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To update, I now have 450 trouble free rounds through the 9mm conversion.
Hi guys - I'm not a pistol shooter by any stretch...so, maybe help me understand a bit....why is 40 S&W no longer commonly used?
Are there general issues with this round or just want to shoot a perhaps less expensive round?
Are there general issues with this round or just want to shoot a perhaps less expensive round?
The selling point for the .40S&W was that it was the best of both worlds with the knockdown power of a .45ACP and magazine capacity of a 9mm. Nowadays there's plenty of large capacity mags for the .45ACP so people just get a .45.
When I left the PD 12 years ago most every cop in the country carried a 40. Now almost noone does. Some say its because improvements in bullet technology made the 9mm as effective as the 40 with less recoil and more capacity for ammo. I would argue that same technology made the 40 more effective as well.
Rounds down range. In the same physical size magazine you can get more rounds of 9mm than 40.
Bullet / cartridge tech has changed, yes that also makes 40 or 10mm or 45 better, however 9mm now would be very close to what 40s&w when it first came out ?
I put it mostly to physical rounds in the mag.. for when you get assulted by acorns. Return fire, mag dump, more return fire.
Bullet / cartridge tech has changed, yes that also makes 40 or 10mm or 45 better, however 9mm now would be very close to what 40s&w when it first came out ?
I put it mostly to physical rounds in the mag.. for when you get assulted by acorns. Return fire, mag dump, more return fire.
I did that to my old duty Glock 22. Changed to a LW 9mm conversion barrel and 9mm mags and its been 100%.
