I talked to Speer about the 200gr Gold Dot

[Overkill338]

They said it is designed as a 10mm bullet, it's not a repurposed 40 slug. They have no plans of pushing it any faster. I'm waiting on a reply now about what its pmexpansion window is.

[The_Shadow]

I just wish they would make it available as handloading component and I could roll some more at 1200-1225 fps...I have asked before, maybe you too can put the bug in their ear! 

[Overkill338]

I just wish they would make it available as handloading component and I could roll some more at 1200-1225 fps...I have asked before, maybe you too can put the bug in their ear! 

I already did! I told them we dont have 10mm's to shoot bullets at hot .40 S&W levels.

[Rojo27]

I told them we dont have 10mm's to shoot bullets at hot .40 S&W levels.

^THIS!!!

[Overkill338]

Well, Speer is a real talkitive bunch. I got this lengthy reply.

At the current time, there are no plans to release this as a component bullet. Driving the bullet ~100 Fps faster would drive the bullet a little deeper.

[45BBH]

Once upon a time Speer had a run of 200gr Gold Dots in .40 S&W and moreover, some ended up being available through a third party to reload.  I had some of the recent 200gr Gold Dots for 10mm Auto and to me they looked just like the 180gr Gold Dot, at least the hollow cavity did.  I'm not saying Speer didn't design the bullet for 10mm, but it wouldn't surprise me that they just made the 180gr variant longer rather than actually designing it new from the ground up.

[The_Shadow]

45BBH, there are some subtle differences between the two Speer 200 grain Gold Dots.  Below is a picture of the old pull-down from the 40 contract run (on the left) and the newer from the recent ammo #54000 pull-down documentations.  Notice the main difference is the concave base on the new style that matches with other Gold Dot bullets...