One 40 S&W

[Patocazador]

Something I can easily convert to 357 Sig and 9mm...

So looking at Glock 22 or a SIG P-series.

I have a Sig P39 that has a .40 and a .357 Sig barrel. The best of both worlds in my book.

 

[NC9mm]

Santa left mine under the tree this year.

 

[CDW4ME]

Glock 22 - easily concealed and felt recoil is about like a Glock 19.

You mean the gun they had to redesign?

And make entirely new generations

 

[Mike J]

I would probably pick my M&P 2.0 Compact. I've always liked the idea of having a Sig P-229 but I've never shot one. so I can't say. I did have a XD-40 & liked it a lot until I shot my neighbors G-23. The XD was a good gun. I had a few thousand rounds through it & if I ever had a malfunction with it I don't remember it. It was accurate & reliable. It was just easier for me to shoot the G-23 better than I could my own pistol I had a few thousand rounds through. Not a slam on the XD. I just think different ergonomics work better for different people. The M&P shoots well, is reliable, & has a decently low bore axis so it isn't as flippy as some .40's I've shot.
I had an old Ruger P94 in .40 & spent a lot of time working with it learning DA/SA. It definitely isn't a junk pistol but if I could only choose one I don't think that would be it.
So it would either be the M&P 2.0 or maybe a Gen. 4 G-23 (due to the fact it was redesigned to be better with .40).

I do believe it is better to find a gun that was designed for .40 not one that was designed for 9mm then reamed out to accomadate .40.

 

[briansmithwins]

Just got back from shooting the .40 USP LEM with a mix of 165gr FMJs and JHPs, It's not a light recoiling pistol but it is totally manageable and I remember why I got it.

Just installed a Gray guns short reset in it and wanted to function check. For replacing two parts there is a big difference for the better in reset length and the crispness of the sear break. Well worth it in my opinion.

BSW

 

[sparkyv]

Semi-auto: SIG P320
Revolver: S&W M610

 

[Mark_Mark]

I love .40 cal!

So glade it became out of style to the baby 9mm

 

[bannockburn]

In a .40 I would probably go with a SIG P229 to go with my P229 in 9mm.

 

[tarosean]

No Glock has ever been particularly redesigned

Technically they were redesigned for 40SW ported to 9mm years ago.

 

[Mike J]

Y'all are messing me up. I was going to play with my new 9 tomorrow. Now you're making me want to take at least one 40 along just for giggles.

 

[gryphon1911]

If you could have just one pistol in 40 S&W, which would you choose?

I only have on 40S&W pistol and it is the Sig Sauer P226R.

 

[tactikel]

Ruger SR-40C.

 

[jmr40]

You mean the gun they had to redesign?

That's sort'a taking things out of context. It wasn't just Glock, but every pistol manufacture who took guns designed around 9mm had growing pains making them work with the 40 S&W cartridge. They all got better over time as the designs were tweaked. But very few 40 S&W pistols are, nor have ever been as reliable as the 9mm and 45 counterparts.

Interestingly the most notable exception is the Smith M&P, it was designed with 40 S&W in mind and those have always worked well. But their 9mm versions were extremely unreliable initially. It took several years before they figured out how to make 9mm run in those pistols.

As to the original question I'm gonna cheat and say my G29. It is chambered in 10mm, but shoots 40 S&W just fine.

 

[mcb]

Did you ever have any durability issues with yours. I am guessing you put a lot of rounds through it if you were competing with it. I am guessing it was never designed for 40 being the hs2000 but it was such an overbuilt gun .....maybe they had the 40 or hard core +p 9mm to begin with. Last I check Rowland has 460 conversions for the 45 large frame xd.

The XD-40 Tactical in my first post is a very early XD-40 that had a cracking issue with the locking block. Mine cracked at about 4500 rounds but never stopped running. After I notice the cracks starting to develop I shot another club match and a regional match with it without issue. Springfield Armory replaced the locking block for free, in 8 days door-to-door, paying shipping both ways. I have probably put another 30-35k through it since the repair but I never kept precise records.

That said I have replaced most of the fire control parts not due to failures but just tuning it to make a better competition trigger out of it. I have very little pre-travel, just enough to disengage the strike block, and no over travel. I have replaced the trigger bar (with an adjustable over travel stop) the sear, the striker block lever, and most of the springs in the gun.

 

[JTQ]

Interestingly the most notable exception is the Smith M&P, it was designed with 40 S&W in mind and those have always worked well.

As was the HK USP, and P30, Beretta PX4/APX, SIG P229, and several others, though not Glock's.

But their 9mm versions were extremely unreliable initially. It took several years before they figured out how to make 9mm run in those pistols.

It would be a legitimate comment in a 9mm thread that the M&P was designed around the .40S&W and had all kinds of problems as a 9mm shooter, regardless that many had acceptable use from their 9mm M&P's, just as it is legitimate to point out the reason for most of the various generations of Glock's was to correct issues with the .40 S&W guns since prior to the Gen 5 guns, they were little more than G17/G19's with different barrels.

 

[BJung]

Browning HP. It's the most accurate of all my semi-autos.

 

[tuckerdog1]

Bought a neighbor's Beretta 96A1, because he needed the money. Intended to just flip it, or use it as trade material. After taking it to the range, I liked it enough to keep it. Only other 40 I've fired was a friend's G27, which I hated. There might be others, that once I shoot them, I might like better, but from very limited experience, it has to be the 96A1.

 

[Reinz]

Browning HP. It's the most accurate of all my semi-autos.

I’m glad to hear this. The one I had, I could not hit dirt with. Notice I said “had” ?

 

[BJung]

I’m glad to hear this. The one I had, I could not hit dirt with. Notice I said “had” ?

Was it the 40 S&W or 9mm? My 9mm tends to not be accurate.

 

[Buckeye63]

My 23

 

[GooseGestapo]

S&W 4006PC or PPC40
Only about 1,000 each ever made.
Barsto match barrels, hand fitted Briley bushings, hand fitted slide. Novak sights. (Aristocrat on PPC40).
Factory accuracy tested in ransom rest.
I let one get away from me circa 2002. $900.00. They run $3,000+ now.
I do have 2 PPC 9’s, a 5906PC, and a Super9...
Just no .40’s or .45’s...
Arguably the Most accurate .40’s ever made...100% reliable.

 

[Reinz]

Was it the 40 S&W or 9mm? My 9mm tends to not be accurate.

I was referring to the 40 SW Hi Power that I had.

One of 9mm HP’s is fair, I would not call it accurate. However, I also have a HP that has had some work, and it is better, but not a nice 1911 better.

 

[Ignition Override]

Were the Turn-In DAO Sig P229s in .40?
I think they were former LEO guns.

I could not believe how Smooth the trigger was, and with 7 pounds it did mot seem like a Double Action.

If that DAO Sig, or a typical DA/SA P229 is .40, then Yes.

 

[Ignition Override]

Woops.
Sig Sauer Doppelgänger. Entschuldigung,
bitte schön.

 

[Zerodefect]

Glock 22.4

Your rules were kinda vague. Just one 40, but allowed to have others. Well a 19 is nearly as good as a 23. And 35's are less popular in USPSA limited than CZ's right now.

Generational redesign or not, the 22 is one of the best pistols out there.

There is no G23x yet.

CZ Ts2 green is not available in .40 yet.

Congrats on trying .40 though. It's a fine caliber that more people should try. My favorite caliber in larger modern autos.