Feather USA made a nice little 10mm carbine that ran off of glock mags. I'm unsure what their situation is now, but they have a notice up that they aren't accepting any new orders or quoting prices on rifles.
Thureon Defense has some 10mm carbine options. They run on glock mags and start at just under a grand.
The Aero Survival Rifle also runs on glock mags and can be had in 10mm for a little over $800.
I've mentioned this before, but if you send a Ruger GP100 in .357 magnum & about $650 to Clements Custom Guns, he'll send you back a 10mm GP100 with 10 moon clips. Add another 2 bills and the action will be smoothed up.
Ranger Point Precision will work similar magic, only the recipe involves sending them a Marlin 1894 lever gun in .32-20 or .357 magnum and about $1250 to get a 10mm lever action carbine
The Kriss Vector Gen II CBR runs on glock mags and can be had in 10mm for $1500 or so.
Mec Tech Carbine Conversion Units are available for glock & 1911's for just under $500 each. The downside is they're straight blowback so they advise to not use "hotter" loads than +P.
While there are some choices for a carbine in 10mm I'm not particularly thrilled with them (though the10mm lever gun is a neat idea). Too much plastic for my tastes. I'd like a simple little 10mm carbine that could be stocked in walnut or a nice laminate. Also, most of the offerings seem to be straight blowback, which could limit the loads you could use. Some sort of locking bolt or even a delayed blowback would be nice. It'd also be nice if I could find one that ran off Tanfoglio mags instead of glocks.
A beefed up Ruger 10/22 or M1 Carbine, or a Marlin Camp Carbine, or something as simple as a semi-auto-only Sten would likely sell well if kept in the $500 range. Use some sort of dual extractor system where the headspace isn't on the case mouth thus letting .40 S&W be run in the same gun and I think a lot of folks would just have to have one.
The Clement conversion of a GP100 is very tempting, and the Sig looks nice if too damned pricey (in fairness it's not much more than the cost of a GP100 and a Clement conversion). There are a few 1911's in 10mm out there (I hear Colt is adding a railed Delta Elite this year), and of course the plastic brick (i.e. glock) but I'm still of the mind that the best bang for buck in a 10mm is the Tanfoglio steel framed platform, marketed over here as the Witness by EAA. That link will show they offer 13 models in 10mm, 11 of which have steel frames (as the Good Lord intended) with MSRP's ranging from $650-ish to $2400.
It'd be nice to have a compact single stack, like a Kahr K40 but in 10mm (and preferably with a hammer, cause Murica) or a Remington R51 in 10mm sans bugs. It'd also be nice if Katheryn Winnick returned my calls...
The 10mm certainly isn't dead. Methinks that the overall increase in ammo prices helped, as 10mm cartridges aren't as relatively expensive as they used to be (though 34 cents a round for the weak stuff ain't exactly cheap, and Buffalo Bore's hot 180 grainers run $1.50-ish a pop). Despite a couple of models disappearing there are some nice new options for folks wanting to get their centimeter on, but I'm still not seeing a carbine option that really speaks to me.
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Did I just wake up in Bizzaro world, or did you really post something somewhat favorable toward the AR platform?
Don't feel too badly; I'm not getting any phone calls either.
My two biggest objections to the AR platform are direct impingement and .223 Remington/5.56x45 NATO (not that there's anything wrong with those cartridges, I just don't have use for a varmint round). The Olympic Arms pistol caliber carbines don't have those to complain about. Also they used a proprietary mag, which means I wouldn't have had to buy those damned glock mags (yes, I hear they're real reliable, but... but... glock!). & Boyds does sell wood furniture for AR's, as do some other shops. Given the dearth of 10mm long guns, the OA wouldn't be a bad choice even if it is AR based.
I believe that my shooting buddy and co-conspirator has one of the Mec Tech jobs which seems to work just fine made from his Glock.
Why would you want to go over +P anyway? especially in an already hot load?
EA Witness Hunter in 10mm.
A bit more affordable than the SIG. Mags maybe not easy to find.
5" barrel and standard mag capacity.
If going that route, the Witness Elite Match in 10mm is around $300 less than the Hunter. A 4.75" barrel, single action, etc. Overall a fine mid-priced pistol from what I've seen of it.
I once started a long post about Tanfoglio mags, as there have been 2 different companies making them & a bit of drama around the initial switch. (basically teh head of Tanfoglio got into an argument over dinner with the head of Mec-gar, contracts were cancelled the next day). But for some unknown reason (likely time constraints) I never finished the thing. But there are 2 makes of mags for the Witness pistols & it shouldn't be a problem to find one or the other.
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