S&W 940

[boatboy]

This is the wrong place for a should I buy

But I have always wanted a 940 I Love Moonclip guns

I have a chance to buy one
It’s this gun with the Hogues
But also has Crimson Trace grips
No box just gun and clips
What would you think fair price on 22 would be on a nice one?
Any reason not to buy? I am sure I will get a response don’t buy please let me know where as a joke but….

I welcome your thoughts
Hank

 

[22hipower]

I paid $600 nine years ago for one in close to LNIB condition, which I think may have been the last one I've seen for sale, because I just had to have one. I'd guess without box perhaps $900 and maybe more with the CT grips. Don't know that they're all that popular as a carry gun, some certainly like them, but there aren't many around; where I shop anyway. Good luck.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[S-W4EVER]

I think people that have them must hold on to them. I know my 940 isn’t going anywhere. (Lately it seems that 9mm ammo is a lot cheaper and more available than .38/.357 ammo.)

 

[boatboy]

I need to just buy this
last week was my last revolver after this one I am done


I have been saying this for years

Hank

 

[ladder13]

Depending on price, why not? 500 is BIN, 1500 is no way.

A dash 1 would be more favorable as the No dash had sticky cartridge issues.

So how much are they looking to get?

 

[M29since14]

The 940 gets the difficult extraction card played against it frequently. I’ve never had that problem with mine. Mine did have excessively tight cylinder exit bores. Since I shoot lead bullets in all of my guns, I had the cylinder professionally honed to 0.3555-0.356” and the gun has always worked like a charm since. I’d buy that 940 you’re looking at if it’s in good shape and the price is acceptable.

 

[Borderboss]

I love my 940-1. I bought it late last year from GB. Can't recall what I paid, but it wouldn't have been more than $600-$700. This was just for the gun. I ended up buying a boatload of clips through both TK Custom and also Brownell's. It's a great pocket gun albeit a bit heavy. I carry it in a Mika's pocket holster.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

From my perch I'd ask what you'll do with it.

Safe queen? For a good price -- maybe $700 on the high end -- go for it.

Periodic shooter or especially EDC? If it's truly a 940 (not a 940-1) I'd say walk away.

I bought a 940 for EDC. Firing pin broke, which is why S&W came out with the 940-1. Sent it back to Smith using their FedEx label. The company repaired it free of charge and returned it to me, but since it had the problem that originally plagued the 940 I didn't trust it to be a daily carry I could always rely on so I sold it.

 

[Borderboss]

IMHO, S&W is missing an opportunity not bringing the 940 back. Why let Ruger and Taurus have that space to themselves?

 

[CH4]

After a 3-year search, I found a nice 940 and happily paid $900+$40 for shipping. They're not easy to find, at least in the west. In fact, this is the only one I've seen in person. Given the current market and scarcity, I set my upper limit at $1100.

Not sure if mine had the chambers honed, but I haven't had any trouble with extraction/ejection, even with +Ps.

The only issue I have with the 940 is with carrying extra ammo when wearing a shoulder rig. I prefer to wear the slimmer dump pouches, but because of the moon clips I have to use bulky speed loader pouches.

 

[demkofour]

This past July, I was able to grab a very good condition 940-1, earring mint Uncle Mike boot grips, but without box and papers… it was a GB gun and think I walked away with it for $837. I was happy with the price and the gun was in excellent condition. Moon clips are readily available…

 

[RETDOE]

940

I bought a 940 about 6 years ago as practical way of practicing with a J frame without having to pay .38 Special ammo prices and my 442 cracked a frame. Took S&W 3 months to send me a new one and that 940 became a favorite real quick during that 3 months and my EDC during that time. Fast forward 2 years and the barrel broke at the threads, S&W would not repair or honor any warranty said "it is an obsolete gun and we no longer support it". They at least removed the remaining threaded portion from the frame. Posted a WTB 940 barrel on this forum as a whim. Actually bought a S&W J frame .38 barrel real cheap as a replacement and out of the blue I got a message and someone had one. Re-barreled it and its back in action. Love it, I want to really take a Gunsite Pocket Pistol Class with it. Great gun and with cheap 9mm it is cost effective to practice with a gun not meant to be shot alot.

 

[RETDOE]

940

Also, I paid $600, 6 years ago, no box, no papers

 

[ladder13]

Don’t get why people ask a question then walk away.

 

[Borderboss]

Don’t get why people ask a question then walk away.

It's only been 24 hours. Maybe he's busy.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

It's a great pocket gun albeit a bit heavy.

S&W is missing an opportunity not bringing the 940 back.

I agree but it'd need to be in a lightweight version.

I don't see it would do anything that my M340PD .357 can't do better but I'd add one to the collection if they did , but it seems they'd rather invest in a new 350 Legend X-frame for a limited audience instead.

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[S-W4EVER]

I ordered my 940 from my LGS the minute I heard of it. The cartridges do stick when the weapon gets hot but it’s nothing I can’t live with. Now that I’m retired I don’t even have to qualify with it. It’s a good back up gun and I’ll never trade it.

 

[colt_saa]

I am a big fan of the 940. I bought my first one almost three decades ago

Since that time, I added another one. I also lengthened the chambers of those two so that they would accept 38 SUPER. I found this a Very Satisfying package

Since Smith & Wesson revolvers that fire rimless autoloading cartridges are designed to head space on the moon clip, I was still able to continue shooting 9MM Parabellum & 380ACP in my 38 SUPER Model 940s


But then one day I learned about the Performance Center 940 Special and the 356TSW cartridge.

Introduced in the early 1990s, the 356TSW cartridge put 357 Magnum performance into a 9MM sized package. The 124 grain JHPs from Corbon are claimed to hit 1500 FPS.

The Federal 147 grain Federal Match hit 1220 FPS. Admittedly that is from the auto loader, the 2" snubby is a bit slower.

Some of the engineering changes that the Performance Center put into the 940 Special are what made the J-Magnum revolvers that were introduced a few years later possible. Yes, the next big step in J-frames came to be because of the Model 940