40 cal hype is over??

[jrebel]

I have seen a few articles lately that are really bashing the 40 cal pistol.  Was it just a fad that has come and gone, or is still a great round?  What are your thoughts?  I personally love my ruger sr40c and it shoots really well and has very manageable recoil.  Also...I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of any 9mm, 40 or 45 so that is kind of a mute point in my mind. 

[jackelope]

I'm not sure how it could be just a fad. It still packs all the punch it used to. I think what's happening is modern 9mm ammo is getting better, which is downsizing the need for something bigger/better.

That's like saying the .30-06 used to be good at killing deer but isn't as good anymore since the 6.5x47 Lapua was created.

[jrebel]

I'm not sure how it could be just a fad. It still packs all the punch it used to. I think what's happening is modern 9mm ammo is getting better, which is downsizing the need for something bigger/better.

That's like saying the .30-06 used to be good at killing deer but isn't as good anymore since the 6.5x47 Lapua was created.

So one argument could be more effective ammo with less / more manageable recoil in the 9mm?  I don't think people are doubting the effectiveness of the round, just seems to not be all the hype.  A lot of law enforcement agencies are going away from it (or at least it appears that way).   

[Pnwrider]

With 9mm more common and less expensive in addition to round development as stated above, I see no need to have one in the safe. Plus at this point I'm trying to consolidate caliber so when the next ammo scare/shortage takes place I won't have to worry.


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[Crunchy]

Ive carried and shot a 40cal for the last 20 plus years.  Have maybe 4 cases or more of 40 cal ammo stock piled at this point.  I am switching to a 9mm, but not because it has any real ballistic advantage.  Its not the caliber of the bullet that kills people, its the placement. 

[mkcj]

 9mm plus + packing everything that a 40 did at a little lower price per round. 40, It never was a fad and will always be around.

[carpsniperg2]

Like said the 40 will always be around. I like the 40 and I think its a great middle of the road cartridge.

[300rum]

I think in 10-20 years it has a real good chance of being remembered as a fad.  There will be a following and there will be a box of shells on the shelf at the gun store but gun companies aren't going to support it like they used to. 

[Henrydog]

I carried a .40 Smith in college 25 years ago. At the time I liked the idea of a heavy 180gr bullet with out the complications of maintaining a 1911.   

The Gun was a pile of junk and ammo was pricey.  I traded both in for a Ruger Sp101 in .357mag, and I have never missed the .40 

I think the .40 will end up like 10mm, some guys will swear by it and companies will make guns for it but it will not have a huge market share.   

[timberfaller]

Two reasons I never got into .40 cal.

One, Ammo to pricey
Two, the need for "extra" reloading tooling.

But that's just me!   If it aint broke, don't try and fix it!

[The scout]

I don't think it's fad, but with some really good 9mm ammo choice's, that's a good alternative, also if you like shooting the "heavys" why not get a 45 and shoot the 180's and still have the option of shooting real heavys.

[superdown]

I carried a .40 Smith in college 25 years ago. At the time I liked the idea of a heavy 180gr bullet with out the complications of maintaining a 1911.   

The Gun was a pile of junk and ammo was pricey.  I traded both in for a Ruger Sp101 in .357mag, and I have never missed the .40 

I think the .40 will end up like 10mm, some guys will swear by it and companies will make guns for it but it will not have a huge market share.   

What complications are there to maintaining a 1911? I have owned carried and shot my Kimber 1911 for just shy of 11yrs now and haven't run into any complications or actually had to replace anything.Honest question not being a smart @ss.



I have never owned a .40 but i did have have a 10mm g20 for awhile never warmed up to it but i do have 9mm's and 45's and every time someone brings up the point about ammo technology getting better for the 9mm i think well those advancements are being applied to all of the popular carry rounds so everything kind of stays the same across the board.

[Henrydog]

Oh I get what you are saying Superdown. I'm not knocking 1911's, I was knocking my POS S&W.  I was much younger and dumber.  I had a smith sigma (copy of a glock without the quality) remove the slide and the spring and that was it.  "Easy" to clean.  But it stovepiped a lot. 

[fish vacuum]

Oh I get what you are saying Superdown. I'm not knocking 1911's, I was knocking my POS S&W.  I was much younger and dumber.  I had a smith sigma (copy of a glock without the quality) remove the slide and the spring and that was it.  "Easy" to clean.  But it stovepiped a lot.

Are you saying your Sigma was a 1911?

[Henrydog]

No sir, I am saying the Sigma was a POS, and when I was young and dumb I thought it would be ezier to maintain than a 1911.