.40 s&w ammo fire sale prices

I dont know if its so much that demand for .40 is all that low as it is demand for 9mm being really high. Either way, there are good deals out there for .40's. CDNN has M&P40c's with night sights for $379. Now for you newer fire arms enthusiast that might be looking at this thread, that is a good price.
 
Targa said:
Its actually a pretty good reason. .40s&w always seems to be on the shelves and at fairly reasonable prices. Add to that, really good deals pop up on firearms chambered in .40, they are fun to shoot and hit hard all of which make for an attractive choice. I still prefer 9mm but I have no plans to get rid of my .40 and I could kick myself for not buying a FNS .40 from CDNN when they were $359...:(

If I were to ever get rid of my M&P40 it would be to follow Oysterboys suggestion to get a 10mm.
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Still holding out for a 10mm M&P. Still kicking myself about ditching my M&P 40.

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Fishbed77 said:
That's a pretty weak reason not to own a 9mm pistol.



That said, all the deals I see locally for police trade-in .40SW pistols makes picking up one pretty tempting.
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I left out the 9mm sucks part but if you insist.

9mm sucks.

I chose 40 because I shot both prior to deciding and liked 40 better
That and the shield in 45 wasnt out yet




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In my mind the best thing about a .40 pistol is the ability to buy a cheap 9mm conversion barrel and 9mm mags. As far as I know there are no 9mm pistols that can be converted to .40, but most .40's can be converted to .357 sig and 9mm. I can't find 9mm fmj for .15/rd, but I could find .40. Maybe a couple years from now 9mm will be far cheaper than .40, either way I'm covered. The G27 is my only gun and I don't see any reason to buy another.
 
Forty is my favorite caliber, followed by .45auto. 9mm takes the back seat at my place (but is there). Sheeple flocking to 9 is fine by me. I love forty now even more than ever. Awesome caliber; good potency, high capacity, great to reload. Long live forty!

Enjoy the deals.

Next year, if the witch is back, we may all be registering our ammo purchases and paying exhoribant taxes when buying it. Just a matter of time, folks. :rolleyes: You KNOW that is coming. :cool:
 
Having or buying 9mm doesn't necessarily make you a sheeple. I've had nines for many years and just bought two more (P320 Full Size 9 and P320 Compact Size 9) very recently.

Forty remains my favorite defense caliber and my carry gun caliber, however, in spite of whatever the FBI, or anybody else, does. And I just bought three more forties, as well (P320 Full 40, P320 Carry 40, and M&P40C).

There are those, of course, motivated primarily by the actions of others, who trade in their 45's and 40's for nines. They are the sheeple! Beware the sheeple! :eek:
 
I actually started with 9mm due to cost considerations back when .40 S&W was all the rage. I do have to admit, though, that the plethora of good, cheap used forties has tempted me to dip my toe into the water. So far I have resisted temptation.
 
"I actually started with 9mm due to cost considerations back when .40 S&W was all the rage. I do have to admit, though, that the plethora of good, cheap used forties has tempted me to dip my toe into the water. So far I have resisted temptation."

First of all, why doesn't this forum have a way to easily quote a poster in a reply? :confused:
Secondly, why not try a .40 now that prices of guns and ammo are cheap? While ballisticallly .40 and .45 are about equal, .40 ammo is far cheaper in a smaller, higher capacity round. 9mm is a good round, but not in the same class, no matter what you read on the web claiming they are all the same. :rolleyes:
 
Secondly, why not try a .40 now that prices of guns and ammo are cheap?
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Money, plain and simple. I'll make less this year than what I was making 15 years ago. It sure does suck to lose a good job when you're older then try to get back on your feet.
 
The .40 is a great round but it is harder to control in the subcompact guns. I do have a few guns in .40 though including my STI Edge and two Sig P229s. I wish I could find ammo at that price. I have a few thousand rounds of .40 so unless it is a great deal, I'm probably okay.
 
If you guys are all apocalypse contingency planning, keep in mind 9mm is NATO, which means UN troops will arrive with 9mm by the truckloads for you to obtain for your own use through whatever means necessary. Just saying... if you're a prepper of that sort.
 
I think there are plenty of people who loved the 9mm before the FBI deemed it their new answer . I am one of them. Taking advantage of the glut of 40's abandoned because someone else said they have become irrelevant just makes good sense to me. The 40 is not the best of everything either, but it is far from irrelevant because a government agency deems it so.
 
That is the same pricing I saw last weekend at the gun show on CCI mini mags. $15.00 per hundred for rimfire?
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In my mind the best thing about 40SW is that if you handload, it's just about as free as you can get without going back to the 60s.
 
"In my mind the best thing about 40SW is that if you handload, it's just about as free as you can get without going back to the 60s."

How is that? the cheapest .40 plated bullets I can find are $.11, primers are $.03, and powder is $25/lb. Assuming free brass you are looking at .16/ea, hardly close to free. I honestly can't believe the cost of handloading compared to when I was into it 8 years ago, I used to reload 9mm for less than half of that.
 
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