10mm Ammunition: 7 Things You Need to Know

I agree with the article, I am thinking of bears etc and that no pistol caliber would work. My situation is I have a bunch of them living on my property. The problem is in my state it's illegal to carry a loaded rifle in a vehicle so I am armed with a pistol. Because the state and countys have roads dividing it all. You run across a predator attacking a new born, you don't have time to load up. My pistol is a good noise maker and the villain gets it and takes off if I am in time.

I've fired most the rounds You mention and for years carried a S&W, Model 15 Combat Masterpiece .38 Caliber revolver then had a S&W, Model 19, 357 Magnum. I could fire 38 round in the Magnum but the .357 round was too long to fit in the Model 19. Our Police Dept. changed to stainless steal S&W .357s the to S&W 40 calibers which sure didn't have the stopping power the Magnum did. Guess that why were were told to fire double tap, seems one round couldn't do what a single Magnum round could. Within the USAF changed from S&W, Model 15 to the Beretta, M9, Nine Mill semi auto which was pretty easy to use. On the PD it was often jackets hollow points We used which seemed to be more effective by quite a bit. I found on putting down ie deer hit by car or animals with rabies etc. the shots were fata from l the all rounds fired but the Magnum was a lot quicker to put them out and not have them suffer even if only a few minutes. I've fired the 41 and 44 Magnums but never actually carried or used them on duty or owned one but did like them.

Good reading.