40 s&w and panic buying

[SOUTHPAW]

Oh one more thing to mention is if I cant do the job w 1 or 2 rounds I wont be needing the other 10 rounds.... so capacity is not an issue and can buy if you can find one a high cap mag for up to 20 rounds if not mistaken?

Clinton

The problem is multiple attackers and other variables.

Having 10 rounds more than you need is better than coming up 1 short...

Also, I read a study somewhere that calculated the average number of rounds used for total incapacitation. 9mm was something like 5-6 shots avg, .40 was 4-5 avg, and .45 was 2-3 avg.

 

[Clinton]

My next will probably be a 357 revolver to shoot 38p

Clinton

 

[Ky Larry]

The .40 S&W is another choice. Just because somebody runs it up the flagpole doesn't mean everybody has to salute it.

 

[Clinton]

Just picked up mine and put 50 rounds through it and I enjoyed shooting this round. 15 yrd All in soda can dimensions. 25 yrd basketball and I have not shot a pistol in years.... pmc loads.

Clinton

 

[SDGlock23]

It is widely popular in LE circles. But in my observations, most people can't shoot a pistol for crap. The .40 does have some recoil, more than both the 9mm and .45 ACP, and honestly most people shoot the 9mm or .45 better than the .40. I cut my teeth on the .40 and I love it, it's my favorite of the three. I reload so I don't worry about availability, but I'm glad there's a lot of .40 out there, it's a great cartridge.

 

[hwmoore]

the 40S&W/357sig/9mm combo of a glock 23/22 got me hooked on the Tupperware gun my others would be a air-weight 38 and a mini 380. I would love to try a PMR30 talk about not being able to find something

 

[Texmex247]

One of my first pistols was a sigma 40ve. I shot it well but always hated the excessive recoil. I sold it within a year or two of owning it and have never looked back. Now, I reload for 8 different calibers and have zero desire to get back into the 40 s&w market. There's nothing a 40 can do that a 45 can't do at about half of the pressure. I hate the square nosed profile of most of the factory offerings for the 40 and back in the day it was expensive to shoot. I admit, if I were new to the gun game, I might buy one just to be able to feed it. Luckily that's not a problem for me and my family of nines and 45s.

 

[SOUTHPAW]

Well I did some more panic buying last night.

Went to my local Walmart for some cat food and misc crap and decoded to stop by the ammo case for a peek. They've been sold out of .22lr, 9mm and .45 since the SHTF and haven't gotten any shipments in either. To my surprise, I noticed the 3,000 rounds of .40 they had were completely gone! There were 2 boxes of match grade .22lr and 4 boxes of UMC .40 100rd value packs, so I snatched them up, along with the last box of .357mag JSP. I shoot .40 the least of all my auto loaders but figured it's better than nothing...

 

[psyopspec]

U.S. Army special forces use the Glock 22.

As an issue arm? Do you have a source for this?

I've seen 9mm Glocks on their hips, and 1 Glock 21 early on in Afghanistan that was procured through other means. But no .40s.

 

[anchorman]

Well I did some more panic buying last night.

Went to my local Walmart for some cat food and misc crap and decoded to stop by the ammo case for a peek. They've been sold out of .22lr, 9mm and .45 since the SHTF and haven't gotten any shipments in either. [/IMG]

This is the main reason I ever shop at walmart, is that it's a convenient way to gauge the level of paranoia in society. Hurricane Ivan came through here back in 2004, and katrina in 2005. there wasn't a bit of food on the shelves two days before these things hit, but both times I didn't feel the need to panic, as walmart still had a healthy supply of shotgun shells and beer.

I'm really suprised people cleared out the .22lr this time around, that is normally always available around here.