Right now, the classic 10mm Auto pistol cartridge is seeing something of a revival in the marketplace, with numerous manufacturers offering handguns in the chambering, even those who had never catalogued one in the past.
Some of you might be looking at the words “10mm Auto” and glancing at the cover to make sure you’re reading CONCEALMENT and didn’t pick up a copy of CARNIVORE instead. Rest assured, you’re in the right book.
We totally get that the mighty Ten tends to be viewed in most write-ups as a sort of chambering intended for last-ditch defense against angry bears for hikers in grizzly country, at least the ones who prefer auto pistols over a classic magnum revolver, but that ignores the glorious lineage of the caliber. Because, believe us, the original intent of the 10mm Auto was to be carried as a personal defense pistol cartridge against miscreants, hoodlums, and other assorted archaic terms for bad guys.
The reason for the antiquated terms is because the driving force behind the 10mm Auto was Jeff Cooper. Long before the internet had a place to argue
