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by OldCurlyWolf
Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:46 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Is the .40 dead?
Replies: 58
Views: 16719

Re: Is the .40 dead?

Flightmare wrote:
OldCurlyWolf wrote:Probably should have shot the .44 special with .44 Russians. Might have scored higher.
So you're colluding with Russians? :biggrinjester:
A round created in the 1860's-70's to fit a S&W revolver originally created for the Russian Czar's army. Said to be the most accurate pistol round of its time. From it came the .44 special and later the .44 magnum. The .44 American and the .44 Colt were each separate rounds.
by OldCurlyWolf
Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:49 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Is the .40 dead?
Replies: 58
Views: 16719

Re: Is the .40 dead?

Grundy1133 wrote:
WTR wrote:
aaangel wrote:Yup .40 is gone. Ive carried glock 27 since ‘07. It’s getting harder and harder to find ammonium. I will be switching my 27 to a 26gen5 very soon. Or just get a 40-9 barrel.
There may be a miriade of reasons for the decline of the .40 S & W. However, lack of ammo availability is not one of them. I just bought 1000 rounds. You can go online and buy everything from a 50 round box to 500 and 1000 round cases.
ditto. I don' think 40s are dying... I just think that people try them and decide they don't like them. like you have hardcore 9mm fanboys and .45 fanboys and they buy a 40 S&W to try it out and they decide they dont like it an dsell it... like was mentioned earlier, yes they're on th emarket but people are buying them up... I like the 40 S&W. you can read all day about how x caliber is better than y cailber... or how this caliber is bad for self defense etc etc... but at the end of the day it comes down to what you like and what you're proficient with... also WTR when you go to sell your glock 27 HMU. unless the they release a gen5 glock 27.
I have had a 40 since 1999. I don't shoot it a lot for various reasons. Recoil is not one of those reasons.
My forty is the smallest caliber pistol I own. The others are .44 mag, .44 special and 10mm Auto. I used the 10mm for qualifying for my LTC earlier in the month. Probably should have shot the .44 special with .44 Russians. Might have scored higher.

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