10 mm

When I first heard about these amazing little pistols my first thought was 10mm I was surprised at how fast I received a response and not only that there just might be one in the works I can't wait

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Permalink Reply by Blueorison on January 13, 2010 at 6:48pm

Arne said this? 10mm model in the works?

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Permalink Reply by Tony on January 13, 2010 at 8:51pm

This is the email:
Anthony,

I truly believe that the 10mm is the ultimate self-defense cartridge. It will go through hard obstacles and then take out the BG. While the FBI thought it was too much to handle, they never shot it through rotating-barrel guns, which should make the recoil feel like a .40. Beretta brags that their .40s feel like a 9mm through their rotating barrel guns. My friends have concurred with this theory since they have all said that the XR9 has very soft recoil compared to other same-sized guns. So the 10mm should work quite well in the future XR10! I feel that the longer the barrel the better. I found that for 9mm, once you go over 4.4", the percentage increase in power goes down significantly (even though it keeps rising gradually out to about 20"). I would have to find out what that optimum length would be for 10mm with some experimentation. I would guess that 6-7" would be a good range.

Even 9mm is not a slouch. 484 fpe with the XR9S (Shorty) and 539 fpe with the XR9L (Long) can be pretty devastating to the target!

We will have brochures as soon as we get our production grips. I will also hang on to your e-mail so I can notify you when the new BobergArms.com website goes live. This site will have more info, videos, and the ability to pre-order guns.

I have a friend whose surname is "Livermore", but it is the short "I".

Thanks for you comments and your interest!

Arne Boberg
President
Boberg Arms Corp.

Blueorison said:

Arne said this? 10mm model in the works?

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Permalink Reply by Tony on January 13, 2010 at 8:55pm

The next Bill Ruger??

Tony said:

This is the email: Anthony,
I truly believe that the 10mm is the ultimate self-defense cartridge. It will go through hard obstacles and then take out the BG. While the FBI thought it was too much to handle, they never shot it through rotating-barrel guns, which should make the recoil feel like a .40. Beretta brags that their .40s feel like a 9mm through their rotating barrel guns. My friends have concurred with this theory since they have all said that the XR9 has very soft recoil compared to other same-sized guns. So the 10mm should work quite well in the future XR10! I feel that the longer the barrel the better. I found that for 9mm, once you go over 4.4", the percentage increase in power goes down significantly (even though it keeps rising gradually out to about 20"). I would have to find out what that optimum length would be for 10mm with some experimentation. I would guess that 6-7" would be a good range.

Even 9mm is not a slouch. 484 fpe with the XR9S (Shorty) and 539 fpe with the XR9L (Long) can be pretty devastating to the target!

We will have brochures as soon as we get our production grips. I will also hang on to your e-mail so I can notify you when the new BobergArms.com website goes live. This site will have more info, videos, and the ability to pre-order guns.

I have a friend whose surname is "Livermore", but it is the short "I".

Thanks for you comments and your interest!

Arne Boberg
President
Boberg Arms Corp.

Blueorison said:
Arne said this? 10mm model in the works?

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Permalink Reply by Blueorison on January 13, 2010 at 9:19pm

That's awesome to know, thanks Tony!

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Permalink Reply by Arne Boberg on January 13, 2010 at 9:46pm

Yes I did say that. 9mm is a lot of cartridge in a gun as small as the XR9-S, and people that are recoil-shy will love it for that. But then there are those out there that just can't get enough, and feel that .454 Casull is quite manageable (I must confess that it takes me about 5 shots through my Freedom Arms .454 to get "comfortable" with it again), with that in mind, it is probably no big deal for some of us to shoot 10mm in a pocket gun, and it might even be considered by some to be "fun". While I would personally like to carry a 10mm pocket pistol, and will likely develop one some day, the market will probably be small just because of the beast that this thing will be (you think the FBI guys were nervous before?). Before the XR10 can be developed, however, Boberg Arms Corp. needs to get some momentum going with the 9mm platform.

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Permalink Reply by Tony on January 14, 2010 at 8:49am

Well u just tell me where and when to pick up a full size and I'll be there.

Arne Boberg said:

Yes I did say that. 9mm is a lot of cartridge in a gun as small as the XR9-S, and people that are recoil-shy will love it for that. But then there are those out there that just can't get enough, and feel that .454 Casull is quite manageable (I must confess that it takes me about 5 shots through my Freedom Arms .454 to get "comfortable" with it again), with that in mind, it is probably no big deal for some of us to shoot 10mm in a pocket gun, and it might even be considered by some to be "fun". While I would personally like to carry a 10mm pocket pistol, and will likely develop one some day, the market will probably be small just because of the beast that this thing will be (you think the FBI guys were nervous before?). Before the XR10 can be developed, however, Boberg Arms Corp. needs to get some momentum going with the 9mm platform.

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Permalink Reply by Peteskelly on January 22, 2010 at 6:55pm

Yes Tony the same thought cross my mind as well, but I'll be more then happy with the 9mm if that was the only option.

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Permalink Reply by Talibani on October 30, 2010 at 11:45pm

10mm is a great cartridge – great news it's in the works. What about .357 SIG? Are there any plans for it?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Browning on June 21, 2011 at 10:12pm

I'm on board also. I carry a G29 and it's very manageable. High pressure though - a fully supported chamber like on the xr series is a good idea with hot loads. My Glock will bulge the bottom side of the casings due to lack of full support.

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Permalink Reply by Arne Boberg on June 24, 2011 at 1:14pm

I'm not announcing an XR10-S just yet, but I am toying with the idea of calling it the "Cricket", assuming that there will be no legal contention from the writer or producers of "Men in Black".

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Permalink Reply by Rane Hawkins on December 4, 2011 at 12:55pm

my 10mm? 40 is almost as effective with modern loads, and the grips wouldn't have to be modified. If you make your own loads 40 can easily reach 10mm performace while staying at a safe pressure(<35k psi). 155gr mag tec with 9.3 grains of Hodgdon Longshot chrono'd at 1234fps out of my mk40 3" barrel, and 1390fps out of my 229.

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Permalink Reply by Jose A. Montalvo on December 4, 2011 at 6:20pm

The studio and writers will take issue with it, since they make no money off it ( kind of reminds me of the Chevy Beretta, who got sued by the namesake gun company for the exact same reason) so maybe make a play of words on it like Skyy the gun company did with the Skyy vodka company affair (they named the gun scyy) maybe you could name yours Criquette or something like that....