A net.friend told me once that all my discussion eventually turned to guns... I couldn't contradict him...
10mm factory rounds are still pretty much underloaded. I've heard the only decent major manufacturer round is the Winchester 175gr Silvertip, and even that has reputedly been getting weaker lately. I use Georgia Arms ammo, 155gr JHP at 1375fps in a full-size pistol, a little less out of the G29. Plenty hot but not abusive. Recoil is there, deal with it
The 10mm is definitely versatile, and I do some of my own reloading, mostly for practice and competition loads. For IPSC (action shooting matches) I use a 200 gr bullet at about 850fps, a total softball load. Feels like a 9mm or smaller, especially in a fullsize Glock or 1911 frame. And on the top end there's guys on the glocktalk.com 10mm boards loading 220gr bullets at 1300fps or more. And the one guy using 10mm to launch 90gr bullets at close to 3000fps from a 16" carbine...
I just switched over to hot-weather carry here. Basically it is pocket carry, in the right front big pocket of my cargo shorts. I sew a little velcro to the pocket mouth so it stays closed. People carry so much big stuff there days (phones, pagers, PDAs) that it doesn't look out of place, luckily I am a big guy. The pistol does wear away the pocket lining, I need to find a local sarki to get some good leather lining into the pocket to make it more durable. As there is no holster, I don't carry loaded, just with a full mag inserted. I practice drawing and racking the slide. It is slower than regular carry but better than a sharp stick. Spare mag and flashlight in the left cargo pocket balance the load.
Uncle - it's a nice package but hard to find ammo for in the wild world. The 3V lithium batteries for the flashlight are expensive enough here, I'd hate to see what they cost in Nepal, if available at all
