I pay little to no attention to what’s popular and selling or what ammo is flying off the shelves, or what the gun magazines are pushing!
I look at ballistics, bullet caliber, weight and velocity. That tells me all I really need to know.
The 40 S&W still has what it takes!
I carry what I can. Sometimes that’s a large capacity 45 acp, sometimes a 12 round 9mm Mak, sometimes a tiny NAAs mini revolver of only five rounds in 22 LR.
But I’m always armed.
I’m old and don’t enjoy being overly burdened with multiple mags or speed-loaders/strip-clips especially when the odds are I’m not going to need them. That being said I never leave the house without one of my many handguns.