Favorite 10MM hunting loads

[Clarinath]

As for Blue Dot, I like the velocities and the volume of fill.  I will start working on accuracy soon.

[Patriot]

I bought the Noslers as well when they were the only thing I could find in stock. They aren't my first choice but I loaded them up with some N105 and some extra brass and federal primers I had laying around. I feel confident they will do the job for whatever I need them to do in an emergency just in case this ammo shortage lasts for a while. Dead is dead in my opinion. I'd prefer 175 gr Silvertips and thankfully won an auction on a bag of 100 of them on gunbroker the other day.

[Clarinath]

Was the price reasonable?

[Patriot]

Was the price reasonable?

For the silvertips? It was reasonable enough to pay for it, but more than I wanted to pay. With shipping the cost was $50. I had been looking for them for months so I had reached the point where I probably would have paid more. I was considering tearing apart some factory silvertips just to reuse the bullets in my own loads.

[The_Shadow]

As for Blue Dot, I like the velocities and the volume of fill.  I will start working on accuracy soon.

Thanks for the feed back...
Yes, Very accurate, Clean burning at these levels and pressure, case fill is such that you will avoid any double charges...Blue Dot is still my mainstay for many cartridges!   

[Clarinath]

Double charging was always a huge worry for me, so I try to stick to powders that will get as close to 100% as possible.  It was one of the biggest reasons why I have stayed away from reloading pistols for as long as I have.  Now that I got my feet wet with the 10mm I am going to load 44 magnum, 357 and 45.

[sqlbullet]

Usually hard to double charge a 10mm with book loads.  Almost all of them are at least 60-70% case capacity.

Much easier to double charge 38, 357 or 44.  A couple grains of bullseye shoots great in those cartridges, but you could put 4 or five max charges of bullseye in a 357 case.

[REDLINE]

Even though the bullets fragmented I think they will still be ok for hunting.

Certainly should work on deer.  135gr Noslers do and generally frag a whole lot more than that.  Thanks for doing the testing and sharing the results!

[ctious]

My fav is a mihec shallow hp 200gr hardcast. With 9.7gr 800x. Does 1375 out of my longslide.

[jdub1836]

nosler 200gr over 11gr of blue dot out of a 6.6 long slide LWD glock 2O

pic of ballistic testing

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[Ramjet]

Nice expansion and that is one good looking LS as well.

[nickE10mm]

I have a few favs ... These are from my 6" Fusion longslide 1911

9.0gr LS under a 200gr XTP = 1325fps (do your own workup on this one)
9.3gr 800X under a 200gr XTP = 1275fps
8.2gr LS under a 200gr WFNGC = 1250fps

That last one could go higher but it's most accurate at 1250fps or less. Also, the last buck I killed with a 10mm was with the first listed load.

[RevJim]

 I have never hunted with a handgun exclusively, just always have had one with me when in the woods. I have used them many times for "finishing" shots on game, and in that use, I've always shot whatever right behind the ear. I like hard cast or FMJ loads for that. I have even used Magsafes in a .45 Commander on a vehicle crippled mule deer one Thanksgiving morning ( I was headed to Jackson Hole from SLC very early)...one shot behind the head and his eyes bugged out on stems!
I have handloaded for .45 Auto, .45 Colt, .38 Special/.357 Mags, but nerver handloaded for a 10mm, and don't want to fool with any plated bullets which is all I can find. I'm going to gather up the dies and such, and when this drought ends, start loading. For now, I use Underwood, Buffalo Bore, DoubleTap, and got some Littlestone coming. Oh yea, I like to use aftermarket barrels for hardcast, but I don't like the looks of the 6" sticking out, I feel fine with the standard length for my use.

[RevJim]

 I used my first G29SF on two freshly killed hog heads ( 3ft) with a LW barrel & 21# RS, the Double Tap 230 HC gave complete penetration and went deep into the dirt, which suited me as a woods load. I then used the Buffalo Bore 155 TAC-XP and recovered it under the skin on the far side, but the internal was mush, just shattered the skull! I would use either load hunting, though I lean toward hard cast in bear country. I am going to try some BB & UW 220 HC later on, which should work out even better than the 230 for 25 to 40yd shots if needed.

[Ramjet]

I just finished casting some Mihec 200 grain PB FP I am going to load them over 8.2 grains of Longshot . I will be using my LW Longslide hopefully the deer will cooperate next weekend.