Posted October 3, 2017 12:31 am by Comments

By Mike Searson

Coonan MOT-10 Handgun is the company's first effort in 10mm.

Coonan MOT-10 Handgun, finally Coonan has unleashed their 1911 in 10mm and it is goooood.

Coonan MOT-10 Handgun is the company’s first effort in 10mm.
Mike Searson
Mike Searson

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- Back in the 1970s Dan Coonan designed a 1911 style handgun chambered in the 357 Magnum round while he was still in college. The Coonan 357 was a bit of a sleeper hit in the decades before the World Wide Web and sadly the company closed its doors in 1998.

After a decade on hiatus, the company came back with a vengeance in 2009 and has been running full bore on all cylinders ever since.

As cool as it may be to load 357 Magnum rounds into a 1911 magazine, there are a number of pistol cartridges that duplicate the performance while feeding with less trouble and in some instances can increase the capacity. When we shot the 45 ACP versions all we could think was how cool this pistol would be in 10mm or 38 Super.

Coonan must be reading our minds because they finally unleashed their 1911 in 10mm and it delivers in more ways than one. The Coonan …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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