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Originally Posted by Targan
Didn't the FBI go with 10mm for a couple of years but dropped it because female agents couldn't handle the recoil? I'm going on dim, distant memory here and may have over-simplified the sitiuation.
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Well, not necessarily. From what I've read (and please remember this may not be 100 percent accurate, just like everything else I say or read
) the recoil of the 10mm round was a problem for a lot of agents, not just females that were not used to the power of this particular round. The 10mm should not be confused in any way with the .45 ACP, it is a very hot round that places a lot of stress on the pistol. This was another factor: the 10mm had just come out around this time and it was found that some pistols built for it were wearing out/breaking prematurely as they (for the time) hadn't been quite sufficiently built to handle the high stress of the propellant packed into the cartridge along with the larger caliber. But again, there may be more to the issue.
In any case, experiments with the 10mm led to the development of the .40 S&W. Yes, I know macho types like to call it "short and wimpy" but if many law enforcement types and some military are actually using the round without too many complaints, then it must be doing something right.
