Quote Originally Posted by soulezoo View Post
Believe me, Buffalo Bore IS a magnum version.

BB loads in 10mm are double the energy of 9 or 45. Double. And more than .357 mag is capable of. Some 10mm loads are 900 ftlbs.

I love Elmer. But he didn’t test 10mm. So his observations at this point are obsolescent.
I'm familiar with buffalo bore. Elmer was the sort of man who would put hot sauce on a ghost pepper if his blown up revolvers are to be believed and he did champion the creation of the .44 magnum despite the availability of .44 special and .357 magnum. Interestingly enough Buffalo Bore also offers a .44 Spc Keith load.

On the 900fps 10mm, I'd point you to the BB 10 mm heavy load 220grs solid hard cast lead at 1,200 fps with 703 fps of energy, pretty hot stuff. But that bullet design looks familiar, and solid hard cast lead with a flat nose isn't new tech. That said I wouldn't want to get hit with it.

I suspect we could go round and round on this topic till the sun dies. I'll cede that there are some semi auto loads out there are good for animals.