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I'm not saying 40 is going away, but it's done as the primary LE/Agency caliber.

I don't look back at my .40 cal guns with any fondness though. The worst was I think a 4006 I bought when I first got out of the service. It was the alloy frame version which didn't help.

As for 357, I'm looking at buying a 686 Plus 3-5-7 Magnum, 3", the one with the unfluted cylinder. It just looks good. My excuse is I need a new revolver for the instructor requals we do every few years.

Agency after agency has switched to 9mm. Reasons are many, but primarily cost, easier to shoot, less wear and tear on the platform, capacity, and improvements in 9mm ammo.

How drastic is it? My primary supplier for LE/First responder guns basically isn't even going to attempt to stock .40 cal product going forward. It will be mostly special order because they don't want to get stuck with inventory that nobody is buying.

Put another way, of the guns I've sold to area LEOs just this quarter, 99% are 9mm, the remaining one percent were by numbers 1st) 45 cal, 2nd) 357 Sig, and 3rd) .40 bringing up the rear.

All you need to do is look at used / police trade-in .40 cal gun prices.