Did you ever notice.....?

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For as popular as the 40S&W round is (it is my favorite carry round right now) not many people have a desire to own a genuine S&W pistol chambered in it. In a way it is kind of a poetic justice. :D
 
I have switched most of my "always" pistols to .40 cal, although I still have this attachment to some versions of .45ACP. My personal preference is not S&W because I don't like slide safeties. IMVHO---frame mounted is the way to go.

Shoot straight and shoot often.
 
Thing of it is, neither S&W nor Sig did the development work on the rounds that bear their names.

Both cartridges were developed by Federal Cartridge. The groundwork was laid by the respective companies, but the meat & potatos, nope.

S&W hasn't had an in-house cartridge development staff since the 1930s. I think the last round that was developed completely in house was the .357 Mag. They began work on what would become the .44 Mag., but WW II intervened. After the war, Remington got the call to do the development work. Same with the .41 Mag.

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
Smith,

Hum... Now that you mention it, I think you're right... I'll have to go back and dig through my archives...

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
Well, if one goes back far enough you would find that Colt and Remington UMC had a 9.8 m/m cartridge that was/is the .40 S&W but in the early part of teh 1900's.

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