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10 mm overrated?
The 10 mm is a fine cartridge. When loaded to its true potential, you get the equivalent performance of the lower to middle range .41 magnum loads. I don't think that any bad guy (or gal) hit by one of a 180 grain Gold Dot travelling at 1220+ fps is going to think that he / she is going to be any less incapacitated than someone hit by a 9 mm 115 grain +P Corbon load. Take the Marshall / Sanow percentages with a grain of salt.
As others have pointed out, the 10 mm is a very flexible cartridge. You can load them to the FBI-Lite specifications (that same 180 grainer can be pushed to a mere 950 fps), and reuse that piece of brass many times. The recoil of these FBI-Lite spec cartridges out of my Glock 20 is very tame, and easily controlled by a newcomer on his / her second shooting session.
There's just something to be said about having 15+1 rounds of .41 magnum-like power; it's akin to a feeling of the "warm fuzzies."
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