I just came back from the range...
Once in a while here and there (like today) you can still hear the whispering I mentioned in the subject line...what that really means anymore nowdays???
It's been 18 years since the magnificent 10 mm Auto has been shortened into the .40 S&W...the big brother has been, very unfortunately, relegated to a niche status, an amateur round..luckily it didn't disappeared.
The .40 instead took off and it proved itself over and over as a very effective law enforcement and personal defense round....
Weak?? Wimpy?? I do not think so, let's look at the facts: It has the same or even more energy than a .45 ACP round, including +P loadings, still in a compact package available in high capacity 9 mm frames.
Better penetration than a FortyFive, especially behing light barriers and in many statistics it trails only the venerable .357 Magnum as "one shot stop" round.
I think it's time for some people to get over it with the story and the grudge about the 10 mm "mutilation"..
I bet anyone hit by a .40 slug would tell you that the round is anything but wimpy or weak...
If you want to hunt deer, you should look elsewhere but against bad guys it is a damn potent cartridge IMHO
I definitely do not feel undergunned at all compared to my friends carrying 45 ACP or 357 Mag....
Please do not start a cartridge war, it was not my intention, I love the 10 mm, I have enormous respect for the 45 ACP and I will end up buying one sameday...
I just would like your comments or opinions if the "Short & Weak" or "Short & Wimp" derogatory label is really deserved for the great .40 S&W...
Regards!!!
Once in a while here and there (like today) you can still hear the whispering I mentioned in the subject line...what that really means anymore nowdays???
It's been 18 years since the magnificent 10 mm Auto has been shortened into the .40 S&W...the big brother has been, very unfortunately, relegated to a niche status, an amateur round..luckily it didn't disappeared.
The .40 instead took off and it proved itself over and over as a very effective law enforcement and personal defense round....
Weak?? Wimpy?? I do not think so, let's look at the facts: It has the same or even more energy than a .45 ACP round, including +P loadings, still in a compact package available in high capacity 9 mm frames.
Better penetration than a FortyFive, especially behing light barriers and in many statistics it trails only the venerable .357 Magnum as "one shot stop" round.
I think it's time for some people to get over it with the story and the grudge about the 10 mm "mutilation"..
I bet anyone hit by a .40 slug would tell you that the round is anything but wimpy or weak...
If you want to hunt deer, you should look elsewhere but against bad guys it is a damn potent cartridge IMHO
I definitely do not feel undergunned at all compared to my friends carrying 45 ACP or 357 Mag....
Please do not start a cartridge war, it was not my intention, I love the 10 mm, I have enormous respect for the 45 ACP and I will end up buying one sameday...
I just would like your comments or opinions if the "Short & Weak" or "Short & Wimp" derogatory label is really deserved for the great .40 S&W...
Regards!!!