10 mm load for boar?

[m79203]

Sorry if this has come up before but I can't find it through the search engine.

What is the preferred/recommended 10 mm load for boar hunting, assuming the boar may be in the 300-500(?)pound range?

Are JHP or solid?

[frank4570]

My own deer hunting experience is that a JHP doesn't have the penetration or tissue damage of a flatpoint.
I am thinking doubletap beartooth bullet.

[MakeMineA10mm]

Originally posted by frank4570
I am thinking doubletap beartooth bullet.

That's the only way to fly!!!!!!

[Ak.Hiker]

Full power 200 grain FMJ at 1,200 or 200 grain XTP.

[nickE10mm]

DT 200 XTP or better yet, 200-215 gr Beartooth

:supergrin:

[noway]

I second beartooth, I would avoid a FMj or JHP if you think you are going to stumble across a 500lb boar. The .401 diameter WFN BTB that mike as load on limited offerings, has a meplat as big as alot of 44magnum loads. THe Wide Flat Nose destroys alot of tissue and creates a good wound path imho.

[cookand]

Whenever my G20 gets here I will be carrying it loaded with DT 200 gr. beartooth. However, this is more as protection when I'm hunting other game. I've heard the 200 grain XTPs work well on deer, but I'm not sure about a boar, especially in the 500 lb. range.

[m79203]

I'm reading that the 200 gr Beartooth loads should be used in a G20. Any concerns with using it in a Colt DE?

[cookand]

Originally posted by m79203
I'm reading that the 200 gr Beartooth loads should be used in a G20. Any concerns with using it in a Colt DE?

Should or shouldn't? Mike from DT said there are no problems using the beartooth in a stock Glock barrel. Hell, he shoots them through his with no problems. I wouldn't see any reason you couldn't use it in the Colt.

[nickE10mm]

The 200gr BTB is okay to shoot in the Glock barrel because its hard enough not to lead the barrel. That being said, any barrel OTHER than the glock bbl should be okay to shoot BTB's as well.

[m79203]

Originally posted by cookand
Should or shouldn't? Mike from DT said there are no problems using the beartooth in a stock Glock barrel. Hell, he shoots them through his with no problems. I wouldn't see any reason you couldn't use it in the Colt.

Thanks for all the replies. The question/concern about using the beartooth DT load in a Colt isn't the leading but rather it being at the top end of power scale and if it would pound the Colt with repeated use.

[MakeMineA10mm]

Yeah, good point/question.

My DE had the stock Colt double recoil spring that they designed for 10mm. I would have liked it better if they'd have added more weight to the slide than they did, but they did what they did.

I think with the relatively light spring combined with the loose chambers in the Glock, if the DT loads are safe in Glock, they will be fine in a DE.

In addition, I know that Mike pressure tests all of his ammo, and although it is at the high end, it isn't over-pressure.

Since, theoretically, you'll only be shooting a box or two of the DTs in your DE to sight it in, verify feed reliability, acclimate you to the recoil, and then if/when you get a shot at a boar, I wouldn't worry about that few rounds. If you were going to fire 500rds/day through it for a week, I'd be taking measures like a really heavy ISMI recoil spring to replace the outer Colt spring and maybe some Shok-Buffs.

[nickE10mm]

Originally posted by m79203
Thanks for all the replies. The question/concern about using the beartooth DT load in a Colt isn't the leading but rather it being at the top end of power scale and if it would pound the Colt with repeated use.

IMHO, if you get an EGW flat bottomed firing pin stop and a 21 lb or so Wolf recoil spring setup (no shok buffs needed) and you get rid of that stock recoil setup, I think you'll be okay for whtatever you need to shoot out of it.

[boneguru]

whtever bullet you choose it would be nice to see the game, and how it tasted, R

[nickE10mm]

Originally posted by boneguru
whtever bullet you choose it would be nice to see the game, and how it tasted, R

amen!