I was wondering if anyone has ever measured the weight in ounces of an SD40VE and a SD9VE when they had 1 in the chamber plus 10 rounds in the magazine? I now have SD9 magazines and they've got a bit of less mass than my SD40 mags do, and so I was curious how much lighter the overall firearm ends up being.

SD 40 with 175 grain Hornady critical duty

Fully loaded 14+1 its 1 lb 15.6 ounces

10+1 is 1 lb 13.3 ounces

It's also going to depend on ammo. Are you loading 115, 125, 127, 147gr 9mm. And are you loading 155, 165 or 180 gr for the 40s&w
9mm
115gr x11 = 1265gr or 2.8oz or 0.18lb
124gr ×11 = 1364gr or 3oz or 0.19lb
147gr ×11 = 1617gr or 3.6oz or 0.23lb

40s&w
155gr x11 = 1705gr or 3.8oz or 0.24lb
165gr x11 = 1815gr or 4.1oz or 0.25lb
180gr x11 = 1918gr or 4.3oz or 0.27lb

These are just the most common weights. There is a.....
-1.5oz/0.09lb difference between the lightest 9mm and the heaviest 40s&w
-1.1oz/0.06lb difference between the middle two
-0.7oz/0.04lb difference between the heaviest in both.

Add that to the weight of the gun plus the empty mag


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Awesome, thanks!

It looks like it works out to this then (based on published specs):

SD9VE: 22.7oz unloaded, 25.5oz loaded (115gr, California max rds)
SD40VE: 23.8oz unloaded, 27.9oz loaded (165gr, California max rds)

I got curious because when I finally got the SD9VE, I noticed that even the firearm itself was somewhat lighter.