Hey guys, thanks for the response! <!--emo&
--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'><!--endemo-->
1400+ fps with a 200 gr LBT/GC from a Glock??? Hmmm...... <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
McNett, nothing personal, (I'm a natural born skeptic) but....... I'm curious, how long have you been handloading? I don't mean to flame you, but I'd feel irresponsible if I didn't at least wave a caution flag concerning the loads you're posting.
I say this because of the potential for many inexperienced handloaders to attempt to duplicate these loads without comparing your data with data from a
published source. <!--emo&
--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'><!--endemo-->
I have done a bit of load development for the 10mm cartridge using the 610 as a vehicle, and with the jacketed bullets I use, (180 XTP's & 180 Win JHP's) I use a loaded OAL of 1.325", for a couple reasons. First, since the 10mm cartridge is somewhat short for the length of the cylinder, I get a little less bullet jump without the bullet making contact with the throat. Second, I get a little more room for powder, and also, I believe this length would be too long to chamber in an auto-loader, (and probably wouldn't fit in the magazine.)
I have two 610's from the first run in 1990, both are 6 1/2" and my accuracy has been nothing short of outstanding (especially with a 2X Burris), although velocities are not as high as I'd
like to see, they are higher than any
published chrono data. And, I am using heavier charge weights than any of the loading manuals recommend. <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->
Aleyeska, sorry to hear that you let the 610 slip away. <!--emo&
--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'><!--endemo--> I got my first one about 5 years ago after watching it lay in "my" dealers case for nearly six months. I got tired of seeing it lay there collecting dust. This was before Smith re-introduced the
Classic version of the 610, and not much had ever been written about them in any of the "off the news-stand" gun-zines......... Nobody had any idea how good the 10mm cartridge really was, because it had gotten bad press from the LEO community, and was thought to have
punishing recoil. In the N frame S&W, even with my heaviest loads, recoil is so light, you'd actually call it
pleasant! <!--emo&
--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'><!--endemo--> After my first trip to the range, I commented to my dealer, that if he ever got another 610 to call me, I'd buy it, sight unseen. In less than a year, I ended up with two of them, and at a price that would make many grown men cry!
And, to Mike and Marshall; Thanks for echoing my concerns on the safety side of this issue! Afterall, we as experienced handloaders owe it to any newcomers to promote safety as the top priority in this hobby we all enjoy so much........... <!--emo&
--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'><!--endemo--> If it ain't safe, it ain't fun, in this hobby, right?
