Can I say i hate .40 cal

Wolf@TS said:
The whole "it is a higher pressure round" thing is nothing more then poor information regurgitated through the internet generally by those with a bias against the .40 (who also usually blame it for the infamous Glock "kaboom").
Look up the SAAMI PSI specs for .40, 9mm, 9mm+P, .357 Sig, .38 super, .357 Mag, and 10mm...then tell me why the .40 stands out alone as a high pressure round.
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This. Usually by people trying to defend their wussy 9mm.... :stirthepot2:
 
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i used to think the .40 would be lot of recoil & harder to shoot compare to 9mm until a gentleman at the range let me shoot his old Glock in .40
so far i own 3 9mm pistols & a GSG 1911 .22lr, my next pistol purchase will be a .40 S&M or .45 ACP pistol. haven't shot a .45 but .40 is not much snap compare to 9mm
how .45 ACP shoot vs .40 S&W? i reload so cost is not a big issue.
 
xboltss said:
i used to think the .40 would be lot of recoil & harder to shoot compare to 9mm until a gentleman at the range let me shoot his old Glock in .40
so far i own 3 9mm pistols & a GSG 1911 .22lr, my next pistol purchase will be a .40 S&M or .45 ACP pistol. haven't shot a .45 but .40 is not much snap compare to 9mm
how .45 ACP shoot vs .40 S&W? i reload so cost is not a big issue.
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I find the recoil of my .40 cal to be snappy compared to my .45 1911 which is more of a push than a snap.
 
I also think the .40 is a pointless round these days. You get basically no performance improvement over the 9mm, but you lose capacity and slow down the shooting.

I think it's unfortunate that the 10mm hasn't had the projectile development that .40 has...it's a better round. But without the projectile research you can't really take advantage of it.

I shoot 9, 10, and .45 myself. If somebody wants to shoot .40 I don't care but as a round I think it's a waste.
 
hmmmmm.....another pistol catridge/old fashion #### measuring contest thread.


The 9mm and the .45ACP had about 85+ years jump on the .40S&W. Had the .40S&W came first, do you really think there would have been a 9mm or a .45, really??????

here's a little parallel universe comparison in the rifle world for you pistolero's to gnaw on.........the 30-30Win and 30-06Spfd had a 50-60 year jump on the .308Win. There will always be .30-30 guys telling you that less is more and they don't mind spending a nice sunny afternoon tracking a wounded deer, and the '06 guys telling you the longer case directly relates to your ##### size and Big game vaporize when merely winged with the '06, but in reality,.... the .308Win handed both of them their asses in a hand basket in every imaginable role from short, fast, light carbines to target/precision shooting or a solid Big Game thumper.

As one respected writer said,.."the .308Winchester does it all",.... and to me so does the well balanced, well thought out pretty looking 40S&W in the combat pistol world.


I use 9mm rounds for primers and 1911's melted down for steel shot in my Glawk40.

Muhhhaaaaaaaa.............:jerkit::runaway:V:I::nest:
 
RememberTheSomme said:
hmmmmm.....another pistol catridge/old fashion #### measuring contest thread.


The 9mm and the .45ACP had about 85+ years jump on the .40S&W. Had the .40S&W came first, do you really think there would have been a 9mm or a .45, really??????

here's a little parallel universe comparison in the rifle world for you pistolero's to gnaw on.........the 30-30Win and 30-06Spfd had a 50-60 year jump on the .308Win. There will always be .30-30 guys telling you that less is more and they don't mind spending a nice sunny afternoon tracking a wounded deer, and the '06 guys telling you the longer case directly relates to your ##### size and Big game vaporize when merely winged with the '06, but in reality,.... the .308Win handed both of them their asses in a hand basket in every imaginable role from short, fast, light carbines to target/precision shooting or a solid Big Game thumper.

As one respected writer said,.."the .308Winchester does it all",.... and to me so does the well balanced, well thought out pretty looking 40S&W in the combat pistol world.


I use 9mm rounds for primers and 1911's melted down for steel shot in my Glawk40.

Muhhhaaaaaaaa.............:jerkit::runaway:V:I::nest:
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You're spot in with regards to .308, but the facts just aren't there for the .40S&W.

TDC
 
TDC said:
You're spot in with regards to .308, but the facts just aren't there for the .40S&W.

TDC
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I know TDC, but it's been a long winter, I haven't been following the pistol threads for awhile and I get caught up in the foolishness of the eternal 9vs40vs45 debates, I just like to :stirthepot2: and d:h:.
 
Pistols I only shoot 22, 9, 45 revolver 22, 357, 44 have no drive or desire for 40cal. I own caliber besides the one's listed but there only for collecting purposes.
 
I just regrettably sold a Ruger SR40 and that thing shot like a dream. With a polymer frame and stainless slide it was really top heavy so recoil was very manageable. I did however buy another Ruger in a GP100. Its a .357 mag and I bought it because I wanted something bigger. Loved the .40 though.
 
We must remember that the 40 cal was not intentionally designed to be a medium cal between the 9mm and 45. If that were the case. I would have a lot more respect for it than the fact that the 10mm was too manly of a round, which had to be chopped down because it was too awesome.

All you 40 lovers who tell yourselves anything different are living a lie.

I'd rather shoot a weaker 9mm or 22LR pistol that was meant for what it is, as opposed to firing something that was intentionally pussified down to its current state.
 
Petamocto said:
We must remember that the 40 cal was not intentionally designed to be a medium cal between the 9mm and 45. If that were the case. I would have a lot more respect for it than the fact that the 10mm was too manly of a round, which had to be chopped down because it was too awesome.

All you 40 lovers who tell yourselves anything different are living a lie.

I'd rather shoot a weaker 9mm or 22LR pistol that was meant for what it is, as opposed to firing something that was intentionally pussified down to its current state.
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ya.... that makes no sense.
 
Petamocto said:
We must remember that the 40 cal was not intentionally designed to be a medium cal between the 9mm and 45. If that were the case. I would have a lot more respect for it than the fact that the 10mm was too manly of a round, which had to be chopped down because it was too awesome.

All you 40 lovers who tell yourselves anything different are living a lie.

I'd rather shoot a weaker 9mm or 22LR pistol that was meant for what it is, as opposed to firing something that was intentionally pussified down to its current state.
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This is the truth, and that is scientifically PROVEN.
 
Wow!
I like when 90% of people are bragging about shooting big caliber on the net but when I'm at the range 90% of those big caliber guy shoots like crap.... Make me laugh...
 
gdawg said:
ya.... that makes no sense.
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If you think it makes no sense, you are not aware of historical facts.

Are you aware that the 40SW was intentionally designed to be weaker than the 10mm, by chopping it down?

I'm not saying that it makes one round better than the other, but I have to set people straight when they sell the 40SW as a round that was intentionally designed to fill the gap between 9mm and 45.

The end result of what happened may have ended up with a round that was generally between a 9mm and 45, but that was not the aim.

40SW will always be a 10mm ##### that was cut in half, deal with it.
 
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Petamocto said:
If you think it makes no sense, you are not aware of historical facts.

Are you aware that the 40SW was intentionally designed to be weaker than the 10mm, by chopping it down?

I'm not saying that it makes one round better than the other, but I have to set people straight when they sell the 40SW as a round that was intentionally designed to fill the gap between 9mm and 45.

The end result of what happened may have ended up with a round that was generally between a 9mm and 45, but that was not the aim.

40SW will always be a 10mm ##### that was cut in half, deal with it.
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Hmm, by that logic, even after the cutting, it's still the bigger ##### over the 9mm. So what's your point?
 
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