I don’t know who asked for this, but…..
Admittedly, there arent very many 10mm carbines out there, although there are more now than there used to be. Ruger just came out with one on their LC platform which is doomed for failure. HiPoint, of all people, came out with one. And there’s a few oddball AR platforms out there. But…compared to the 9mm, and even the .40, the field of 10mm carbines is pretty small.
Not sure who the market is for this thing. I mean, the natural answer is that its for the man who owns a 1omm pistol, but if I’m carrying a semi-auto 10mm Im probably want a carbine that is semi auto and takes the same mags. On the other hand, there are 10mm revolvers out there so it might make a good companion for them….but if youre going to carry a revolver and a levergun, why not . 357 or .44 instead of a boutique round for a semiauto?
Will I buy one? Probably. Just for the novelty value. But I admire RugerMarlin for trying new things.
I have always wanted a matching pistol/revolver and lever gun in the same caliber. Now that I have a G20 for my trail gun, maybe it will need a big brother in the same caliber. Damn, it’s great to be an American!!!!
A suppressed .357 lever gun, shooting .38 special, is an absolutely wonderful tool.
Ive a bolt action .357 thats threaded and its been pretty fun.
Shooting prairie dogs with them is all kinds of fun.
That is one I would not have thought of, but in hindsight (20/20 naturally), it makes sense.
Don’t tempt people by showing the wholesale they can’t buy it at… You don’t want to become an achy breaky heart!
I think most people have someone in their circle of friends who is an FFL.
Have his and hers 10mm high point carbines, hers in pink. Lots of fun, accurate, easy to shoot and operate. May get their 10mm pistol as well.
Now if you could run .40 S&W through it a la .38/.357 then you’d be on to something.
Many many moons ago American Rifleman profiled a conversion someone did of an 1892 Winchester converted to fire .45ACP. I’d be all over that!
NurseDaddy
Hmm, correct me if I am wrong but the .40 S&W casing is just a short er version of the 10mm casing. If so, it might just work much like the 38/357 pairing. Thoughts anyone?
But its rimless. SO whats it headspacing on when you shoot .40 in the shorter 10mm chamber? In practice, it’ll probably headspace on the extractor…but you never know.
You mean the longer 10mm chamber, I would think since the .40 S&W the shorter of the two.
Following. This iteration of that calibered offering is part of what is becoming a trend in the gun fag circles. The big game sports persons who take to the field to hunt ungulates, or other species types are putting themselves into the real deal apex predators neighborhood, thus are engaging in an arms race because otherwise the grizzly bears will just eat their pasty suburbanites asses if they cross paths. The old .44 Naughty Harry magnums traditionally carried innawoods are being supplanted by the semi auto 10 mike-mike guns because of modernity tastes, and muh
ammo capacity! Celebrity (ted nugent) or social media influencer types that tout the platform also is a driver. The urban youths in hip hop gang culture are now also bragging rights posting that they are strapped with a ten, as well. We will probably see more examples produced by manufacturers chasing market share of any bar graph line goes up trends out there.
Pistol cartridges shot in rifles are completely different animals. A 4″ .357 Magnum vs. a trapper or carbine is way more fun to shoot. A big jump in performance too – I wonder what a 10mm velocity jump from a carbine will be ? A 10mm auto carbine in some jurisdictions is verbeoten but a lever 10mm may be legal.
I understand the 10mm is not nearly as popular as others, but a carbine might convert more fans. I dunno.
I have a Marlin (Ruger) trapper in .357, accurate and fun to shoot. It has a really nice solid feel. It will be passed to my daughter who lives in purple state. It will go nicely with her 38 special revolvers. Not being an evil black rifle, magazine fed or over 10 rds, it should be legal long after I am gone.
…or the powers that be in said purple state will pass a law and then it won’t be. To quote AE Newman, “what, me worry?”
I fully realize the arbitrary nature of laws and those that make them, this is a calculated risk given the generally creeping nature of laws.
Glancing at the table linked to below, it looks like moving from a 5″ to a 16″ barrel gives around 20% more velocity, so around 40% higher energy. (Exact round dependent, et cetera.)
http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/10mm.html