Smith Wesson FPC 10mm Black 10 Rd – Superb Folding Carbine

Description

The Smith Wesson FPC 10mm Black 10 Rd is the ten-round configuration of the M&P FPC in 10mm Auto, a side-folding carbine with a threaded 16.25 inch barrel that ships ready for states with magazine capacity limits.

Smith Wesson FPC 10mm Black 10 Rd 10mm From a 16 Inch Barrel

10mm Auto is the most powerful cartridge that fits a conventional service autoloader, and a 16.25 inch barrel changes it considerably. Much more of the powder burns in the bore rather than in the air, so velocity and energy climb well past what the same round produces from a pistol.

That turns this into a genuine field rifle. Inside a hundred yards a 10mm carbine handles deer and hogs, and it is serious insurance in bear country while being far easier to shoot accurately than a heavy magnum revolver.

Nothing about the rifle is reduced in this version except the magazines. It is the same carbine, the same barrel and the same folding mechanism, supplied with ten-round magazines so it meets capacity restrictions out of the box.

A folding pistol caliber carbine: storage and fit

The FPC folds horizontally to the side rather than under the receiver, which keeps any mounted optic clear of the mechanism and keeps it zeroed. Folded it measures about 16 and a half inches; unfolded, about 30 and five eighths.

Two spare magazines store inside the stock behind a quick-release tab system, so the carbine and its reloads travel as one piece. The charging slide doubles as a retainer holding the gun closed when folded.

The magazine catch is reversible for left-handed shooters, four interchangeable palmswell grip inserts adjust the grip to your hand, and an M-LOK handguard with a Picatinny rail on top takes optics, lights and accessories.

Choosing 10mm ammunition for a 16 inch barrel 10mm

10mm Auto is loaded across a wider power range than almost any other common cartridge. Some factory ammunition is downloaded to something close to 40 S&W performance; other loads run at full original pressure and produce genuinely impressive energy. The box does not always make that obvious, so it is worth checking published velocity figures rather than assuming.

Out of a 16.25 inch barrel those differences get larger rather than smaller. A full-power load gains far more from the extra barrel length than a reduced one does, and if the reason you bought a 10mm carbine is the energy, buying full-power ammunition is the whole point.

For hunting, heavy hard-cast or bonded bullets penetrate far better than light hollow points designed to expand at pistol velocities. Bullets driven faster than they were built for tend to come apart, which is the opposite of what you want on a hog.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 14168
• Caliber: 10mm Auto
• Capacity: 10 rounds
• Barrel: 16.25 in., threaded with thread protector
• Action: blowback semi-automatic
• Folding: horizontal side-folding, optics stay mounted
• Length: about 30 5/8 in. unfolded, 16 1/2 in. folded
• Stock: fixed polymer
• Grip: four interchangeable palmswell inserts
• Controls: reversible magazine catch
• Handguard: M-LOK slots with Picatinny-style rail on top
• Trigger: flat-face with crisp break
• Storage: in-stock magazine storage with quick-release tab system
• Weight: 91.2 oz, roughly 5.7 lbs
• UPC: 022188901351

Why Buyers Choose the Smith Wesson FPC 10mm Black 10 Rd

Buying a carbine that already ships with compliant magazines saves both the cost and the nuisance of sourcing replacements before you can take delivery.

A 10mm carbine is legal for deer in many straight-wall cartridge states, effective on hogs, and reassuring as backcountry insurance.

The folding design puts a full rifle into a pack or behind a truck seat rather than a rifle case, which is where a backup gun is actually useful.

Blowback operation keeps the mechanism simple: no gas system to maintain and nothing to adjust between different loads.

Who Should Buy It

The Smith Wesson FPC 10mm Black 10 Rd suits shooters in capacity-limited states who want a 10mm carbine without buying new magazines, hunters working straight-wall cartridge seasons, and anyone wanting a compact hard-hitting truck or pack gun. 10mm ammunition varies enormously in power, so read velocity figures rather than assuming.

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The side folding stock carbine and how it locks up

The Smith Wesson FPC 10mm is a side folding stock carbine, and the hinge is the part that decides whether the whole idea works. Smith and Wesson put the pivot on the left side of the receiver so the stock swings flat against the ejection port rather than under the gun, which keeps the folded package genuinely flat instead of merely shorter. It locks open with an audible click and there is no detectable play at the joint, which matters because any wobble in a folding joint shows up as vertical stringing on paper.

Folded, the Smith Wesson FPC 10mm fits inside its own backpack-style case, and the buttstock carries two spare magazines in a compartment behind the recoil pad. That is a genuinely useful piece of design rather than a gimmick: the gun, the ammunition and the means to carry it are one object.

The Smith Wesson FPC 10mm receiver takes M&P pistol magazines, which is the other half of the argument. If you already own an M&P 10mm, the magazines you have on the shelf run in the carbine, and a single 10mm round does very different work from a 16 inch barrel than it does from a 4 inch one.

Ammunition and the rest of the FPC family

The Smith Wesson FPC 10mm is not fussy about what it eats. For practice, CCI Blazer Brass 10mm 180 grain FMJ is the honest working load and we keep it deep. For the woods, Federal 180 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw is the load that justifies owning a 10mm carbine in the first place, because a bonded bullet at carbine velocity penetrates far better than any handgun load will.

If ten rounds is not a legal requirement where you live, the FPC 10mm with 15-round magazines is the same carbine with more on board. The OD Green FPC 10mm is the same gun in a different color, and the M&P 10mm M2.0 Backpacker is the pistol that shares its magazines.