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should i get a sd9ve or a sd40ve?
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modraker
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The guns are virtually identical with the exception of caliber and magazine capacity. So you're really just deciding between a 9mm and a 40SW. I have the SD40VE because it is my house gun and it is intended for home defense. For target shooting, I use a M&P9Pro with a 4.25" barrel and it's got all the parts available from Apex except the trigger.
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Of the two, I don't care for .40 S&W. I find it snappish and I much prefer the 9mm for general shooting. If I wanted a bigger/heavier caliber, I'd opt for .45 ACP, which unfortunately isn't available in the SDVE series.
If you can, find someone who has a Glock 19 and 23...or rent them...they are pretty comparable to the SD pistols. (I'm assuming you won't find the SD pistols at a rental range.) See which one you like shooting the best.
If you can, find someone who has a Glock 19 and 23...or rent them...they are pretty comparable to the SD pistols. (I'm assuming you won't find the SD pistols at a rental range.) See which one you like shooting the best.
Decide which ammo is most readily available and fits your budget, how much power you need, how much recoil you want and if anyone beside yourself will be using it. I have several SD9 VE's but I plan on adding a .40 one of these days. My 9mm's have proven to be quite accurate, to me at least. My best groups are a hair under 3" for 10 shots offhand at 50 feet. You can't go wrong with either caliber.
Best Regards,
ADP3
Best Regards,
ADP3
drinva
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Love the 40, own it. The 40 is very snappy, agreed. Fun as heck to shoot! 
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skimp241
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Get both You will be happy with the 40,I sure like mine.I haven't shot the sd9ve but as stated it's pretty much the same as the 40 and the 40 is great.Good luck.
You will be happy with the 40,I sure like mine.I haven't shot the sd9ve but as stated it's pretty much the same as the 40 and the 40 is great.Good luck.ditto1958
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Get both
+1 on that!
If you have to pick one or the other, though? I don't know. The debate over 9mm vs. 40 is never ending (and also very enjoyable). In the end, does it really matter that much? Probably not. I will say this, though. Earlier this year, when 9mm ammo could not be found, I could always find 40.
Is 40 more expensive? Well, yes, but due to the "snappiness," you may find that you shoot fewer rounds, and things equal out. While the snappy part is a bit overblown, at least in my opinion, there is no question that 9mm is more comfortable to shoot. You get a bit more of a bang from 40's, though, so you may find that part more enjoyable.
I don't think you can go wrong with either gun.
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Tslepebull
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I'm no help. I liked my SD9VE so much that I bought a SD40 to go with it. The SD40 has taken residence in the bedside drawer due to the night sights.
blackbird94
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do like my sd 40. the more I shoot it the more I like it. Trigger pull is still too heavy in my opinion, but there are cures for that. Does make shooting smaller calibers easier , more accurate
CGhelofxr
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What he said along with this, what is the intended purpose; bedside, carry, truck gun, and who else will be shooting it. Younger or inexperienced shooters more than likely will not like a .40. If at all possible go shoot both with whoever would be shooting it also
In my opinion.......
The 9mm will do everything you want it to at a lower price on ammo. It generates less felt recoil, holds two more rounds, is more reliable in feeding thanks to the natural taper of the 9mm round and is easy to teach people new to shooting how to use it.
The 9mm will do everything you want it to at a lower price on ammo. It generates less felt recoil, holds two more rounds, is more reliable in feeding thanks to the natural taper of the 9mm round and is easy to teach people new to shooting how to use it.
I have the 9 . What nose diving, what feeding problem ? I have ran any & every thing I can find & it spits them out as fast as I can feed it.
I have some wicked looking old hollow points that are flat nose & they run fine. This is a great gun.
Found this stuff real cheap 10.73 eat it right up.
Never shot the 40 but I am sure it is just as good.
I have shot the M&P 40c & 9c if I had it to do over I would get one of them.
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Allen-frame
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I work in a gun store and am asked this question regularly.
I personally own many pistols in 45 caliber.
I own 1 very good pistol in 9m.m. it is a FNS 9 , but that is unimportant.
I have no pistols in 40 S&W . The round is just too hot for defensive
use without hearing protection.
As I advise my students and customers , if one were to shoot
a 40 cal. pistol in close quarters, e.g. ; a car or hallway ,
the report would deafen you and possibly do permanent damage
to your hearing.
Shoot and practice with the most efficient caliber you can control
and enjoy shooting. And if you need to shoot for self defense
use standard velocity non +P ammunition.
Good luck
Allen
I personally own many pistols in 45 caliber.
I own 1 very good pistol in 9m.m. it is a FNS 9 , but that is unimportant.
I have no pistols in 40 S&W . The round is just too hot for defensive
use without hearing protection.
As I advise my students and customers , if one were to shoot
a 40 cal. pistol in close quarters, e.g. ; a car or hallway ,
the report would deafen you and possibly do permanent damage
to your hearing.
Shoot and practice with the most efficient caliber you can control
and enjoy shooting. And if you need to shoot for self defense
use standard velocity non +P ammunition.
Good luck
Allen
It was stated that the 9mm feeds more reliably because of the natural taper of the round.
This of course is not true, the 9 tends to nosedive coming out of the mag because of the tapered case.
It will hit lower on the feed ramp as it enters the barrel.
A straight walled case won't nosedive coming out of the mag, like say the .40.
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This of course is not true, the 9 tends to nosedive coming out of the mag because of the tapered case.
It will hit lower on the feed ramp as it enters the barrel.
A straight walled case won't nosedive coming out of the mag, like say the .40.
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You said " the taper adds to the feeding problem, by nose diving "
I asked what Feeding problem ?
Have you even studied the evolution of the 9mm Luger cartridge? It was intentionally designed that way because its daddy was a bottle necked case, the 7.65 Luger. Georg Luger and DWM purposely designed it that way in order to keep the positive attributes of the bottle necked case in the feeding cycle. That taper is not enough to cause low ramp strikes, but rather so it clears the top of the breech chamber. Straight walled cartridges tend to hit the top part of the chamber and jam at times. I wrote a thesis paper for College on the 9mm round as a Police Duty round. The .40 was coming out about that time and I did a comparison between it and the just born .357 Sig.
Allen is not speaking nonsense. The .40 round has more slide impulse, muzzle flash, more flip, and a louder report than the 9mm or .45. The only two in Police Service that rival the loud crack are the .357 SiG and the .357 Magnum. I have fired all of these rounds thru my career and trained many on the calibers. When it comes to a round that the vast majority can handle and hit accurately and fast with, it is the 9mm. Some people criticize the round for being weak, but it even outperforms some .40 , .45, and .357 SiG rounds. The 9mm 124 HST +P round by federal outperformed the others in a test demonstration provided by Safariland to a bunch of LE departments.
