popularity growing?

4949shooter · February 23 2014 03:22:30 AM MST

Quote from: DenStinett on February 22 2014 09:21:16 PM MST
Quote from: 4949shooter on February 22 2014 08:23:53 PM MST
I didn't see him sweep the camera guy.

He does unload the STI and point it at himself with slide forward and hammer back in the first video, thus breaking rule #1.

Well, ok fine, maybe not to his right, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in front of the Bronco, or anywhere to his left ${$default_tongue_smiley}$

He does seem a little haphazard. I like Ted, but I would be reluctant to show that video to one of my boys due to the rule #1 violation. Gotta set the right example!

I am still glad he is a 10mm proponent though. And he can afford all those fancy, high end 10mm's that I can't afford. ${$default_tongue_smiley}$

DenStinett · February 23 2014 11:33:15 AM MST

Quote from: 4949shooter on February 23 2014 03:22:30 AM MST
I am still glad he is a 10mm proponent though. And he can afford all those fancy, high end 10mm's that I can't afford. ${$default_tongue_smiley}$

I know he's gotta be shoppin' for a DW Titan next
Wish I had 1/10th his disposable cash

Marc · February 25 2014 08:03:30 PM MST

I was just lurking M4carbine.net and in a thread about do-it-all handguns the 10mm was mentioned every other post. I don't remember 10 mm being so well-known, and I think I have to blame a certain 10 mm fan who calls himself Hickok45 for that. The man has almost a million followers who see him enjoying 10 mm, and what better motivation is there to want something other than seeing it? Remember how .44 mag became the big bore revolver round of choice? It wasn't some gun rag praising its virtues, it was Dirty Harry. Millions saw the movie and thought "damn, that's cool! I want one, too!". Today kids and young adults see Hickock45 and have the same thoughts about the guns he shoots and talks about in his videos.
If I were still living in the US I'd give my Sphinx and a crate of ammo to Hickok for an extensive video review, I bet that would result in thousands more 10 mm being sold.

The_Shadow · February 25 2014 08:15:05 PM MST

Marc, it was the picture of your Sphinx, that sparked my interest to try an find one, so much so I contacted the factory about getting one...no such luck! ${$default_sad_smiley}$ It was something different, sleek, functional and not a 1911 copy! Man I wish I could obtain one chambered in 10mm! ${$default_embarrassed_smiley}$

DenStinett · February 25 2014 08:55:22 PM MST

Quote from: Marc on February 25 2014 08:03:30 PM MST
I was just lurking M4carbine.net and in a thread about do-it-all handguns the 10mm was mentioned every other post. I don't remember 10 mm being so well-known, and I think I have to blame a certain 10 mm fan who calls himself Hickok45 for that. The man has almost a million followers who see him enjoying 10 mm, and what better motivation is there to want something other than seeing it? Remember how .44 mag became the big bore revolver round of choice? It wasn't some gun rag praising its virtues, it was Dirty Harry. Millions saw the movie and thought "damn, that's cool! I want one, too!". Today kids and young adults see Hickock45 and have the same thoughts about the guns he shoots and talks about in his videos.
If I were still living in the US I'd give my Sphinx and a crate of ammo to Hickok for an extensive video review, I bet that would result in thousands more 10 mm being sold.

When it first came-out, Sunny Crokett and his BrenTen was my motivation to look into the 10mm

Marc · February 26 2014 10:30:36 AM MST

Quote from: DenStinett on February 25 2014 08:55:22 PM MST
When it first came-out, Sunny Crokett and his BrenTen was my motivation to look into the 10mm

I'm a mid-80's, early 90's kid, so I only got to see reruns of MV. It was actually Vtlor's announcement of the Bren Ten revival that got me interested, and when they failed to deliver I looked for other full size, all steel pistols. The availability of a 10 made me choose the Sphinx 3000 over a SIG X-Five, and I decided to buy once, cry once just in time for the last iteration of the 3000 series before they discontinued it for the small frame SDP. Lucky me.

Anyways, you US-based owners of handsome 10 mms should offer internet gun celebrities a review of your prized possessions. More exposure to awesome 10 mms = more 10 mm fans.

DenStinett · February 26 2014 10:45:41 AM MST

In the late 80s, I looked at the BrenTen....Couldn't afford it
Looked at a Delta (Combat) Elite....Couldn't afford that either
Got talked out of the S&W 1006....Huh ?
Got talked into a Glock 20....Bought it....Turned-out, I really hated it ! ! !
Not long after that, I traded-off the G20 (at the old LA Gun Show) along with $100.00 and ended-up with my (then NIB, Blued) Delta Gold Cup....Yeaah

HammersD · February 26 2014 01:38:00 PM MST

I enjoy and like my Gen3 G20, but really wish I had the money to get a Barsto, Fusion or STI in 10mm. ${$default_sad_smiley}$ Hoping that sometime this year a Tanfoglio will follow me home. Maybe an EAA Hunter will tag along.

I think the popularity is slowly growing also, especially with handgun hunters. I just wish the name brand ammo makers would wake up to the demand and stop making weak as rounds for the same or more than Kevin charges for nuclear ones. IMO, Hornady is likely our best hope for a good midrange/warm round options for reasonable prices. It is hard on the pistol to shoot Underwood stuff predominantly, but I just can't justify spending the same amount of money on crappy stuff. PPU for plinking is fine, but it is very important to practice with rounds as close as possible in velocity and felt recoil as one's chosen defense/carry rounds.