Question regarding .40S&W

[DrHenley]

Plus: Makes a bigger hole than a 9mm

Minus: Makes a smaller hole than a 45

I never really wanted to make a medium sized hole, so I guess I just never had any use for them. I don't particularly have anything against them. I've looked at them from time to time, but I never really heard one calling my name.

[Riverpigusmc]

Never worry about posting a question here. You may get teased for owning tupperware or some such, but we don't flame the brethren. Ever

[Sheepdog]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Never worry about posting a question here. You may get teased for owning tupperware or some such, but we don't flame the brethren. Ever

Unless it contains "the word that shall not be mentioned".

[Caleb]

I had a G......ahhhhhhhhh something in .40 and I shot it well. I did not feel an extreme amount of recoil difference than a 9mm and it was easy to get back on target. Only reason I don't own one now is, because I did not want to stock up on another caliber and 9mm is cheaper for range time.

No negatives from me for the .40.

[Sheepdog]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Never worry about posting a question here. You may get teased for owning tupperware or some such, but we don't flame the brethren. Ever

Thats not the word! It starts with K

[Sheepdog]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Never worry about posting a question here. You may get teased for owning tupperware or some such, but we don't flame the brethren. Ever

Thats not the word! It starts with K. Remember as some newby put it "there are 1911 snobs around here that don't like some 1911's"

[Riverpigusmc]

Originally Posted by Sheepdog

Thats not the word! It starts with K. Remember as some newby put it "there are 1911 snobs around here that don't like some 1911's"

and this person is....where"

[DaFadda]

ok... I'll weigh in here.... I'm thinking we all know the history behind the 40sw... so I'll leave it alone. I just don't like the snappy feel that I get from a 40. I handle a nine better than the 40, but the "push" that I get from the .45acp is the most comfortable for me.

That said, my feeling for the 45 round is not just from my experience with 1911s. I have a GLOCK 21SF (yes, I said the G word, and if I were from FLORIDA...... ooops... the F word! , I would probably have called it a FLock 21, and if it were made by KIMBER then perhaps it would have been called a Klock..... ohh.... but I digress! ROFL.....) My G21 also gives the feel of a "push" rather than a "snap" recoil.

All in all, I do believe that its personal preference. I'm fine with 7 or 8 rounds, heck here in Connecticut I'm not ALLOWED more than 10. That's what extra mags are for. Even when 15 round mags were legal here, I still only carried 10 in a polymer gun. "Handguns are only to get me to my rifle" as some would say.