10mm Revolvers

[gandog56]

Moon clips have their advantage, and disadvantage, depending on need or want.  Beneficial for a D/A revolver, irrelevant for a S/A revolver.  Moon clips are, essentially, a speed loader with fewer moving parts, but they don't fit in a S/A revolver (in any practical fashion).  Individual cartridges are required for S/A's, but slow to load into a D/A.

I never even used my speed loader for my Taurus .357 mag. Too much trouble.

[DM1906]

Moon clips have their advantage, and disadvantage, depending on need or want.  Beneficial for a D/A revolver, irrelevant for a S/A revolver.  Moon clips are, essentially, a speed loader with fewer moving parts, but they don't fit in a S/A revolver (in any practical fashion).  Individual cartridges are required for S/A's, but slow to load into a D/A.

I never even used my speed loader for my Taurus .357 mag. Too much trouble.

Practice, or you're better off without.  Handling loose rounds in a gunfight will get you dead.  Trying to manage a speedloader that doesn't work, will get you deader, quicker.

[gandog56]

I don't use the magnum for self defense. Way too long to pull it easy out of a holster. And my smaller autos hold WAY more rounds. Probably biggest pistol I carry, and in winter months only, is my SIG P229.

[blackhawk38wcf]

You forgot at least one more "production gun" the Herters 401 Powermag.  This is a true 10mm revolver in a rimmed magnum package. BH38WCf.

[Powermag]

BH38WCf  Definitely the ultimate in 10 mm Mag.  Mine hits with extreme authority at 200+ yards and with great accuracy.  Just not very concealable.   

[gandog56]

You forgot at least one more "production gun" the Herters 401 Powermag.  This is a true 10mm revolver in a rimmed magnum package. BH38WCf.

I can imagine the nightmare of trying to find brass for that to reload..........

[DM1906]

You forgot at least one more "production gun" the Herters 401 Powermag.  This is a true 10mm revolver in a rimmed magnum package. BH38WCf.

I can imagine the nightmare of trying to find brass for that to reload..........

Not really. .41 Mag or .30-30 brass can be used. Trimming and resizing is required, though.

[blackhawk38wcf]

You forgot at least one more "production gun" the Herters 401 Powermag.  This is a true 10mm revolver in a rimmed magnum package. BH38WCf.

I can imagine the nightmare of trying to find brass for that to reload..........

As DM1906 sez, making the brass from these cartridges is not too bad of an answer.  Also, one can get loaded and empty cartridges from an outfit called Gads Cartridges (search it out). Finally, if one gets spare 401 or 357 mag cylinders for the Herters, it would be a simple matter for a custom gunsmith to rechamber these to 40 S&W, 10mm Auto, or 38 WCF (38-40) for the ultimate 10mm revolver.  At least one of these rechamberings would solve your cartridge quandary (especially the 40 S&W selection). Oh yeah, I believe 41 Long Colt can be included here.  There are technical issues regarding this cartridge (as it was originally sized at around 0.390" diameter) but later iterations included expandable base lead bullets (think Minie ball bullets) that would take up the extra slack.  Imagine: one gun, multiple calibers: 401 PM, 40 S&W, 10mm Auto, 38 WCF, and 41 LC. 
BH38WCF.

[blackhawk38wcf]

One more thing: I forgot about this little jewel. It can be had in different barrel lengths to include 6".  I may have to save up for this one since the 610s seem to be near unobtanium: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2012/01/chiappa-firearms-offers-rhino-revolver-40-smith-and-wesson

[The_Shadow]

Is it my imagination?  The cylinders look awful thin on that Chiappa 40...

[sqlbullet]

Hard to tell.  Not sure they are any thinner than the chamber walls on some of the 40 S&W autos out there that were based on 9mm platforms.

[gandog56]

One more thing: I forgot about this little jewel. It can be had in different barrel lengths to include 6".  I may have to save up for this one since the 610s seem to be near unobtanium: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2012/01/chiappa-firearms-offers-rhino-revolver-40-smith-and-wesson

Aw dude, I messed and and click on that. What I got was page after page of pop up ads.

[Oreo]

Charter arms made revolvers in 40 &10mm. Bulldog is what they were called I think.

[MCQUADE]

I knew charter made a .40, the pit bull, but I never saw a 10mm. I'll have to look into that. The old Charter .44 special bulldogs were good guns. I don't know about the "new" Charter arms guns, they seem a little "cheap" to me. As far as the Chiappa, well, I must be getting old 'cause that thing is uglier than a baboon's ass.

[gandog56]

You need two...SA and DA.

And after a day of chasing brass on the range I really start to envy my cylindrical shooting buddies.

Maybe, but you could regret it in a firefight. I'll keep the semi-autos, but wouldn't mind a revolver....as long as it did NOT require moon clips.