.45 ACP or 10 mm

Self-Defense Semiauto

  • .45 ACP

    Votes: 114 67.5%

  • 10 mm

    Votes: 55 32.5%
  • Total voters
    169
Agreed, the 10 has some power over and above the ones you mentioned, but personally, I would go for 44 Mag or a stout 45 Colt if I needed more than what a 45ACP does. There just isn't enough difference for me personally, but if I had a 10, I wouldn't get a 45ACP either. I'm a one caliber pistol defense kinda guy and if I had multiple calibers and weapons, I'd get to where I would prefer one over the others.
 
.45ACP for me..everyone that sells ammo has .45acp...plus it will kill a person deader than hell. As somebody else pointed out..you wanna kill big game or have defense against them..use a damn 44 mag.
 
Considering there are likely 100x as many 45 owner/shooters than 10mm I'm sure the poll will be vastly in favor of the 45.

I like the 10mm and would carry the right one (for me) but since don't currently own one when I carry a semi-auto for self defense it's usually a 45.
 
10mm Auto. All day, every day.


For the reasons Tamara so eloquently stated.

For the specific carry guns, check my sig.

To add to CB's energy list, in the heavy-weight division, you might check out Texas Ammo's 10mm 200gn loads which use Hornady bullets (your choice: FMJ-FP or JHP/XTP). They exit the muzzle @ 1250 fps for 694lbs.

A "heavy & fast" 10mm leaves the .45acp sniveling. :p

Is the .45acp popular? Sure. Every swinging Jack and their brother has one. :rolleyes: Nothing wrong with the cartridge itself. It's a fine venerable old round, and until I switched to the 10mm I carried a Sig 220.

But for many, the urge to stick with the caliber-herd is simply irresistable, symptomatic of the same instinct that drives lemmings. ;) This makes it hard to concede the superior aspects of the newer 10mm Auto, the energy figures cited above being but one of it's virtues. Better penetration across a diverse range of shooting scenarios is another. It's all fairly easy to see unless you're stuck permanently in the "ostrich position."

For those wishing to distinguish themselves from the herd, however, the 10mm offers the kind of versatility and energy range few other handgun cartridges today can match. And it does it all from semi-auto pistols of relatively conventional size (e.g., 1911/Delta Elites, Smiths, Glocks) that are reasonably amenable to concealed carry, unlike, say, the powerful-but-pants-droopin' Desert Eagles, Wildeys or Auto-Mags. :eek:

If we're going to talk about revolvers instead (the original poster's usage context was self-defense/CCW), then you've really changed the caliber-subject altogether. In that case I'd probably be looking toward something like a S&W 657MG in 41 Magnum.
 
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I like both,have had both and will have both of them again. Both are great self defense rounds. However the 10mm is more flexible,you can have .40S&W power level,more than .40 or .45 power level or much more than .45 power level all in the same gun. Add to that the fact that a 10mm can hold more rounds in the same sized gun (still an issue in compact guns). Given the choice between say a Glock 30 with 9 rounds of a good .45 load of a Glock 29 with 10rds. of a good 10mm load I`ll take the extra round and slightly more power every time. My vote goes to the 10mm. That said I`d feel extremely well armed with the Glock 30 also, the margin is a mighty small one. Marcus
 
Castle Bravo-you ARE the most fanatical 10 MM fan around here, and I thought 357 Sigfan was itD !!!!!!!!!!
Don't y'all feel hampered by the "wimpy" 45. Almost doesn't make it out of the tube when you press the go button.
Whether I have my head like an ostrich or not, I roll my own and have 155/165/185/200/225 and 230 grain loads, some in LSWC and some in jacketed, and have taken bunnies to deer with it, so if I'm going to make a step up, its going to be for a whole lot more-something in the neighborhood of a 44 Mag or that stretched 45 Wildey. I have one 12 year old Government model (yeah, I know-that positively makes me a dinosaur!) that will see 100,000 rounds this year, a 1991A1 Compact and a new mfg 1991A1 Government model, two stock and the compact modified, and I won't be buying any more pistols in my lifetime. They work, they don't break, and I don't have to shoot anything twice.
 
The .45 acp is a good round, no dispute there.


Long ago, about 1989 or 90 IIRC, I picked up a Springfield Armory 1911A1 in plain-jane GI trim, although it was the blue version, not parkerized like some of the early ones were. I still have it, just haven't shot it in a while. When it used to see more range action than it does now, guys were always bugging me to "trick it out" and do this or that to it, like getting rid of the stock GI sights or the short trigger. I kept it stock anyway. Surprisingly, it shot pretty tight even without any "high profile" aftermarket sights as long as I held up my end of the equation. It also fed most HPs without a stumble. I have no plans to ever sell or trade it. Just so we're clear, if the 10mm Auto ever disappeared, I'd be carrying something in 45acp without thinking twice about it. Like I said, it's a great old round which every shooter should try. :)

But, despite the fuzzy math and, occasionally, some selective sleight-of-hand when comparing their respective fps or energy numbers, the .45 just isn't a 10mm and never will be. :cool:
 
Y'all must have a funny idea of fanatical... I tell you why my caliber is good, and I'm a nut. You tell me why your caliber is good, and you are a stalwart defender of the honor of .45 ACP. :rolleyes:

10mm is more powerful than .45 ACP. That may more may not matter for what you are using your pistol for, but it is a fact of life. For some reason fanatical defenders of .45 ACP get skittish whenever someone points this out. :D
 
Hell, I just voted in the poll but I didn't think it would come to this. First of all, hugs and kisses to everyone because like it or not we're all brothers and sisters bonded together in one cause. So there.
Granted, the 10mm IS more powerful than the LEGENDARY 45. The thingy is you don't need all that power to stop a wimpy human. I doubt there's a better load in either calibre than the 45 ACP 230gr Hydra-Shok.
The 10mm is a little more flexible as you head toward the woods and that 's where it shines over the 45. In an urban setting the 45 is the winner because of the choices it gives you in a wide variety of handguns.
For dead broke peons like myself my choices in 10mm are the Glock or the Witness. Thanks but no thanks. The 10mm is good but it ain't that good. The 45 wins hands down. :D
 
i'll take the flying trashcan anyday , just looking at that big bore scares the sh** out of a lot of people . plus I can do faster follow up shots with one .
 
10mm.

10mm is the thinking man's automatic cartridge. It's small market share flies in the face of logic.

A carbine of some kind in 10mm teamed with a 10mm Glock would be awesome. Even more interesting would be a lever action in 10mm paired with a 10mm DA revolver.

If you aren't going to go for 10mm, at least step up to .45super.
 
I find myself unable to vote in this poll:confused:

You see I have both a 45 and 10mm in my favorite frame, Colt 1911.

I guess it depends which goes better with my outfit on any particular day. The 45 is stainless and the 10mm is blued.


One must pay attention to one's accessories?



Isn't it a fashion Faux Pas to carry stainless after memorial day?
 
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