.40 S&W Questions

[Nightcrawler]

A couple questions about the .40 cartridge, if I may.

-Are there any guns out there for which you can find reasonably priced >10 capacity magazines? (note: $80 is not reasonably priced). I mean, most .40 guns don't have the capacity of 9mm ones anyway (the Beretta 96's standard magazine holds only 11 rounds, compared to 15 for the 9mm version).

-On the Beretta 96, as I understand it, you can just change the barrel/slide to convert a 92 9x19mm to a .40 cal. Is this correct? Do they use the same magazine, then?

-On the Sig P226, do the 9mm and .40 cal versions use the same magazines? I wouldn't think so, but I've heard of conversion barrels and such. If so, how many rounds of .40 could you fit into a Sig P226 15 round magazine?

Thanks in advance!

 

[branrot]

I've heard that you can convert certain .40's to 9mm by swapping out the barrel, springs, and mags, but not the other way around. I am pretty sure you can NOT convert a 92 to a 96.

 

[Andrewh]

I have not found any other than the eaa witness that lets you convert by buying a new slide and barrel. You can convert to 357sig with a new barrel.
As for hi caps, you loose about 3 rounds from 9mm to 40 using a 9mm clip. The beretta/taurus clips from the 92 work in the pt100, and you can only get 12 in, and that is pushing it.