doubleh
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I watch very few youtube gun videos so I had never heard of this dude until just now. IMHO just another internet windbag.
A .44 Magnum shot from a long barreled stainless revolver is just way more manly than a 10mm Auto.
Heck if I had money to burn, I'd get a .500 S&W Magnum revolver. I even liked the Taurus .500 revolver too.
This has always been the most comical argument for the 10mm I have ever heard in my life. No one who hunts with a handgun, except the Kool Aid drinking Glock 10mm rabid fanboy, thinks this way. If foot pounds of energy is meaningless, which it is, then the cumulative total foot pounds of all rounds contained therein is even more meaningless. Unless you either plan on shooting the critter 16 times or missing a bunch. It is critical to make the first shot count and NOT rely on follow-up shot upon follow-up shot. It is an absurd concept.Yeah. Round for round. I for sure have no problem with the .44 Mag. But I have way more power on tap with my Glock 20 than any .44 Mag. A .44 Mag will give you around 1200 ft/lbs but you only got six of them in a revolver, for a total of 7200 ft/lbs. Even from an 8+1 Desert Eagle, you're only swinging with 10800 ft/lbs. With the 10mm Auto in the Glock 20 you got 15+1, each getting 700 to 750 ft/lbs. Sixteen times 700 is 11200 ft/lbs. With the .460 and 500 S&W you're looking at 5 rounds each getting maybe up to just under 2900 ft/lbs for a total of ~14500 ft/lbs. Depending on the situation, capacity might not matter. I know banging steel at the range, sixteen rounds of 10mm is way more fun per fist-full than any .44 Mag I've shot. I, too, would love to get my hands on an X-Frame.
This has always been the most comical argument for the 10mm I have ever heard in my life. No one who hunts with a handgun, except the Kool Aid drinking Glock 10mm rabid fanboy, thinks this way. If foot pounds of energy is meaningless, which it is, then the cumulative total foot pounds of all rounds contained therein is even more meaningless. Unless you either plan on shooting the critter 16 times or missing a bunch. It is critical to make the first shot count and NOT rely on follow-up shot upon follow-up shot. It is an absurd concept.
Critters don't care about "fun per fistful".
Are there any particular strengths or weaknesses for the .40 S&W as a round for reloading?
I agree Yeager ain't worth the time to watch and has no credibility. Nothing wrong with the 40 but it's also not really much better than the 9 and the 9 is cheaper for departments to buy and training is important and expensive.James Yeager isn't legit. He is highly committed to projecting a particular image, but he is not what he's projecting.
The 40SW is a fine cartridge. Bullet for bullet, it's a marginally better performer than 9mm. Just because the police are switching to 9mm in droves, does NOT mean the 9mm is the best.
Look at the body armor vests they supply cops with, are those the best?
It's a financial decision.
1. Yeager seems to like to hear himself talk. I seem to recall a video where he said the 1911 was garbage and jammed all the time, etc. Funny, I have owned a 1911 (wish I had never sold it) and it NEVER jammed on me the entire time I owned it. Friends with 1911's have had similar experiences. Use quality magazines with quality ammo and you won't have an issue.
2. Based partly on the above experience with Mr. Yeager's "expertise", I would not believe a thing he says and do not believe that the 40 is going nowhere any time soon.
3. Advances in bullet technology apply equally to 9MM and 40. That being said, the 40 should be as much more effective today as the 9MM due to this increased effectiveness of ammunition quality. The 40 is a highly effective cartridge and in a round for round comparison will cause more damage than the 9MM when comparable quality ammunition is used, along with more recoil and slightly less magazine capacity. That's just physics - a 155 Grain projectile at 1100 fps has more energy than a 124 Grain projectile at the same velocity.
Now that you have finished saying "thank you Captain Obvious", I will say that I still shoot 9MM and 357/38 special for the same reason the FBI and police are switching back to 9MM - it is simply cheaper for me to shoot. If I found a good deal on a 40 or even a 10MM, and had the money to spare, I would probably pick one up and a set of dies to load for it.
I've been buying .40S&W ammo from folks off Armslist for around $8 a box.
That is a sweet deal! I am assuming you have to pay shipping?
I can reload 9MM for about $6.50 a box (it can be done for less if you want to cast your own bullets) and not pay shipping. There is simply more component cost to 40 vs 9MM. Primers are going to be the same, but it takes more powder and lead to load a 40 than a 9 (in general - I know there are some subsonic loads for 9MM that use 160 grain bullets, but I am talking standard, run of the mill, loads.) At any rate, 40 is not going anywhere any time soon and is a solid round. If I found a good deal on a slide, barrel and magazine for my CZ clone, I would get it just to have another caliber conversion for it.