Alan0354 said:In the middle of shooting, this is a long jam and can cause your life.
That's assuming you're firing the pistol in a defensive situation. A number of people might shoot 40SW in a 10mm pistol simply to save money. If you're just shooting at the range a difficult stoppage like a stuck case or cartridge is annoying, but it's not life threatening.
Alan0354 said:Regarding to shooting .40 in 10mm revolvers, here is an article:
https://revolverguy.com/psa-40-sw-in-the-10mm-gp100/
Sounds like you need a moon clip for that and still not very good.
I get what your point, but my experience is that many people that shoot non-rimmed cartridges in revolvers are using moon clips anyway to speed ejection. It's true you wouldn't have to do that when shooting 10mm specifically, but I feel like many people using such revolvers are using moon clips anyway.
Alan0354 said:For home defense, I rather want a slower velocity rounds like 45. It's not as dangerous in going through walls.
Anything that has enough energy to penetrate deep enough into a human body to cause a fatal wound has enough energy to make light work of sheetrock. Now if the walls in your home are significantly sturdier than that or the bullet strikes some framing that might be a different story, but sheetrock is very little of a barrier for most cartridges. You may get some deflection, which could be good or bad depending on the situation. The standard safety rule of being aware of your target and what is behind it is very relevant for a shooting in a dwelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8az24QNvVk
45 ACP JHP goes through 17, 17, and 16 sheets of drywall stacked together with loadings from 3 different manufacturers (185 gr Remington Golden Saber, 185 gr Hornady Critical Defense, and 230 gr Gold Dot respectively).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-lkZ9hkSro
45 ACP JHP goes through 3 sheets of drywall spaced far apart (3 was the total number of sheets used).
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