Works for me
I like the .40 It's recoil isn't harsh. If you want harsh try some full power 357 Magnum loads out of a 2 inch barrel. That's harsh.
I see a couple of web myths in this thread. S&W doesn't make any money from the sale of .40 ammo. They don't have a patent on the round. Federal designed the cartridge along and S&W worked on the pistols. So what? Back then S&W was a respectable company. Now they've gone bad and are paying for it.
The .40 isn't an inherently inaccurate round. Bench rest two similar models like a Glock 19 to a Glock 23 and there's hardly any difference in accuracy.
The .40 is here to stay, if anything its popularity is growing world wide. It's more and more common in Latin American countries. I've heard, but don't have solid evidence, that's it's also making headway in places like South Africa.
I like the .40 It's recoil isn't harsh. If you want harsh try some full power 357 Magnum loads out of a 2 inch barrel. That's harsh.
I see a couple of web myths in this thread. S&W doesn't make any money from the sale of .40 ammo. They don't have a patent on the round. Federal designed the cartridge along and S&W worked on the pistols. So what? Back then S&W was a respectable company. Now they've gone bad and are paying for it.
The .40 isn't an inherently inaccurate round. Bench rest two similar models like a Glock 19 to a Glock 23 and there's hardly any difference in accuracy.
The .40 is here to stay, if anything its popularity is growing world wide. It's more and more common in Latin American countries. I've heard, but don't have solid evidence, that's it's also making headway in places like South Africa.