What are your favorite 10 mm target loads and also your hunting loads?

[huntersdog]

I'm just getting started into reloading the 10mm and looking for some suggestions for target loads and also some hunting loads for deer and hogs.

Thank you very much in advance!

[Hounddog]

What bullet weight are you looking at? For practice and plinking loads unique and universal or power pistol are good choices. For your hotter loads look for bluedot, Longshot, 800x, AA7, and AA9 and even hs-6. My most accurate 180grain cast bullet 10mm load was with blue Dot. Some guys like to load near nuclear loads in the 10mm so I don't like to give my info out. There is a 10mm forum over at Glock talk called the ten ring that has tons of info just be sure to work your loads up for your gun carefully. Good luck

[Ed_Shot]

What boolit(s) are you using?
What weapon are you using?
What powder(s) do you have?

I load for my Blackhawk 10mm/40sw and my brother's Delta Elite. I use Lyman's 401043 (175 gr.) and 401654 (150 gr.) mainly because I already had the molds for 40SW but also because they work perfectly in the Blackhawk's cylinders. I use data from the Lyman 4th Ed. Handbook. I've loaded 10MM with 800X, Blue Dot, Unique, WSF and Red Dot/Promo and get what I consider fantastic accuracy with all of them. I have been using 800X for top-end loads.

[dragon813gt]

I use the NOE 403-200-WFN and MP 402-220 pushed by healthy doses of 800-X. It’s a 10mm and I load to that level. Otherwise what’s the point?

[osteodoc08]

I know that a max book load of longshot and a 200gr XTP gives me 1100-1150 FPS out of my G20 and 10gr of Blue Dot gives me good accuracy and 1200 FPS using a coated 180gr truncated cone boolit.

[sparkyv]

Theres a really good 10mm forum 10mm-firearms. Many have testified that there seems to be a sweet spot using 10.4gr Blue Dot over 180gr jacketed bullets at 1.250 OAL. Blue Dot is my favorite for all my 10mm loads.

You might try 11.0gr (or a little more, perhaps) Blue Dot with 180gr XTPs or 10.4gr BD over 200gr WFN Hardcast for deer.

[Taterhead]

Well, I've loaded a fair amount of 10mm ammo from mild to wild. 135 gr to 208 gr. Here are a few of my favorites:

Light recoil loads for gamer loads (this is my favorite 10mm IDPA, Steel Challenge, man-on-man, etc. load):

175 gr cast TC PC over 5.2 gr 452AA. 850 fps. That's 850 fps. I'm about out of 452AA (sniff), so I'm moving to WST. Charge weights should be similar.

"10mm Light" or "FBI Load"

180 gr jacketed or plated over 6.2 gr WSF. for 930 fps.

A little hotter:

175-180 gr cast PC bullet over 10.0 gr Blue Dot for 1100 fps.

A hard hitting load:

LBT 402-200-WFN PC and heat treated. 13.3 gr Accurate No. 9, mag primer. Those run 1240 fps.

All of the above are with an early gen 3 Glock 20. Stock barrel.

Some of these loads do not have any book data to reference. Please do you your own careful load workups, but you already know that!

Overall, Accurate no. 9 and Blue Dot are good performers, with No. 9 being my absolute favorite for max effort 10mm ammo. Accurate No. 7 and Long Shot are worth considering too for good all around powders.

[Walks]

My favorite 10mm load was the old original Norma 200gr FMJ. Accurate as you could want.
Of course 300rds battered my COLT Delta Elite to pieces. But that was the only way to get brass in the beginning. Sold it off before it got too bad. Wish there had been some worth while reloading data, that wouldn't beat a pistol to death. Of course the buyer liked getting 300 once fired cases and 3 extra mags as part of the deal .

[MikeN]

I've been using 9.0 grains Blue Dot with xtreme 165 gr. plated for about 1000 fps in my S&W model 1076. Very pleasant load to shoot. If I go with heavier bullets and hotter I go with AA-9. It is a very fun cartridge to shoot!

[marek313]

I dont see any reason to load 10mm brass with 40S&W loads thats what 40S&W brass is for and yes I do shoot those in my RIA Tac Ultra 10mm 1911 with no issues. 6g of WSF is now my go to 40 load. Started messing with Vectan A0 for mid loads but any of the mid handgun burning powders should work. HS6, Unique etc but for full house loads I use 12gr of #9 under cast 180gr TC bullet. I picked up longshot but i havent tried it yet.

[fredj338]

For me the 10mm is at its best pushing 200gr bullets hard. Otherwise buy a 40. So my hunting load is 13.4gr of AA#9 under a 200gr coated WNFP, runs a bit over 1200fps. Same bullet for target but will shoot several diff midrange powders like Unique or PP or even AA#7, run it about 1100fps. Stock Gen3 G20.

[Idaho45guy]

For me the 10mm is at its best pushing 200gr bullets hard. Otherwise buy a 40.

My first 10mm was a Glock 29. I bought it for woods carry. Then I discovered GSSF matches locally. The only Glock I owned was the 10mm, so I started looking for loads that were accurate and soft-shooting for matches.

I used 5.7gr of Unique behind a 180gr Hornady XTP to win my division.

Just because someone might have a real need for a softer shooting 10mm doesn't mean you have to jump down their throat. Geez...

[Idaho45guy]

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[reddog81]

6.2 grains Unique pushing a 180 grain lead bullet worked great as a target load for me. Yeah it's a starting load and you could probably get the same results with a 40 S&W, but I don't own a Colt Delta Elite or any Glocks in 40 S&W, so I'm fine using 10MM for that role...

[fredj338]

My first 10mm was a Glock 29. I bought it for woods carry. Then I discovered GSSF matches locally. The only Glock I owned was the 10mm, so I started looking for loads that were accurate and soft-shooting for matches.

I used 5.7gr of Unique behind a 180gr Hornady XTP to win my division.

Just because someone might have a real need for a softer shooting 10mm doesn't mean you have to jump down their throat. Geez...

Uh, not jumping down anyones throat. Pull your panties out of your butt & just take the info for what it is worth. JMO, running the larger 10mm with 40 loads in expensive 10mm brass seems pointless to me. I would maybe go after market 40 bbl & shoot up cheap 40 brass, but that is just a suggestion, not jumping down your throat, well maybe now I am.

[Idaho45guy]

Uh, not jumping down anyones throat. Pull your panties out of your butt & just take the info for what it is worth. JMO, running the larger 10mm with 40 loads in expensive 10mm brass seems pointless to me. I would maybe go after market 40 bbl & shoot up cheap 40 brass, but that is just a suggestion, not jumping down your throat, well maybe now I am.

That would be against the GSSF stock division rules.

Like I said, some people have very good reasons for shooting light 10mm loads despite what you think.

[Outpost75]

Is there anybody else, but me, who shoots 10mm in a REVOLVER?

If you are not limited by magazine length, but want a heavier, long-nosed bullet which exploits the Ruger cylinder length and does not limit powder capacity, Tom Ellis at Accurate Molds has your number!

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[RobS]

Designed a WFN over at accurate molds that is running at 192 grains or so with WW alloy. I push with max charge of LongShot or have even pushed to 1200 fps with 2400 powder before. Run pretty much the top side although the Lee 175 grain TC bullet is an easier shooting load (recoiling) with near max load of LongShot.

[fredj338]

That would be against the GSSF stock division rules.

Like I said, some people have very good reasons for shooting light 10mm loads despite what you think.

Well reading thru a couple of other responses, I am not the only one that thinks the 10mm is just that. Knock yourself out shooting powder puff at gssf with a g20. A 40 & a g35 would be cheaper.

[bigboredad]

I bought a 10mm cause of it's versatility it can go from mild to wild. Kind like the 45 colt of the semi world. Just like the I used to shoot 340gr 45 colts all the time it does get old and seems to hurt worse in the cold. Now I like medium loads in both and don't feel like a girl shooting them

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[popper]

IIRC. the 'proper' FBI is 180gr for 10mm & 165gr for 40SW. As long as it's safe, use what you want. The 10mm does have case capacity to push heavy harder for hunting.

[Rick R]

I picked up an SR1911 and then a 3” GP100 because I love 10’s. I don’t see a reason to beat both gun and shooter with continuous use of heavy loads. The round is just too versatile for that.

I had a 10mm years ago and found an ammo can full of commercial 155gr lrn boolits over AA#7 (@ 1,200fps) that I’ve been using in the SR1911 for local IDPA style shoots. Low recoil, good accuracy in the 1911 and they pound Mr Pepper’s Poppers. For some reason the GP100 doesn’t like them. It prefers either the Hornady 180gr FP jacketed or NOE 200gr WFN over a charge of Unique hitting the 1,000ish fps mark. The WFN can hang up on the revolver’s chamber edges when loading in a hurry but they are really accurate.

For hunting I plan on using the NOE 200gr WFN over enough BE-86 to hit 1,200fps from the SR1911. That load gives me sub 2” 25 yard groups and great penetration from the SR1911 which is legal for hunting in WV and decent groups in the GP100 which is my knocking around gun but too short to hunt with.

Next up I plan on getting NOE’s 170gr TC mold for fun and targets.

[Taterhead]

I get the sentiment of why have a 10mm and run it to 40 levels? Me? I like the versatility. I also happen to like to shoot my Glock 20 best, so I load the ammo to fit the purpose. Mild to wild. That's the beauty of that cartridge: versatility. The Glock 20 is my most common handgun of choice for IDPA, Steel Challenge, and even the occasional man-on-man steel match. I also like to shoot heavy cast at 1200 fps +. It is ALL good.

RickR, for running a 200 gr cast to 1200 fps, it might be a bit hard running for a medium burner like BE-86. I like No. 9 a lot for my LBT WFN 200 grainers. Easy 1200 fps. Second choice would be Long Shot followed by Blue Dot. Of course, if BE-86 is working for you, carry on!

[mvintx]

I'm late to the party here but for many years I've shot the Lyman 175 TC with 5.6 grains of Unique. It clocks around 950 fps out of my Delta Elite with an 18.5 pound recoil spring. That 22 pound spring gets harder and harder to manipulate as the years go by.