Feel the same about the 40S&W as you use to?

A good caliber for several reasons: good availability during the recent shortages; plenty of power for SD use in light weight guns. Smaller than the .45 acp case, it allows for larger capacity if that's your to your liking. It uses less powder and cheaper bullets than a .45 but only slightly more than a 9mm. Brass is easy to come by...just befriend a local LEO for help in this regard.

All that said, I've never found it to be as accurate as a good .45 and believe me I"ve tried. It's a more accurate in similar pistols than a 9mm but no where near as good and easy to load for as say any .45 acp, .44 Spl, .44 Mag, .38 Spl, .357 Mag or .41 Mag or even a .38 Super for that matter.

For control in SD use, multiple shots are about as difficult as a .45 acp...the 9mm being much more easy to control but with that round's lighter throw weight.

Guess that's about it...it's OK and I do prefer it to a 9mm, but I"ll take any revolver cartridge of .38 Spl or larger, or the .38 super and/or .45 acp for serious social engagements. The .40 would come after that list has been exhausted.

HTH's Rod
 
I pretty much have started out on 40. Shoot it better than i shoot my 45 or 9mm though that's probably attributed to lots of things: different guns, actions of fire, etc.

Now that said the first two handguns i fired which was all short of two maybe three years ago were a G21 & G22 gen 4. At the time i hated the 40. But i attribute this to the Glock's just not fitting me. The 40 seemed to recoil more and was much snappier which sent an irritating vibration down my wrist. The G21 didn't do that. So my dad and I split a gen 4 G21. The more i shot i the more i realized that it didn't fit me well. So it was uncomfortable to shoot and control. I later handled an M&P 40 and had it my head that i had to have it. Well it's one of the better impulse buys i've ever done because i can flat out shoot the thing. For me at least i shoot it better than any of the three handguns we have (SW 6906, G21, M&P40).

Long story short i started USPSA with my M&P 40 a year ago, despite taking a break picked it up some months back and it was like i had never stopped shooting. I flat out love the caliber. Maybe it's the fit of my M&P to my hand but i could shoot it all day long, it's very enjoyable and accurate. Also don't have to put up with the larger muzzle flip caused by the 45.
 
Actually, I think the 40S&W is a pretty good round, in whatever bu;llet design or weight. A good combo of weight,velocity, and capacity. Whats not to like? I carry one on duty Glock22 and one off duty Sig 229 DAO and never feel under gunned. The DAO is like shooting a 12 shot 40 cal revolver with really fast reloads!!
 
10 years ago I had no particular opinion about the 40 S&W. I now own a Glock 22 Gen 4 and find it to be a perfectly acceptable caliber. I have no problem with the recoil, it shoots well, and the ammo is readily available.

At the time I bought the gun (early 2010) I was looking for a full-sized auto in 9mm, but there was no 9mm ammo to be had. 40 was plentiful, though, so I figured I'd get a gun that I could find bullets for. I added a 9mm conversion barrel and some G17 mags and now it is a dual-caliber gun, again, primarily for ammo availability options more than anything else. Shoots fine with either caliber.

If I were ever going to actually use it for self defense, I'd prefer the .40 barrel and ammo be in it, and that's how I keep it set up, factory standard.
 
I've warmed up to it but not fully. I view it the same way I view a 357 sig, nice concept but no great advantage to other cartridges. To me a 9mm or 45 can be used in most scenarios. I shot a range rental USP 40 my first time shooting a 40 and didn't feel a heavy recoil or "snapiness" others have described. I could've sworn it felt just like a 9mm. But I still wouldn't feel the need to own one as I have no use for it and didn't like the 10mm to begin with. :rolleyes:
 
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