Quality 10mm plinking ammo----->Your recommendations please

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silver-bullet

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Just bought a Glock 20 SF 10mm, and now I need to feed it. I don't reload, so I need an ammo recommendation that is not TOO expensive (although I realize that's asking a lot), and maybe a load that isn't loaded to super-duper-bone-shattering-power, so I can shoot longer sessions at the range.

The two loads I'm considering are the Federal American Eagle 180-grain, and the Remington UMC 180-grain loads. Anybody shot both? Impressions? Recoil? Accuracy? Thanks!
 
Thanks for the tip on Georgia Arms. I notice they offer two types of 180-grain 10mm loads; one is labeled "new," and the other is not. What's the difference?
 
Sources for 10mm training/practice rounds(factory)....

I've seen a few decent prices on Remington UMC 10mm 180gr FMJ here; www.NatchezSS.com www.Cheaperthandirt.com www.Thesportsmansguide.com .
I do not own a 10mm semi auto pistol but if I did, the cheaper factory Remington UMC 10mm rounds would be worth buying.
For great self-defense/duty/carry rounds, see; www.doubletapammo.com .
They sell powerful, factory made 10mm rounds. Cor-Bon; www.Dakotaammo.net has a few good factory 10mm loads too.

ClydeFrog
 
If you are interested later on down the road in a holster for that beast I've got a Blackhawk! paddle holster that I can sell you on the cheap. I got it in on a trade when I bought a Glock 21. I prefer leather (old school) and the thing is just taking up space in my closet. It's matte black and RH. Can send photos if you like.

Congrats on your purchase. You'll like it. 10mm rocks.


Bryan
 
Plinking? PMC. They have 2 loads, a 170gr hp @ 1200 fps, and a 200 gr TCFMJ @~ 1050 fps. They're both great loads and generally inexpensive as far as 10mm goes. None of them are cheap. Start reloading is my best recommendation. But even when reloading, one of my favorite loads duplicated that 170 gr from PMC.
 
Thanks for the tip on Georgia Arms. I notice they offer two types of 180-grain 10mm loads; one is labeled "new," and the other is not. What's the difference?
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By the time I would add the shipping this ammo would be more than what I can buy Remington UMC for at my local Cabela's. I guess I'm lucky to have a Cabela's within 25 miles of home.

Also, their "New" 10MM load is advertised as +P. There is no SAMMI +P standards for 10 MM, and I don't like to deal with people who use false advertising. Listing a 10 MM +P load is just advertising hype, and a ploy.
 
I notice they offer two types of 180-grain 10mm loads; one is labeled "new," and the other is not. What's the difference?
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the new is loaded in new starline brass,the other is used brass.
Also, their "New" 10MM load is advertised as +P. There is no SAMMI +P standards for 10 MM, and I don't like to deal with people who use false advertising. Listing a 10 MM +P load is just advertising hype, and a ploy.
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that's true enough,But at least their ammo will make advertized velocity unlike the last batch of Doubletap I got.
 
On further review of the Georgia Arms website, The regular 180 grain 10MM loading shows 1100 fps. The +P advertised ammo is shown as 1150, the same as off the shelf Remington UMC. Not really close to the original 10MM load of 170 gr @1300fps. So how can they even call it +P? Just sayin'.
The off the shelf Winchester silvertip load of a 175 gr. bullet @1290 is much closer to the original. Although I wouldn't call the silvertip "range ammo" I certainly give the Remington UMC that title.
Admittedly, I haven't shot any of it across my chronograph, so that may eventually be the telling truth.
 
I typically practice with CCI Blazers. 200gr at a modest 1050fps however the two offerings you were thinking of run just fine out of my 3rd gen smith. I usually pick up large quantities when they go on sale at our local sportsmen warehouse.
 
Silver, why not look into reloading your own?

You own a (At times) hard to find caliber and loading your own for plinking and SD practice is a economical way to solve you issues with availability and price all in one shot!

I load for .40 S&W, 9mm, .45 LC, .380 ACP, .223/5.56 and maybe soon to be 10mm?

If I did not load my own I could never afford to shoot as much ammo or as often as I do.
 
I've shot, in my S&W 1076, Remington 180grn FMJ, Federal American Eagle 180grn FMJ, CCI Blazer 200grn FMJ, Georgia Arms 180grn FMJ and the older, now-discontinued Federal American Eagle 180grn "High Antimony Lead" loadings and I've had no issues with any although the Federal lead loading was a bit more smokey.

As far as JHP's go, I've shot Winchester 175grn Silvertips, Hornady 200grn XTP, Cor-Bon 150grn DPX, and Double Tap 180grn XTP and I've had no issues from any of them either. I do have a box of Winchester 200grn Black Talons and Norma 200grn FMJ but I won't shoot them as both of those loadings are discontinued.
 
Probably not what you ...

.... want to hear, but:

10MM Plinking loads that won't break the bank.

Either
  • Reload
  • Or buy a .45acp barrel ( around $200 at FireDragon) for the Glock21SF and hunt for plinkerish loads for 45acp.
.

100 rounds of Winchester White Box+Sales Tax goes for just barely under $40.00 at my local WalMart.
 
Silver-bullet:

Actually, you'd be better off buying an aftermarket .40S&W drop-in barrel for your G20. That way, you can still use the stock 10mm mags & recoil assembly. All you need is the barrel.

Also, you can get .357Sig and 9x25 Dillon drop-in tubes if you want to shoot a variety of calibers off the G20 platform.

Skip the .45 suggestion, as it requires a complete (& costly) upper slide, rather than just the barrel-swap.
 
tested

IME Winchester 175g Silvertip delivers 1200fps from 5" barrels.
Georgia Arms remanufactured ammo is excellent and affordable: recommend.
"+P" designations are for the internet morons who don't know any better, but helps them understand the so-designated ammo does not recoil gently.


Cheap 10mm ammo does not exist unless you make it.....
 
Yeah, 10mm pistols are not plinking pistols unless you have extensive funds. They are the pistol you either develop loads for and then shoot them with your own roll, or maintain proficiency with while doing most of your plinking/training on a less expensive caliber.

and maybe a load that isn't loaded to super-duper-bone-shattering-power, so I can shoot longer sessions at the range
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Sorry, not trying to be condescending, but it sounds like you didn't put much thought into the purchase prior, or had really high expectations for whatever reason, maybe from what somebody told you who heard it from somebody else who read it on the internet. I primarily shoot DoubleTap from my Glock 20 (not the SF), and have put 100-125 rounds downrange in a session, along with a three or four hundred .22 or .40 rounds, and my hands were fine at the end. Not sure how much more shooting you'd really need to do on any given day. YMMV.

If you really want to shoot that pistol on the cheap(er), I would suggest buying a Lone Wolff .40S&W barrel, it's a drop-in and you can use the same magazines.
 
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Everyone else covered most of anything I would have said. But I'll add this:

If you ever see yourself handloading 10mm in the future, or if you plan to gather your brass and forward it to a buddy, skip the Remington-UMC ammo. Except for the obvious Blazer aluminum, the nickel plated R-P brass is the least best brass you'll find in 10mm.
 
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