Bane will take a 9mm, Hawkfish a .40

[2HOW]

Im really suprised about the talk of the .40 being a hard to shoot round. I been shootin .40 since 89, It was a little harder to shoot in my G-22 but since I have my PT 140 its very easy . It has a lot to do with grip I believe. I have never shot it in an all metal pistol but I would expect it to be as mild as the .45 In the same pistol. And the 135 gr bullets are sweet .

[ericire12]

Yeah, I have never felt that the .40 was hard to shoot - even in polymer pistols.

[HAWKFISH]

I'm with you guys.. I've always found the .40 easy to shoot, since day one.

[Hazcat]

Notice there isn't much difference between .40 and 9mm

[ericire12]

Now thats a great comparison...... also a great way to compare 147 gr vs 124 gr

[Sponsor]

[2HOW]

only that the wound channel of the .40 looks twice as wide as the 9mm

[Neon Knight Anubis]

Ya missed one Haz 

[HAWKFISH]

Yeah, I have seen that same picture many times before Hazcat, Neon Knight Anubis. And it does show that they are all kinda the same. However, let me ask you this. What if you go half way back from the 12in. line and draw an imaginary line at say the 4in. line, or even the 6in. line. Then which one would you rather choose, the .40 or the 9mm? The heavier .40, with a little bigger expansion, may just be enough to punch threw a would be attacker's leather jacket, sweet shirt, and regular shirt.. then still have enough ummpth.. to penetrate further into his vitials, etc. What if the bad guy is on drugs and a non-lethel shot doesn't work and you are aiming to make a lethal shot in order to save your life. What if that extra little bit of .40 size is just enough to hit an artery or other vitial, where as it might not have with a .40? Just something to think about...  What if you need a bigger hole in the first 4in. of a shot's placement?

[Dougdubya]

Whichever I shoot more accurately. 

In these cases, I'll take the 9mm with monotonous regularity.

Handgun stopping power isn't even a concept supported by Evan Marshall, so, I'll take the most doses of felon repellant in the handiest package.

[Neon Knight Anubis]

Mine was more of a joke response HAWKFISH

On a side note, that 357sig is a violent round isn't it? Gotta shoot one of those sometime.

As for my opinion on the subject, I say shoot/use what you can shoot well. While I don't question the ballistics of the 40 S&W and it is a good round (for a handgun round anyway), I don't like shooting it. I shoot both the 9mm and 45 more effectively than the 40 and therefore I choose those platforms, in the Glock and the 1911 respectively.

Having said that, I would like a 10mm (Glock 20/S&W 1006) but for sporting reasons.