Is the .40 dead ? Let's see some !

[WildBillWJW]

Soft shooting you say? You must be lying! Everyone knows shooting 40s&w is the equivalent to shooting a canon.

With my Glocks I have always enjoyed shooting the 40 over 9mms…the report/noise bothers me more than the added recoil. Plus the 9mils is more snappy to me, as well. I do use my Glock 19c for my cc classes: the ammo is cheaper and the compensator makes the 9mm feel like shooting a .22…but so noisy! I also find the 40 s&w more versatile than the smaller bores. You can go heavy and slow, like a 45. Or light and fast like a 357…what is not to like?

 

[WildBillWJW]

Sig P229 40S&W. With an accompanying 357 Sig barrel, Bought in 1997. I re-load for it.View attachment 777168

Awesome pair!

 

[LEO918]

Awhile back, a friend of mine had to move back to Oregon for health reasons and didn't want to haul his ammo. Offered it to me for about half price.
In the pile of ammo was 1250 rounds of factory .40 S&W. The problem was I had no .40 caliber firearm.
Not long after acquiring the ammo a .40 Caliber SIG 1911 Target walked into a show at a very attractive price and voila! I was equipped with a .40 S&W burner.

 

[WildBillWJW]

Awhile back, a friend of mine had to move back to Oregon for health reasons and didn't want to haul his ammo. Offered it to me for about half price.
In the pile of ammo was 1250 rounds of factory .40 S&W. The problem was I had no .40 caliber firearm.
Not long after acquiring the ammo a .40 Caliber SIG 1911 Target walked into a show at a very attractive price and voila! I was equipped with a .40 S&W burner.
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Nice 1911 40!

 

[WildBillWJW]

About 30 years ago, while living in central KY, and packing and camping a lot in the Red River gorge area. The state started reintroducing the black bear into eastern KY. I figured something more powerful than the 380’s we were carrying at that time was justified. So I purchased my first Glock, a model 23, and the rest is history. I was immediately surprised at how well I could shoot the light weight forty. And decided to give the model 27 a try for warm weather CC. And again, could not believe how easy that pistol, with pinky under the mag, was to hit with. Here are my two edc and cc carries:

 

[phm14]

Dead? Not hardly. I have a number of .40 handguns. I pulled a M&P .40 out of the safe yesterday, placing it in service on our boat. I keep a P226 .40 LEO trade in in my truck. Due to the current popularity of 9mm, with keyboard warriors screeching ".40 short & weak!", there are good value deals out there in the .40 world. Given current ammo performance, these days I choose 9mm for most primary EDC chores, valuing the added capacity, over the ballistic performance edge the .40 has over the 9mm. That doesn't mean the .40 isn't an excellent choice for primary or secondary handgun, as well as PCC use.

 

[mckenney99]

I hope everybody keeps screaming at the top of their lungs that the .40 S&W is dying.
I love that LE agencies are dumping their .40 S&W guns and AMMO. This government divestment of .40 S&W has enabled me to pick up some very good deals on new in the case premium self defense ammo. While .40 may still be priced higher than bulk range 9mm, the price of bulk practice .40 has come down significantly also. Buy it cheap and stack it deep before the next Crisis is manufactured.

 

[st regis]

Atlanta PD issue. No mag safety, decock only, bobbed hammer.

 

[A-300 Dave]

No pic, but you can put me down for a S&W M&P M2.0 Metal .40 cal.
Refitted it with a Timney Trigger and a 19 lb recoil spring and it now shoots like my old Browning Hi-Power 9mm!! Luv it....

 

[Mongo Safari]

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I shoot more .40than anything else.

Happy to see a 96D. I carried one for several years in the Border Patrol and loved it. As a firearms instructor the 96D made an east transition for the agents from revolvers into the semiauto world. Half the guys liked them, and half hated the Italian tomahawk but the never failed, except operator error. Several kept trying to cock the double action pistol and some got minor injuries. The other agents laughing hurt more than the slide bite. It wasn't hard to master the trigger; I really miss my old 96D Brigadier.