Thought most folks didn’t like

[fastfish66]

There's been a lot more gays getting into guns recently, so naturally the 40 has risen in popularity.

How many do you have?

 

[WildMan]

How many do you have?

Prolly all of em!

 

[rOmiLaYu]

It's slower and less powerful than 9mm

 

[GodBlessTheUSA]

The garand is a Canadian piece of garbage.

Blasphemy! Patton said different! YOMV

 

[Porter Rockwell]

Sold my last .40. Still have 3000 rounds of 160 and 180 FMJ though. Want a G22 eventually.

in today’s market you could probably trade 500-1,000 rounds of that for a really decent handgun. I’d bet someone on here would trade you a Glock for ammo.

 

[Don231s]

9mm = 0.35 inches
40cal= 0.40 inches

Might be slower. Might have less ouch factor. But it f***s things up mo better.

 

[ARCman47]

in today’s market you could probably trade 500-1,000 rounds of that for a really decent handgun. I’d bet someone on here would trade you a Glock for ammo.

Thats worth atleast an AR and a handy.

 

[gh1950]

As a caliber, it's slower and arguably less powerful than 9mm hence the nickname .40 Slow and Weak. It's more expensive and, in normal times, not as plentiful in the wild. It doesn't suppress well and is just generally the odd man out. At least that's my beef with it.

It's called the "Slow and Weak" compared to it's parent 10mm. Anyone "arguing" that it is less powerful than a 9mm will probably also argue that the earth is flat and man never walked on the moon.

You points about the FBI are mostly valid, but the .40 Smith and Wesson was developed by Smith and Wesson because S&W realized that it could engineer a .40 caliber round in a double stack configuration that would fit within the 1911/Hi Power profile, which the 10MM could not do because of the length of the round. The FBI got as many complaints about the size of the 10MM as the recoil.

Point being that the FBI did not have a pending RFP, the development of the .40 S&W was proprietary.

A reduced power 10mm could have easily been produced, and would suitably operated the pistols, as shown by the fact that most current off the shelf 10mm rounds duplicate .40S&W ballistics.

In regular times, the cost of .40 is greater but not significantly. That's to be expected when you are getting more powder and a bigger bullet - you shouldn't expect to pay the same price.

The "problem" today (pre-Covid) is finding 10mm loaded to it's original specifications.