Unregistered
Regular
- Location
- South Ontario
Is .40 +P for sale anywhere in Canada? I would like to buy some, but all the local stores only carry regular power.
Where to buy .40 +P
- Thread starter Unregistered
- Start date
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec
Unregistered said:
Get into reloading and make your own... for a LOT less money.
canucklehead
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Is there even a .40 +P load out there? I think they call it 10mm... 
Seriously though, I've never seen any +P in 40. Always 38, 9mm or .45.
Seriously though, I've never seen any +P in 40. Always 38, 9mm or .45.
Big JD-From the hills
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Saskatchewan.
There are no .40s&w +p comercial manufactured rounds that I am aware of.... and if there were I would most definately not be using them.
Unregistered
Regular
- Location
- South Ontario
I have a .40 carbine and I'm just trying to max it out. LOL, wish I could buy a 10mm carbine, but I'll have to stick with .40 S&W.
+P exists only for older calibers. When 9mm and .45ACP were invented the quality of metal was much lower in pistols. Now we have newer, stronger pistols that can handle hotter ammo but we can not just update the 9mm spec as the old guns could not handle the newer ammo. So in order to take avantage of newer, stronger guns the +P was invented. The .40S&W is a modern round from late 90's so there is no +P ammo for it as we have not had any major developments in metallurgy since.
mudgunner49
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Unregistered said:
Dude,
The.40 S&W is a fairly high pressure round to begin with and little things like, oh, I don't know... overall length and bullet set-back... really drive pressure up fast - to the point where there are problems with case failure and damage to guns/hands/faces occurs.
Be very careful - there is no need to push the envelope here. A few years back there were lots of guys like you saying things like "I know what he manual says, but what is the real maximum for the .44 Mag??!!"
A few blown guns later and it seems to have settled down a bit.
Don't be "that" guy...
blake
canucklehead said:Is there even a .40 +P load out there? I think they call it 10mm...
Seriously though, I've never seen any +P in 40. Always 38, 9mm or .45.
Neither have I, and IMHO there is no need for it anyway. want stiffer loads go to 10mm, as the cases are made to withstand the pressure.
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
There is no SAAMI spec for +P .40, only .38 Special, 9mm, .38 Super and one or two others.
gushulak
CGN frequent flyer
I looked in my ammo stash and found a couple of boxes of Cor Bon .40S&W 135gr. JHP's that are labelled as +P on the box. As far as I know these are the only +P .40S&W loads out there, the 135gr. loads from Cor Bon and Triton.
These chrony 1346fps from my G22. Lots of recoil and flash.
These chrony 1346fps from my G22. Lots of recoil and flash.
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They are located in Calgary... link at top of page.
