The first handgun I ever fired was a 40 S&W. At the time, this was the most popular caliber for law enforcement agencies. Over the past 16 years, I have watched the 40 S&W fall out of fashion. The 40's seemed to be the slowest sellers at my LGS when the panic started several months ago, but now all of them have been sold. Which do you guys think is more likely: (1) all of the new gun owners who bought a 40 S&W breathe new life into the cartridge and it picks back up in popularity; or (2) the new owners never actually put more than a few boxes of ammo through their guns and the 40 continues to fade? I know there have been too many pistols chambered in 40 S&W sold over the past few decades for it to ever disappear, but it holds a special place in my heart and I would hate to see it become the next .32 acp. or .25 acp.