40 caliber semi automatic pistols

[bc1023]

Since we have threads for most other automatics, I figured to start this one. I'll freely admit that I'm not a big fan of 40S&W, but I do own a few. I used to shoot 10mm often in my younger days, but got rid of most of them.

Here are my 40 caliber pistols (40S&W and 10mm). All range from fairly rare to nearly impossible to find.



Sphinx AT2000S - The finest pistol in this post








Beretta 96 Steel I - In my opinion, the finest pistols Beretta ever built








Bernardelli Practical VB - Rare Italian race gun








Sig P229 Sport - All steel and comped








CZ 75 Champion - Incredible trigger and accuracy








Smith & Wesson Comp 40 - Only 150 made. A Lew Horton Performance Center pistol











Here are the only two 10mms I still own. Kept them for cool factor, but I don't shoot them.


Bren Ten Standard Model - Miami Vice








Bren Ten Special Forces Light - One of only 75 made









At any rate, those are mine. Let's see yours!

Thanks

 

[JayFramer]

Don’t own any.

The .40 does nothing a 9mm can do or a .45 can do better.

 

[sheepdawg]

Don’t own any.

The .40 does nothing a 9mm can do or a .45 can do better.

Go get a gallon milk jug full of water and try both 9mm. and 40S&W in comparable JHPs and see if that's true. Hint: it isn't.

 

[Rule3]

Damn, those are some really really nice guns!

 

[Old_Cop]

Nice collection!

 

[JayFramer]

Go get a gallon milk jug full of water and try both 9mm. and 40S&W in comparable JHPs and see if that's true. Hint: it isn't.

I’ll keep that in mind for the next time I’m attacked by a gallon of milk.

 

[uncleted327]

Don't let the 9mm fanboys get you down, they love to spew BS. Pretending the 9mm is the only caliber that has seen advances somehow. Also usually stating things like "it's all about shot placement, caliber doesn't matter", while simultaneously crapping on the 380. Also trying to fool themselves into believing 9mm+P+ is equal to the 357 Sig, or talking about having to comp their 9s to save their delicate wrists, or other such nonsense. The 9mm Glock fanboys are usually the worst of the worst...

 

[RobertJ.]

I bashed the .40 S&W for years!

Then, a couple years ago, my LGS had a 4006 for a price I could live with, and I talked myself into buying it. Very shortly after I realized that there's nothing to not like about it.

It's accurate, reliable, and reasonably powerful. I wouldn't part with it.

The debate between that, the 9mm, and the .45 ACP is just silliness.

Get a gun you like and get good with it. It's really just as simple as that.

 

[Chino74]

very NICE .40s...It's a great caliber IMO...that Beretta is the cats' meow! I just have 2 old 92Fs in 9mm LOL...maybe one day I'll get a newer version, not sure if it will be a 92 or 96...I shoot 9, .40 & .45. I'm thinking I'll prolly stick to 9mm with my Beretta's (seen too many times: Lethal Weapon & Die Hard LOL) but I am not totally sure yet.

 

[GTBL]

Love the .40, I have a Glock22 and I am not going to post a picture because everyone already knows what it looks like.

 

[DWalt]

I could never get excited about the .40, and own nothing in that caliber. However I do have a .400 Cor-Bon barrel for my M1911. I suppose if I found some .40 pistol for an insanely cheap price I might buy it, but then I would have to add to my reloading die inventory. Might not be so bad, as I have access to an infinite supply of fired .40 brass.

 

[sheepdawg]

I’ll keep that in mind for the next time I’m attacked by a gallon of milk.

You said and I quote, "The .40 does nothing a 9mm can do or a .45 can do better."

The 40 takes on a milk jug full of water better than a 9mm. Your statement has thus proven to be wrong.

Whatever conclusion you take from it is your business.

 

[Sevens]

A rare pistol that I never thought I’d have a realistic chance to own.
Smith & Wesson Performance Center 4006 Limited.


The look of the top half is very much along the lines of the 845 Limited, while the bottom half follows very closely to the design of the PPC-9, which itself was an adaptation of the earlier 3566 Limited.

Single action only, this pistol is one of 130 made.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I have 3 that I enjoy.....I smile at the put down by the 9mm bullet squirter crowd.

 

[cowboy4evr]

I recently found @ a LGS , a Sig P226 in 40 . It came with 3 mag and a Sig barrel for 357 sig . It was in real nice shape , no wear spots for $395 . I couldn't pass it up . It is a real sweetheart and a keeper for sure . Someone had paid big bucks for a high end trigger job . I loaded up some ammo using CCI SPP's thinking maybe it might be prone to light strikes on harder cup primers as the double action was just real nice ? Nope , it shot everyone just fine . I personally find the 9mm " somewhat lacking " , so I'll stick with my 40 . Maybe it's because most of my revolvers caliber start with a " 4 " as well . Shoot what works for you is what I always say . People used to " crowd " me because I only owned and rode Harley's . I told them if a Briggs and Stratton strapped onto a skate board works for you , then ride it . Regards Paul

 

[Echo40]

Feast your eyes on this beauty...

The Smith & Wesson Sigma SW40VE circa 2004, the pinnacle of precision handgun engineering for the time. It features a meticulously bead-blasted Stainless Steel Slide and Barrel, DuPont Nylon Frame, a proprietary accessory rail, and the legendary Sigma Safe-Action trigger. Designed with American Law Enforcement, Military, and the average working man in mind, the SW40VE's 12lb Double Safe Action trigger is like your average day on the job. It's long, it's hard, and just when you think that it will never end, the trigger breaks with a satisfying snap just like when you punch out at the end of your shift.
Chambered in the powerful .40 S&W cartridge, featuring the high magazine capacity of the 9mm Luger with the legendary one-shot-stopping-power of the .45 ACP, it truly offers the best of both worlds. Best of all, unlike the 9mm Luger, the .40 S&W is a 100% American-Made cartridge, which much like the nation itself, is bigger, better, and bolder than any European nation could ever hope to be. *cue Hulk Hogan theme*

Unlike some of the other firearms offered by Smith & Wesson, the Sigma Series lacks a Performance Center variant. Why? Because you cannot improve on perfection, which is precisely what Smith & Wesson achieved when they designed the Sigma based on the blueprints of the venerable Glock 17. Yes, the Smith & Wesson Sigma Series represents the redefinition of perfection.

Unfortunately, the Sigma Series is something of an under-appreciated gem. It had a bit of a rocky start like most truly innovative firearms, and the effeminate Commie-sympathizers living amongst us couldn't tolerate the heavy trigger because they cannot tolerate an honest days work either, which as previously stated, the Sigma Safe-Action Trigger is the very personification of. Furthermore, their frail hands couldn't tolerate the mighty man-stopping recoil of the .40 S&W.

Fortunately though, the Sigma Series has endured the test of time and remains in production to this very day in a new and improved configuration known as the SD (Sigma Delta) Series, a 4th Generation variant which combines the aesthetics of the S&W's M&P Series with the rugged reliability of the Sigma Series to form a pistol which provides the very best of both worlds.

 

[Maddog 521]

For someone who is not a big fan of the 40 S&W, you have some very nice pistols there.

 

[Lonestar57]

Here's a few. Sorry I didn't feel like waking them up. I do have a couple of Glocks also. For a number of years in my 38 years while in L.E. carried Glock 22 for uniform services then went to a Glock 23 while in plain clothes. During those times I never felt concerned that the pistol and caliber wouldn't perform if and when needed. Still have both. One stays in the vehicle and the other in the house still protecting me and mine.

 

[mrchuck]

My .40cal pistol is a SW40c.
This is the pistol that is actually a Glock that Glock sued S&W over and Glock won.
As a retired Federal LEO, I have seen what a 9mm and a 40sw projectile does to the human body. There is no comparison!
The 40sw really tears up the human body and will always win this argument. The gel tests show the comparable results.

 

[reccpd101]

2 40s

I have a 610 that loves 40 S&W. Really nice pleasant shooting revolver.

The lower gun in the picture was my last LE issue firearm, a single stack 4013. Uniform officers carried the Beretta 96, plainclothes the 4013. The manual of arms was the same. It was laser engraved and given to me on my retirement by the city council (see closeup). It shows a bunch of wear but still shots good. I'd rather have it than a new one.