I never meant to imply a 10mm wasn't enough gun, also was thinking in terms of an expanding bullet, personally I would never hunt with fmj or something similar which does not expand. The '06 rounds i have seen caught on the back side of the deer in the hide were all 150 grain core lokts.LeonCarr wrote:I have seen on multiple occasions hard cast and FMJ bullets fired from handguns outpenetrate jacketed soft points fired from rifles.
http://www.handloads.com/misc/linebaugh ... .tests.asp
In this one link if you look at the cartridges detailed in the table, there are many many handgun cartridges that out penetrate a .30-06 loaded with 220 Grain Remington Core-Lokts.
Yes, a 10mm with the right bullet will go through a White-Tailed Deer.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
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- Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:10 am
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Re: 10mm pistol hunting
My old man routinely finds 30-06 slugs in the hide on the opposite side of deer when shot in the vitals/shoulder area, if a 150 grain 06 doesn't exit roughly 1/3 of the time I would be hesitant to say any pistol should go all the way through unless it was a 500 mag or 454 casull. And yes he is generally hitting more than one bone when they don't exit, but it still happens a lotLeonCarr wrote:The Hornady 180 Grain XTP, factory or handloaded, is a stomper in the 10mm.
A 180 XTP at around 1200 fps should exit any Whitetail, lots of gel tests on YouTube. If more penetration is needed, use coated hard cast 200s or 220s. The coated hard cast minimize leading with polygonal rifling and compensator ports.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr