Unfortunately (or fortunately.. depending on your perspective), I don’t have a wife currently. So the budget isn’t a consideration. 
I’m keeping it since I’d been accumulating 10mm brass for a few years and actually cleaned, sized and primed it.
Also, the seller agreed to ship me 3 boxes of 10mm ammo since I wrote them explaining that I’d have to buy new dies and/or ammo. So as long as this gun runs decent, I’m in the 10mm business now.
I beleive Smith and Wesson makes a 10 mm lever action.
Well to my surprise, this pistol runs. AND can be zeroed. There was one misfeed in the first volley of fire which made me cringe. But after that I fired several mags full of my loads and Blazer brass. A little over 100 rounds with only the one hickup.
And this thing is heavy. 62 ounces reportedly? I didn’t really give it much thought until I holstered it and could feel my belt begging for mercy.
Do not bury the lede. You have repeatedly expressed your boredom with the 9mm and your preference for larger calibers. So, we are dying to know how you liked shooting the 10mm.
You can ignore that mine does it all the time.
Seems like you roundabout ended up with a good deal.
I keep and shoot some 9mm, but man. It’s unrewarding. I finally got to where I like my Prodigy 5” gun. But I sit there holding this hog and wish it was a 40 cal or 10mm because it’s so big and heavy it should be chambered in something real.
I like the 10mm so far, but I’ve not loaded any hot ammo yet. It ejects brass far and wide. The rear sight is loose in the dove tail, but appears to be retained by a set screw or something keeping it from sliding right out of the slide. So I need to shoot it some more and see what happens.
I’d say it’s much more interesting than snoozing through a mag of 9mm for sure, and after getting through the first few mags of unfamiliarity, I settled in and was hitting all the steel and picking up a little speed too.
Here is a likely scenario for how this plays out in the end:
Mark works up some proper 10mm handloads in the full strength they were originally designed for. 180 grains of magnum goodness. High on testosterone he shoots the RIA hard and the 1911 era design starts to show weakness from the battering. The loose rear sight gets wobbly and the springs get weak.
Annoyed with the experience, but now with a set of dies and hundreds of handloads, Mark seeks out a more modern platform - perhaps a 10mm Smith & Wesson M&P, or a SIG 220 (avoiding the ticking time bomb 320 model).
Shall we start a betting pool on how long it is before Mark owns a second 10mm? I’ll put my money on 6 months. 
I really wanted a Tanfoglio 10mm and had no interest in a 1911. Anything is possible. The Tanfo I wanted was over $2k however. I’d really have to grow affection for this round to buy that gun.
Friend of mine had a Tanfoglio 10mm. Not sure if he ever shot it - he had a bizarre habit of buying guns then later trading them off without ever shooting them.
Ever consider the S&W? Less than 800 bucks here.
I’ve never been able to love the M&Ps. I had one in 45acp years ago. Guys tell me to get the M&P 2.0 40 cal, but I still go back to the Glocks.
I got a 40 cal single stack coming now. Put a low $325 bid on a used one and won the thing.
The weird thing on the 10mm I already have is that every part on the gun except for the grip panels is steel. Even the trigger shoe which is normally aluminum on most 1911s is made of steel.
Probably won with a low bid since .40 is not so popular nowadays. What is the brand?
If 1911s were meant to have aluminum parts, then John Browning would have made them that way.
Yes. That’s why deals are possible. That and the fact that the gun isn’t optics ready. The pistol is another Rock Island. I was eyeing the Dan Wesson, but for 1800 bucks, I couldn’t settle for a single stack. Very nice pistol, but too much money for a gun I’ll probably get bored with in a month or two.
These are allegedly made in Italy at the moment.
They’re nice guns. Pappabear has or had a 9mm single stack. But the Rock Islands are just as reliable as any 1911 out there but are cheap. I can appreciate a nicer 1911, but the 1911 is strictly range toy for me and I can use that money for powder and bullets.
Got the 40 cal today. Looks pretty good, but every 1911 is a roll of the dice. I did load some 1.18” long ammo to try out as I’ve read the 40 cal 1911s like a longer cartridge.
