Is .40 S&W on the way out?

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Empty shelves indicate demand, not obsolescence. My favorite caliber is .40's bigger brother, the 10mm. 40 was not lacking at my retailer, not entirely, but selection was limited. No 10mm was to be found.
 
I know of one regional ammo remanufacturer who is 300,000 rounds behind in his .40 S&W orders, mostly going to law enforcement.

No, the .40's here to stay.
 
I've had that happen at GI Joe's. They'll have a sale on the UMG (250 rnds) the .40 and 9mm are always gone. .223 and .45 are always in stock, so it seems.

I really need to start learning about reloading and it's advantages.
 
Good enough for tiger. Sad, but true. :( The .40 S&W is here to stay.
 
I spent an hour on my knees New Years Day picking up brass at my local range. 9mm, 40S&W and .45ACP. I got a 1 gallon ZipLock full of 9mm and, by volume, I'd say more .40 than .45 by 20%. Around 2/3 to 3/4 of a gallon bag of each.

I used to bitch and moan when scooping up 9mm, trying to leave the .40S&W. I took a pistol class and came home with a 5 gallon bucket of mixed brass. There was so much .40S&W I hit critical mass and started loading the stuff. I found a S&W Model 610 to shoot it out of until I can get a .40 conversion barrel for my Glock20.

Going away? Nope. Not around here. Now, .357Sig is a rare bird!
 
I've a question related to this, just sort of offhand.

I read that several government agencies had been using .357 SIG as their standard issue round; but is there any truth to this with the prevalence of .40 S&W with LEOs?

The .357 Sig is one of those carts that intrigues me on it's concept, rather then it's numbers; so I was curious.
 
I read that several government agencies had been using .357 SIG as their standard issue round; but is there any truth to this with the prevalence of .40 S&W with LEOs?
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Yes. The US Secret Service and the Federal Air Marshals, for two. To add (since you're in Texas) it's also the standard issue for Texas DPS.
 
Spiffy, Thanks Finalizer.

The .357 SIG cart caught my eye for the concept of .357 Magnum in an automatic; before you had to hunt down a Coonan .357 for the same thing. Not that I'd mind having a Coonan, no siree...
 
Stuff is just coming up short everywhere. Your store was just out of stock. Havent found a .40 I like yet!
 
Not by a long shot

The .40 S&W and it's daddy the 10mm are here to stay. There is enough demand to keep these nice little rounds here for a long time. Myself and hoalf the law enforcement community are betting on it.

Shooter429
 
Going a lot to a well frequented public range in S.E. Florida, I find more .40 shells than 9mm or .45 ACP.
 
Nah .45 will continued by all the die hard 1911 fans. Besides my range has a strong .45 ACP culture and is usually sold out of the .45 they stock. I think even in the year 2200 there will be still be a strong 1911 culture.

Anyone here ever use 10mm?
 
It is here to stay. Local walmart has Blazer Brass for 7.57 a box of 50. I love the look on the clerk's face when I go in and ask for ALL of it:evil: I usually buy whatever they have on the shelf{20-25 boxes}:neener:
 
I will go out on a limb here and say that the .40S&W is definately no lower than the no# three spot in civilian semi-auto popularity. Behind only .45acp and 9mm. It is here to stay.
As a matter of fact I went to the bass pro, cabelas, and gander by my house and at all three the shelves were full of 9mm, near empty of .45acp, and quite low on .40S&W. I asked all three thay all gave similar reponces, cant keep afordable .45acp or .40S&W ammo in stock, but thay get so much 9mm it is rarely out of stock.
 
I hope not...There certainly has been a change on these forums regarding its popularity....A few years back when I joined gun forums, .40SW bashing was quite common. Not much anymore, for good reason...
In fact, I would not be surprised if the next U.S. military issued handgun was a .40 caliber.
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Not in the forseeable, too much politics/alliances, economic considerations involved...If it was all about testing; we would still have the .45acp...:)
 
The beretta 9mm with FMJ is absolutely absurd to call a man stopper. Ask anyone it often takes multile rounds to stop people with the damn things.
 
When I pick up brass at the range, 40 is becoming more and more popular. It may be more popular than 45 at my range
 
I'm guessing that if sales breakdowns are on STI's site, they're OK with me posting a portion:

SkinnErgram 94 said:
Caliber breakdown for single stacks is:
9mm = 45%
.38S = 5%
.40S&W = 6%
.45ACP = 43%.
Any surprises there? Surprised me!.45ACP was replaced by 9mm to the tune of 13%.

Staggered column guns break down as follows:
9mm = 18%
.38S = 10%
.40S&W = 60%
.45ACP = 12%

More surprises as.40S&W chews into both the 9mm and the.45 market share. That seems to be the Law Enforcement and Military market caliber of preference now. At least in the markets that we serve.
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Linebreaks and emphasis mine. Single stacks, per the same "Skinnergram" run 41% of total. I was a little surprised to learn that .40 was over half of all staggered column pistol sales. .45ACP is even taking it in the shins on single stack though that's more to the 9mm than .40.
 
Well i guess thats the idea behind 40 S&W the compactness of 9mm but almost the same power as .45 acp
 
NO!! .40 isn't going anywhere anytime soon - i think the 9mm will die out faster - way too popular with LE and thats seeping into the general public - im surprised however that in my local area the .45 is coming back - i dont think it will ever reach the level of the .40 but its not going anywhere -
personally i think that the GAP is gone - - Anyone else see that??
 
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