sw410

[USMCshooter]

My wife fell in love with the SW410 40cal. Does anyone have anything to say about this firearm? She carries a Kimber ultra carry in 45 acp. but wants to have a choice in what she carries. So if you could give use thumbs up or down and why it would be great Thank you

 

[rde]

Have no direct experience with the 40 caliber 410 model itself. I do have the 9mm 908S however. The 410, 410S (s=stainless), 908, 908S, 910, 910S are "value line" version of third generation S&W's. Lifetime warranty. I had to have the feed ramp polished on my 908S to get it to feed reliably. It was a little tight I guess (got it done for free....well, since he did it for free I bought another gun from him...so free is relative). Once polished (10 minutes or so) began feeding and shooting perfectly. Have not had the hint of a problem with it since. And from a rest, it is pin point accurate..and I do mean pin point (15 yards). Off hand I have a little trouble going a little high and right...but that is me because I am use to heavier weight hand guns. Overall, not only do I like it I am impressed with it. I have a lot of firearms and traded in and out of many others. Based on my 908S performance (after polish) I actually feel as though it is undervalued and underappreciated because it can match or exceed many much more expensive hand guns I have, have owned, and/or fired.

 

[boo586]

I had one!! I could not find any fault with the gun accept that I wanted something smaller for concealed cary and didn't really like the position of the safety. It ate everything that I fed it and that includes my SWC reloads. Accurate enough and lite enough for carry, but pretty thick in the grips area with no option to change grips. You can get 11 rounds magazines for it but not really needed.

Compared to what your wife carries right now:
Roughly the same weight
smaller bullet
more capacity
more perceived recoil and blast(my opinion)
thicker slide and grip area
different manual of arms (safety location and operation)
long first trigger pull

If she likes it then that is what is important, but if she needs it and goes to wipe the safety off like her 1911 she will be in BIG TROUBLE!!!

I would have her find something with the same manual of arms or something that does not have a safety. I would have her look at a Kahr K40, but my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it.

Boo586