10mm Auto

Firearm cartridge 10mm Auto 10MM AUTO - FMJ - 1.jpg 300px 10mm Auto jacketed flat point cartridge Pistol Sweden FBI Hostage Rescue TeamAMERICAN SPECIAL OPS – FBI HRT http://www.americanspecialops.com/hostage-rescue-team/ 2015-01-30 americanspecialops.com FBI Special Weapons and Tactics TeamsAMERICAN SPECIAL OPS – FBI SWAT http://www.americanspecialops.com/fbi-swat/ 2015-01-30 americanspecialops.comFBI – Tools of the Trade – SWAT (Text Only) https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/november/swat111708 2015-01-30 fbi.gov Slædepatruljen Siriushttp://www.casr.ca/ft-harper1-6.htm Permanent Presence: Recruiting, Training, & Equipping Rangers in the Arctic Canadian American Strategic Review December 2005 2015-01-30 DeMille Dianne Priestley Stephen https://web.archive.org/web/20100708215900/http://www.casr.ca/ft-harper1-6.htm 2010-07-08 Jeff Cooper FFV Norma AB 1983 1983–present .224 Boz .357 SIG .40 S&W 9×25mm Dillon 9×25mm Super Auto G yes .30 RemingtonDonnelly John J. 1987 The Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions Stoeger Publishing Company 941 0-88317-136-8Howell Ken 1995 Designing and Forming Custom Cartridges For Rifles and Handguns Precision Shooting, Inc 546 0-9643623-0-9 Rimless Straight C.I.P.: 10.16 mm in onC.I.P. – Table of Dimensions for Cartridge and Chamber of 10 mm Auto http://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/uploads/tdcc/tab-iv/10-mm-auto-en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201124160016/https://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/uploads/tdcc/tab-iv/10-mm-auto-en.pdf 2020-11-24 2015-01-30 dead cip-bobp.org SAAMI: .4005 in mm on SAAMI – Maximum Cartridge/Minimum Chamber Drawings for 10mm Automatic http://www.saami.org/PubResources/CC_Drawings/Pistol/10mm%20Automatic.pdf 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150130113018/http://www.saami.org/PubResources/CC_Drawings/Pistol/10mm%20Automatic.pdf 2015-01-30 saami.org C.I.P.: 10.74 mm in on SAAMI: .423 in mm on C.I.P.: 10.80 mm in on SAAMI: .425 in mm on C.I.P.: 10.80 mm in on SAAMI: .425 in mm on C.I.P.: 1.40 mm in on SAAMI: .055 in mm on C.I.P.: 25.20 mm in on SAAMI: .992 in mm on C.I.P.: 32.00 mm in on SAAMI: 1.260 in mm on 1.56 406.40 mm (1 in 16 inches) Large pistol C.I.P. 230 MPa psi on C.I.P. – List of TDCC – Tab IV – Pistol and revolver cartridges http://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/en/tdcc_public?page=2&cartridge_type_id=4 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150130103121/http://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/en/tdcc_public?page=2&cartridge_type_id=4 2015-01-30 cip-bobp.org SAAMI 37500 psi MPa onSAAMI – Velocity & Pressure Data: Centerfire Pistol & Revolver http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/specifications/Velocity_Pressure_CfPR.pdf 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150319133613/http://saami.org/specifications_and_information/specifications/Velocity_Pressure_CfPR.pdf 2015-03-19 saami.org 175 STHP Winchester 1290 649 180 FMJ Federal 1300 708 77 RBCD TFSP 2420 1001 155 Underwood XTP-JHP 1500 775 155 Underwood FMJ-FN 1500 775 117 mm in offGlock 20 Glock USA http://us.glock.com/products/model/g20 2015-01-21 2014-12-19 https://archive.today/20141219201148/http://us.glock.com/products/model/g20 dead Underwood Ammunition XTP-JHP Underwood Ammunition FMJ-FN RBCD Performance Plus Ammunition The 10mm Auto (also known as the 10×25mm, official C.I.P. nomenclature: 10 mm Auto, official SAAMI nomenclature: 10mm Automatic) is a powerful and versatile semi-automatic pistol cartridge introduced in 1983. Its design was adopted and later produced by ammunition manufacturer FFV Norma AB of Åmotfors, Sweden.http://www.bren-ten.com/website/id7.html The 10mm Auto Cartridge BREN-TEN.com Website 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213081333/http://www.bren-ten.com/website/id7.html 2015-02-13 The 10mm was selected for service by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1989 in the aftermath of the 1986 FBI Miami shootout. During the testing and development process, the FBI Firearms Training Unit developed a version of the 10mm cartridge with a smaller powder load which they felt provided adequate performance while minimizing recoil and muzzle blast. It is commonly claimed that this reduced loading was developed as the result of complaints or training problems involving agents who were issued the 10mm, but the reduced loading was developed before any pistols were issued. The cartridge was later decommissioned (except for use by the Hostage Rescue Team and Special Weapons and Tactics Teams) primarily due to problems with the S&W 10mm issue pistols which were recalled in 1991. That same year, the FBI began issuing SIG pistols chambered in 9mm as an interim solution while problems with the S&W 10mm pistols were being worked. In the meantime, S&W and Winchester developed the .40 S&W cartridge which duplicated the performance of the FBI's reduced 10mm loading but in a shorter package which was suited for use in pistols sized for the 9mm cartridge. The .40S&W was introduced in 1990, but the FBI did not adopt it for some years thereafter. The FBI eventually switched to the .40 S&W, and began issuing .40 S&W pistols to agents in 1997. The .40S&W remained the FBI's issue cartridge until they reverted to the 9mm in 2015.FBI returns to 9mm rounds, once shunned as ineffective https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-moves-back-to-the-9mm-round-which-it-once-shunned-as-ineffective/2015/10/31/d7d0b994-7e80-11e5-afce-2afd1d3eb896_story.html Washington Post History thumb|left|The Bren Ten (left) and Smith & Wesson Model 610 Classic (right), 1983. When FFV Norma AB (now Norma Precision AB) designed the cartridge at the behest of Dornaus & Dixon Enterprises, Inc. for their Bren Ten pistol (a newly developed handgun with a design inspired by the CZ 75), the company decided to increase the power over Jeff Cooper's original concept. The resulting cartridge—which was introduced in 1983 and produced since—is very powerful, retaining the flat trajectory and high energy of a magnum revolver cartridge in a relatively short, versatile rimless cartridge for a semi-automatic pistol. Quality control issues plagued early acceptance of the caliber, as a result of rushed production to meet numerous (some even defaulted) pre-orders of the pistol it was originally—as well as then being only—chambered for: the Bren Ten.http://www.bren-ten.com/website/id2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160405195319/http://www.bren-ten.com/website/id2.html 2016-04-05 Dornaus & Dixon Enterprises And The Bren Ten PART 3: The Demise of Dornaus & Dixon And The Bren Ten BREN-TEN.com Website 2015-01-30 An example is the peculiar circumstances surrounding the pistol's distribution at its primary release, leading to a number of initial Bren Tens sent to dealers and customers without magazines (the magazines themselves had complications).http://www.bren-ten.com/website/id3.html The Bren Ten In Detail PART 1: Bren Ten Production Modifications BREN-TEN.com Website 2015-01-30 The relatively high price of the Bren Ten compared to other pistols of the time (manufacturer's suggested retail price was $500 in 1986, the equivalent of $1,468.72 United States dollars in 2026US Inflation Calculator, accessed January 25, 2026.) was another factor in its demise, and the company was eventually forced to declare bankruptcy, ceasing operations in 1986 after only three years of inconsistent, substandard production. Had it not been for Colt making the unexpected decision in 1987 to bring out their Delta Elite pistol (a 10mm Auto version of the M1911) and later, the FBI's adoption of the caliber in 1989, the cartridge might have sunk into obsolescence, becoming an obscure footnote in firearms history.Hogg Ian V. Ian V. Hogg Walter John Pistols of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=okQH6zFgDtUC&pg=PA88 29 August 2004 David & Charles 0-87349-460-1 88 thumb|left|Colt Delta Elite Due to media exposure in the television series Miami Vice, where one of the lead protagonists had used the pistol as his primary signature weapon, demand for the Bren Ten increased after manufacturing ceased. In the succeeding five years, prices on the Standard Model rose to in excess of U.S. $1,400, and original magazines were selling for over U.S. $150.Fjestad S. P. 1992 Blue Book of Gun Values 13th Blue Book Publications, Inc 0-9625943-4-2Sweeney Patrick Patrick Sweeney (gunsmith) The Gun Digest Book Of The Glock https://books.google.com/books?id=5xdZU0RJqswC&pg=PA60 30 May 2008 F+W Media Iola, Wisconsin 978-1-4402-2427-0 60–61 The Federal Bureau of Investigation briefly field-tested the 10mm Auto using a M1911 pistol and a Thompson Model 1928 submachine gunHill Tracie WHAT'S NEW http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/tata/2008_q2/page00006.htm 10 Second Quarter 2008 The American Thompson Association newsletter The American Thompson Association 6 2015-01-30 2020-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20200812065054/http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/tata/2008_q2/page00006.htm dead https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/full-power-full-auto-the-thompson-goes-metric-and-the-mp5-goes-american/ An Official Journal of the NRA | Full Power/Full Auto: The Thompson Goes Metric and the MP5 Goes American americanrifleman.org as an "urban carbine" before adopting the Smith & Wesson Model 1076 in 1990; a short-barreled version of the Model 1026 with its slide-mounted decock/firing pin block safety supplanted by only a frame-mounted decocker. A contract was signed with Heckler & Koch to produce a quantity of the specialized MP5 utilizing the cartridge, designated MP5/10 for use by their Hostage Rescue Team and Special Weapons and Tactics Teams, which have both fielded the weapon and caliber since 1994. The 10mm cartridge was selected for Federal Bureau of Investigation use after a Wound Ballistics Seminar at the FBI Academy in September 1987, which agreed what a good cartridge would do, but could not agree if 9mm or .45 ACP could meet FBI requirements.FBI's 10mm Pistol Office of Justice Programs https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/fbis-10mm-pistol 2024-12-21 In the same year, an informal test was conducted using a variety of available 9mm and .45 ACP handguns. The test indicated that only the type of 9mm round, described as "147 grain subsonic hollow point round produced by Winchester" had acceptable penetration.1987 FBI's 1987 Handgun Evaluation https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/113821NCJRS.pdf Office of Justice Programs The test seemed inconsistent or contradictory to future observers, and it was accused of heavy .45 ACP and American handgun bias.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8A4nPJJWs The FBI Said This is the Best Handgun (and Why They're Wrong) 2022-07-07 TFB TV 2024-12-21 YouTube According to the latter 10mm report, it was decided: "five shots were fired in each of the 8 penetration tests, providing a total of 40 shots for each caliber or bullet type tested". The first selected was the 9mm described above. The second was a ".45 round, Remington 185 grain hollow point". The Wound Ballistic Workshop participants had a "consensus" that hollow points with "superior penetration" was what was needed. The 10mm was picked as a "halfway" between the other two options, in terms of size. The "commercial loadings" had "high chamber pressures", which resulted in "heavy recoil" and "muzzle blast". A 180 grain hollow point bullet was "acquired and handloaded to a velocity of 950 feet per second". Later on, factory-loaded ammunition was acquired that met their requirements. During the trials, the 10mm was found to be comparable to the .45 ACP, but the 10mm was found to take up less space and produce shot groups on targets that were half the size. As the FBI was adopting a 10mm cartridge closer in bullet weight and velocity to the .45 ACP, there was a need for large amounts of newly built ammunition of this type. This requirement was later submitted to Federal Premium Ammunition for production and further review. This became known as the "10mm Lite", or "10mm FBI" load, or attenuated 10mm, remaining common from various manufacturers today. With some pistol reliability problems increasing in this lighter load, Smith & Wesson observed that a version of the 10mm case reduced to 22 millimeters in length from the original 25 mm could be made with the retained performance parameters of the "10mm Lite". This altered cartridge was named the .40 Smith & Wesson. The shorter case allowed use in pistols designed with similar dimensions to those chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, with the advantage that smaller-handed shooters could now have smaller-frame semi-automatic handguns. Colloquially called the "Forty Cal" and other synonyms, this innovation since became a common handgun cartridge among law enforcement agencies and civilians in the United States, while the parent 10mm Auto remains fairly popular and has shown a resurgence in recent years particularly among hunters. Dimensions The 10mm Auto has a 1.56 milliliter (24.1 grain H 2 O) cartridge case capacity. 400px|10mm Auto maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters 10mm Auto maximum CIP cartridge dimensions The common rifling twist rate for this cartridge is 406.40 mm (1 in 16 inches), 6 grooves, Ø lands = 9.91 mm (.390 in), Ø grooves = 10.17 mm (.4005 in), and land width = 3.05 mm (.120 in). A large or small pistol primer is used. The CIP rulings indicate a maximum pressure of 230 MPa psi on. In CIP-regulated countries, every pistol/cartridge combination is required to be proofed at 130% of this maximum CIP pressure to certify for sale to consumers. The SAAMI maximum pressure limit for the 10mm Auto is set at 37500 psi MPa on. Performance At mid-range potential, the 10mm Auto produces energy higher than average .357 Magnum loads. The 10mm is slightly less powerful than the .357 Magnum with high-performing commercially available ammunition, or hand-loaded .357 magnums, and below standard .41 Magnum rounds. The cartridge is considered to be high-velocity, giving it a less arcing flight path upon firing (also termed "flat-shooting") relative to other handgun cartridges. More powerful loadings can equal the highest-performing .357 Magnum loads, and retain more kinetic energy at 100 yards than the .45 ACP has at the muzzle. The 10mm outperforms the .40 S&W by 150 - 300 ft/s m/s on for similar bullet weights when using available full-power loads,Ballistics information on Underwood Ammo's full-power 180 gr g on 10mm load https://web.archive.org/web/20150121060037/http://www.underwoodammo.com/10mmauto180grainfullmetaljacketboxof50.aspx 2015-01-21 . as opposed to the "10mm FBI" level loads still found in some ammunition catalogs.Ballistics information on Federal Premium Ammunition's "10mm Lite" style American Eagle 180 gr g on 10mm load.Ballistics information on Federal Premium Ammunition's American Eagle 180 gr g on .40 S&W load. This result is due to the 10mm Auto's higher SAAMI pressure rating of 37500 psi MPa on, as opposed to 35000 psi MPa on for the .40 S&W, and the larger case capacity, which allows the use of heavier bullets and more smokeless powder.Sweeney Patrick The Gun Digest Book of Smith & Wesson https://books.google.com/books?id=_OtamYg8dq4C&pg=PA199 10 December 2004 Gun Digest Books Iola, wisconsin 1-4402-2714-4 199 Usage thumb|Glock 20 thumb|Glock 29 The 10mm Auto is marketed for hunting,Natchez Shooters Supplies – COR-BON 10mm Auto 200 gr Hunting Penetrator 20/box http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=CBCB10200PN 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150121054947/http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=CBCB10200PN 2015-01-21 natchezss.com defensive, and tactical useHornady Manufacturing Company – 10mm Auto 165 gr FTX Critical Defense http://www.hornady.com/store/10mm-165-gr-CD/ 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150121060639/http://www.hornady.com/store/10mm-165-gr-CD/ 2015-01-21 hornady.com and is one of the few semi-automatic, rimless pistol cartridges that is legal for hunting white-tailed deer in many U.S. states.Hawks Chuck 2002 Handgun Hunting https://web.archive.org/web/20110501015713/http://www.chuckhawks.com/handgun_hunting.htm http://www.chuckhawks.com/handgun_hunting.htm 2011-05-01 2015-01-30 Quinn Jeff 2005-10-26 Glock Model 20 10mm Auto Pistol http://www.gunblast.com/Glock20.htm 2015-01-30 gunblast.com The round makes the "Major" power factor ranking in the International Practical Shooting Confederation, even in lighter loadings.http://www.ipsc.org/rules/divlistP.php IPSC :: The Handgun Divisions List 2013-02-05 2018-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180826005216/http://www.ipsc.org/rules/divlistP.php dead The FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Special Weapons and Tactics Teams, and various other law enforcement agencies continue to issue or authorize the use of 10mm, including: the Coconut Creek Police Department, Glasgow, Montana Police Department, Weimar Police Department,World Small Arms Inventory https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/ 2015-01-30 sites.google.com and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department.Richman Josh Alund Natalie Neysa 2014-01-22 BART police shooting: Still unclear whether fellow officer mistook sergeant for threat http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24971843/bart-police-shooting-still-unclear-whether-fellow-officer San Jose Mercury News 2015-01-30 Rainey said BART officers typically carry a 10 mm Glock or a .40-caliber Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun, although some are authorized to carry other weapons. In military use, the government of Denmark has issued the Glock 20 to the Slædepatruljen Sirius (Sirius Sledge Patrol) headquartered in Daneborg, Northeast Greenland. The pistols were issued as a last resort defence against polar bears which the unit encounters during patrols.http://www.casr.ca/id-arcticviking4sb-1.htm Automatics and Bolt-actions: Danish Small Arms in Greenland Canadian American Strategic Review May 2005 2015-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920120203/http://www.casr.ca/id-arcticviking4sb-1.htm 2008-09-20 Most Danish units use 9mm automatics like the CF but the Sirius Patrol learned through hard experience that 9mms had insufficient 'stopping power' to deal with angry adult polar bears. As a result, Sirius Patrol members carry a more powerful 10mm pistols for self-defence, employing the 10mm Glock 20 automatic.http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Denmark/ Denmark Special Operations and Counterterrorist Forces – Slaedepatruljen Sirius - The Sledgepatrol Sirius (Arctic LRRP; Navy) Special Operations.com 2015-01-30 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20110113214609/http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Denmark/ 2011-01-13 The weapons carried also reflect the harsh conditions. Only bolt-action rifles (M17/M53) performs reliably. The standard SIG210 Neuhausen sidearm was recently replaced by the 10mm Glock 20, as the stopping power of multiple 9mm rounds proved to be insufficient against a polar bear. See also 9×25mm Dillon 10 mm caliber List of handgun cartridges Table of handgun and rifle cartridges References 2 External links The Gun Zone – Birth of the 10mm Autopistol Cartridge BREN-TEN.com Website – The 10mm Auto Cartridge Cheaper Than Dirt – Cartridge of the Week, the 10mm, 10mm Auto Blogger – The 10mm Auto pistol cartridge is Alive and Well Brass Fetcher Ballistic Testing – 10mm Auto CHUCKHAWKS.COM – 10mm Auto Ballistics 101 – 10mm Ballistics Chart Ballistics By The Inch – 10mm Results Handloads.Com – 10 mm Load Data Handloads.Com – 10 mm Stopping Power GunBlast.com – Glock Model 20 10mm Auto Pistol GunBlast.com – The 10mm GunBlast.com – Smith & Wesson Brings Back the 10mm Model 610 Revolver GunBlast.com – The 10mm Auto Pistol GunBlast.com – Colt Delta Elite 10mm Semi-Automatic Pistol Modern Firearms: 10mm Auto Cartridge Category:10mm Auto semi-automatic pistols Category:10mm Auto submachine guns Category:10mm Auto firearms Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1983 Category:Military cartridges Category:Paramilitary cartridges Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges