Pistols compatible with .40cal

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Hi all, I’m looking for advice. I recently acquired a few thousand rounds of .40cal. I’m NEW to shooting and do not have a pistol that fires the stuff. Any recommendations other that Glocks ? I understand it’s not the most popular calibre out there.
 
There are lots of .40cal pistols out there. If a Glock is not your cup of tea, there are M&Ps among other striker fired polymer guns, as well as hammer guns like Berettas and SIGs. Pickings are slim right now thanks to Justin's Ottawa Clown Show, so if you are serious about finding one, you'll need to look hard and fast, and be prepared to buy quickly.
 
Blair86078 said:
I recently acquired a few thousand rounds of .40cal... I understand it’s not the most popular calibre out there.
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.40 S&W is a very popular cartridge, 20 years ago there was talk that it was going to displace 9mm in the police market. Since the police market does much to drive the handgun market overall, if this had come to pass the .40 would have contended for the crown of single most popular. As it is, about 10 years ago police started moving back to 9mm leaving that cartridge as the undisputed #1.

Anyway, first thing is to decide if you want a traditional pistol (metal frame, hammer-fired, single or double action trigger), or a contemporary choice (polymer frame, striker-fired, safety trigger). Then, given the current shortages, you probably have to take whatever you can get within that category.

The popular guns in 9mm have mostly all been offered as .40 S&W variants at one time or another.

CZ75, Hi-Power, SIG P220 series, Beretta 90 series, Ruger P90 etc. are the traditional type.

Glock, S&W MP, Springfield XD, FN-FNS, and many more are the contemporary style.
 
Having both 40 and 9, I’d say sell the 40 it will buy you way more 9mm.
As mentioned after the LA shootout the FBI adapted it but 9mm after all these years has remained a standard for many reasons.
The 40 is more snappy… still fun just more challenging for competitive shooting and will not be getting any cheaper to buy any time soon.
 
Babs0404 said:
Having both 40 and 9, I’d say sell the 40 it will buy you way more 9mm.
As mentioned after the LA shootout the FBI adapted it but 9mm after all these years has remained a standard for many reasons.
The 40 is more snappy… still fun just more challenging for competitive shooting and will not be getting any cheaper to buy any time soon.
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The referenced shootout wasn't in LA it was in Florida. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout

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Back on specific topic.... If you don't already have something in .40 you may do better in scoring something in 9mm.

From pricing at my LGS, factory .40 ammo is almost double what factory 9mm is selling for. I'd trade +/or sell the .40 for 9mm & go from there.

Don't get me wrong though, personally, I like the .40 & literally have shot ~ 40K rounds of it since circa 1992.

Good luck in your choice/decision.

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Blair86078 said:
Hi all, I’m looking for advice. I recently acquired a few thousand rounds of .40cal. I’m NEW to shooting and do not have a pistol that fires the stuff. Any recommendations other that Glocks ? I understand it’s not the most popular calibre out there.
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I never really played with 40's , at one time SW SV40 ?? or was selling new for 300.oo, Worked fine, to light, too cheap, but these days ,for you it would be great.
They are a slow mover, mainly because way more than 9mm ammo cost and it was easier shooting. for a new shooter.
There was one on Switzers auction, but that ended yesterday, it went for more than it was worth, but all handguns are selling fot more than they are worth, other than some common 12.6 guns that you can't buy anyway.
 
Tough time to be picky buying but maybe put out a WTB add in the EE for a used glock that comes with both .40 and 9mm barrels..... they are out there.

Otherwise trading the ammo for 9mm is a good idea.
 
I have two 40's, a Sig 226 and a S&W 4046. The 4046 is much more comfortable (for me). The 226 though, has the advantage of changing uppers between 22, 9mm, 357 Sig and 40, so I can use whatever is handy. If you reload it isnt that much of an issue, but for factory ammo, 9mm is much cheaper. - dan
 
As a point of interest my Glock 23 frame broke recently at the front plastic recoil lugs. I don't think that pistol saw over 5000 rounds. If I was to buy a pistol that would stand a steady diet of 40 S&W I would be tempted to purchase something in a steel frame.

Not only will recoil management be better but the frame would probably last longer. The fact is that the 40 cal is harder on pistols than 9mm.
 
If you reload, the .40 can be a real soft shooting round. All you have to do is match the recoil spring to the downloaded .40 ammo.
 
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