid to plug them in. Will need to check for dried capacitors and such. One has a resistor 110V cord. I'd have to figure out how to replace that.

Good for RIA. They're helping increase the number of 10mm owners.

After fully disassembling a 1911, one can see there aren't a lot of parts. The extractor is the usual culprit. Wilson Combat's extractors come with surfaces that are already shaped. Helps amateur gunsmiths like me install new extractors. The only thing left is tuning tension.

I have a handheld 2m transceiver in my backpack, but there have been times when I was so remote that relays were too far to reach. So I decided to make a portable station I can use in emergencies at home or in remote areas.

Figured a water tight ammo can would be ideal. Fits easily in the back of the Jeep. This transceiver has transmission power settings up to 75 watts. The DC plug and cord handle up to 15 amps at 13.8 volts for powering the unit from my Jeep and the DC power supply converts 110 volt AC to 13.8 volts at 30 amps.

Cooling has not been a problem. The can opening is large enough for the transceiver's extensive heat sink to work.

Away from home, the antenna goes on top of the Jeep but, in an emergency, the dimensions of the ammo can are close enough to act as a ground plane.

When not in use, everything fits into the can, even the quarter wave antenna. In an emergency at home, I can grab it from the closet and get on the air. The switch on the right of the photo of the assembled unit lets me switch sources of DC to the transceiver. My call sign is on the plaque on the lid of the can. The clip to hold the microphone in on the left side, upper surface.

The ammo can is for 30 25mm cartridges with dimensions of D 5 x W 13 x H 13.5, the Jeep power plug is a Powerwerx TMCG-72, the transceiver is a Yaesu FT-2900R. Bought the DC power supply from Amazon for under $25. The switch, AC plug were fitted into a Radio Shack project box.

** Need to know about properly wiring ground and neutral circuits to make sure the can and power supply are grounded. **

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Ran across this amateur's shack: http://www.qrz.com/db/w9evt

So many of the rigs I wanted as a kid, but couldn't afford. Great that he is able to enjoy electronics to this extent. He made contacts as of yesterday, so even in the second half of being 80+ years old, he's still active.

I have a Technician license for emergency communications when I'm out in the forests. But I'm considering upgrading to General. No real reason to, since I enjoy the equipment more than talking. But it would bring back some of my childhood when I made my own ham equipment from schematics in the Handbook.

I'm sure there are hams on this site. Any stories?

Today some news sites have an article suggesting Clinton should investigate votes in a few key states. Electronic voting was brought into question by people that are apparently grasping at straws.

Using poor comparisons, they "saw" a bias against Clinton in electronic votes.

Some have looked at this and according to them, when you control for demographics, the difference in voting patterns disappears.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/801221907609579520