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The issue was never hot 10mm loads, the load the FBI was using in 10mm wasn't "hot" but the gun it was chambered in was BIG. That's where the problem was, the size of the gun, not the recoil. That's when the .40 came and saved the day. Not because FBI agents couldn't handle a mid level 10mm in a big, heavy gun, if anything it would recoil less than a .40.
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This. If you ever handled a S&W 1076 (I've owned S&W 3rd Gen 10's & 45s) it is / was a VERY BIG & HEAVY CHUNK of Stainless Steel that would work easily to beat a suspect to a bloody pulp as to shoot them.
A small woman or man carrying that BIG & HEAVY Pistol is really going to feel it and would have a tough time concealing it. Sort of the reason (size & weight) that the FBI rethought the 10mm.
.40 has good ballistics that gain the higher capacity & compact size of a 9mm (Vs. a .45 or 10mm based gun), with a bullet of greater weight & diameter.
The 180 HST (along with 180 Gold Dots & 180 Winchester Ranger) is pretty much as good as it gets for a handgun.
It's fallen out of "Trendy" but the facts are that it works well for defense and I don't have the least worry carrying one.
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