tackleberry45
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OK, before the barrage.... I was at a martial arts seminar with many LEO. I butted in and started a "what do you carry" conversation (S&W M&P .40 is their current) So I asked about eval, training etc and did not think I was going to start such a debate (I carry a G36 .45) but this is what came out of it (why they chose .40, not keeping the current 9mm) so I thought I would open it up here as topics to hit on:
Debate/ Thoughts?? I am probably asking a lot but lets try not to make a caliber war out of this.
1. The 165 and 180 loads penetrate well
2. Still a decent mag capacity vs. compact pistol size
3. For training, easy to convert to 9mm
4. Swap easy to .357 Sig
5. ammo cost not much more than 9mm
6. modern designs tame .40 snap (e.g. Gen4 Glock Dual Spring)
Debate/ Thoughts?? I am probably asking a lot but lets try not to make a caliber war out of this.
1. The 165 and 180 loads penetrate well
2. Still a decent mag capacity vs. compact pistol size
3. For training, easy to convert to 9mm
4. Swap easy to .357 Sig
5. ammo cost not much more than 9mm
6. modern designs tame .40 snap (e.g. Gen4 Glock Dual Spring)