Wondering if people are running into dealers that are hesitant to stock .40 S&W pistols and ammo.
Starting to see some of this in Mass. and NH gun shops, and they do not want to trade any.
Looks like the FBI and the Military have really hurt this neat caliber.
.40 S&W seems to be falling out of favor with many. One LGS here doesn't take any in on trade because they are so hard to turn. Personally, I think it;s a good round but if you reload, you need to be careful because some people like to load really hot and you just can't do it safely with the .40.
It’s called the latest fad in the gun world. Fear not for the .40 for it will indeed be the “latest” rage again somewhere down the road. I chuckle when folks say that the “latest” ammo tech has made the 9mm better. Well, it has, but the same ammo tech also has been applied to the .40. Both are better than they were 10 yrs ago.
I'm diggin' the great deals on .40's right now... Don't worry, ammo designers will suddenly develop a .40 with superior ballistics design that will leave 9mm in the dust... It will be renamed the short-magnum and the FBI will change loads again.
However, with the agents in today's FBI, it will probably be the .22 mag.
I'm diggin' the great deals on .40's right now... Don't worry, ammo designers will suddenly develop a .40 with superior ballistics design that will leave 9mm in the dust... It will be renamed the short-magnum and the FBI will change loads again.
However, with the agents in today's FBI, it will probably be the .22 mag.
That's what I thought when Uncle dropped the M14 for the Mattell M16. To heavy & to much recoil for this new weakling generation I was told so here, Use THIS now! Ugh. Fine for house clearing but if your enemy is 500 yards away, hahaha. Sure its a fine "paper puncher" at such range but that isn't Killing Enemy.
This is a very fashion conscious hobby. None of us will admit it, of course, I have no doubt I'll have a dozen people on this forum jumping all over me for saying this. But the reason .40 S&W isn't popular right now has very little to do with its performance and everything to do with the fact that it has fallen out of fashion and 9mm is once again fashionable.
We all like to believe we're independent thinkers, but the truth is we're following the crowd.
My primary LGS doesn't stock them due to a lack of demand for it. Rarely does he take one in on a trade. I'm usually there on Saturdays helping out and can attest to the lack of demand for it. My other LGS stocks the 22/23 and has them for rent at his range but I don't know what the demand for it is there.
And that's why I reload. I dictate what's in fashion at my house. I reload for 21 calibers and I no longer read the gun magazines pushing the flavor of the month.
While he was right to an extent, that Faddism is what keeps gun companies in business and rives innovation. How many gun companies would there be if every gun owner had one each 1911, .30-06 bolt action rifle, .22 lr handgun, .22 lr rifle and pump action 12 ga shotgun ?
Honestly no one in America needs anything more than those 5 guns. We could have stopped firearms development 100 years ago if you really believe Col. Cooper.
For me, I moved out of the .380 and avoided the .40 for the same reason; the recoil on those two calibers is snappy for some reason. 9mm and .45acp have a more spongy type of recoil that feels better on the hand and for follow ups. Later I found that I'm not the only one who noticed this difference. Don't get me wrong, I'm no sissy, I would love to get me a glock g29 and load it for hunting, but for SD I would never consider it.
I still see plenty of them but you can score .40 LE trade in G27 and G22 on the cheap right now if you wish.
Truth is .40 ain’t going nowhere. Some big agencies have transitioned to 9mm, but most of LE is still carrying .40 and probably will be for quite some time.
Went to a LGS yesterday. The guy behind the counter says that they can't sell a Glock 23 or 27 now. I told him good, that leaves more ammo for me. There are plenty of .40 caliber guns out there in the world, and they'll keep making ammo for 'em, which is a good thing.
.40S&W's are great! I've been enjoying and taking full advantage of their recent less expensive pricing, and quite a few are easily converted to 357SIG, my favorite caliber. It's an industry & fad induced win-win situation in my book.
The .40 S&W is alive and well in my AO.
.40 is the caliber of our home. I haven't seen any of the "deals" people rave about. On line or in stores. Well, Palmetto State Armory had a smoking deal on XD's a few months ago, but nothing other than that, and they do some of these from time to time.
Well I understand the latest Geardos wanting to be just like the LEO/FBI.mil community. That explains the latest uptick in 9mm fanaticism. Alas that community needs to select a firearm for the least common denominator - smaller handed users. The average shooter will be selecting a weapon for their personal use.
Don't get me wrong, the 9mm works, so the the .45 acp as well as the .40 for personal defense. Most of us will select of the largest hole we can make.
I used to work part time in a gunstore. They stopped taking most .40s in trade since they never moved, and there was an excess of people looking to trade. Lots of people off loading their 40s and nobody picking up new ones.
For centerfire semi-autos, I had .380 and 9mm for many years before ever buying a .45ACP 1911 just to have one.
There is nothing wrong with .40, but I never thought I needed it. Considered it when it came out and it became popular, but I decided I didn't need it and that "9 was fine".
Where I did expand, once I had several 9mm, was with .38/.357 revolvers
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