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Posted: 3/2/2017 10:54:41 PM EDT

Hit it.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:01:51 PM EDT

[#1]

I sold my 1911 and bought a Glock 23 yesterday.

Miami_JBT 4L

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:02:53 PM EDT

[#2]

I miss spoke, I bought ANOTHER Glock 23, one for each hand.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:04:12 PM EDT

[#3]

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Excellent choice.

The G23 is GDs favorite handgun chambered in it's least favorite round.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:04:57 PM EDT

[#4]

I like it, though I like the cheaper price per round of 9mm better

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:05:54 PM EDT

[#5]

Love it but I only own one .40

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:05:55 PM EDT

[#6]

.40s are all that I own...

My 226 with the SRT is the most bestest there is!

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:06:28 PM EDT

[#7]

I like it. But I like almost every round.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:07:49 PM EDT

[#8]

Love it.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:09:13 PM EDT

[#9]

Garbage commie round.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:10:14 PM EDT

[#10]

my p226 in 40 is the most comfortable and easy shooting handgun I have ever shot.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:10:30 PM EDT

[#11]

23/22/27.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:10:33 PM EDT

[#12]

I like it well enough. My Beretta 96 is a pleasure to shoot and my Sig P239 is a good CC weapon, though currently it has the .357 Sig barrel in it.

Of course I also like my .45s, 9s, .380s, .22s, .38s, and .357 Magnums, so there's that.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:11:12 PM EDT

[#13]

Indifferent I guess…

I mean, it’s a really good cartridge and all. It has a few minor advantages over the 9mm but they are probably canceled out by the few minor disadvantages it has compared to the 9mm.

I’ve chosen to go the 9mm route because that was what was available when I started buying auto pistols back in the late 80s. I do think 9mm is a significantly better choice in small CCW handguns too. But, if something happened to all my guns and someone gave me a couple .40s out of sympathy, I might just decide to go the .40 caliber route, maybe.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:12:38 PM EDT

[#14]

It's a compromise cartridge. I prefer 9 and 45, but I own a 40.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:12:57 PM EDT

[#15]

I remember the early to mid 2000's when Glock 17/19's collected dust while the 22/23's sold out fast.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:17:22 PM EDT

[#16]

Love it. My .40's are only outnumbered by .357's.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:17:29 PM EDT

[#17]

I joke about it in GD but really don't have anything against it.

If I had invested in it during the AWB, I would probably still be sticking with it.

Guns and mags can be had super cheap, and there are some great deals on ammo to be found as well, even compared to 9mm.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:23:49 PM EDT

[#18]

2 G22's & a G27....Only SD caliber I carry.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:27:19 PM EDT

[#19]

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Smart...I have the trio: G22, G23, G27....The G23 is my favorite. Perhaps I too need a set?

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:27:50 PM EDT

[#20]

I have more G22 mags than I do anything else in pistol calibers.

I do not have as many G22 mags as I do rifle mags though.

My 23 is my daily carry. My 22 and 35 are my favorite silencer hosts.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:34:30 PM EDT

[#21]

I like .40 lite. Consists of up to 180 grain cast led, and a ridiculously low charge of powder. Read about them in a G&A magazine years ago and gave them a try, going even lower than the load data they gave.

Other than that, I really don't care about 40.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:36:31 PM EDT

[#22]

I have two guns in .40
I like the idea of another caliber in the stable in case ammo goes dry again. Some people would argue I should have spent that pistol money on a few cases of 9mm but fuck em.

Both also have 9mm threaded conversion barrels for suppressors

G22 and P226

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:38:24 PM EDT

[#23]

I hate it...

But I still shoot a fuck ton of it in USPSA.

I hate USPSA for making me do this.

I hate myself for shooting USPSA.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:39:03 PM EDT

[#24]

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It's a compromise cartridge. I prefer 9 and 45, but I own a 40.

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Aren't all handgun cartridges a compromise to facilitate portability/concealability?

If I owned any firearms, I would definitely consider several handguns in .40.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:44:23 PM EDT

[#25]

No .40 in chili, dammit!

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:46:55 PM EDT

[#26]

Indifferent. I don't own one but I wouldn't be against picking one up. Only downside is I would have to stock another caliber and more mags. And it doesn't have the capacity of 9mm.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:47:32 PM EDT

[#27]

I had several now only 2 XDM 4.25" and a CX4 Storm, both will be gone soon.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:52:23 PM EDT

[#28]

I carry a .40 most often.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:57:17 PM EDT

[#29]

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Aren't all handgun cartridges a compromise to facilitate portability/concealability?

Yep. So that makes .40 a compromise on a compromise...and as a result its the red-headed step cousin of the handgun world

If I owned any firearms

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:57:25 PM EDT

[#30]

I love my .40S&W

I've tried to make the switch to 9mm but I always go back.

Cheap guns and ammo is always a plus too.

Posted: 3/2/2017 11:59:03 PM EDT

[#31]

have 2 of them. not a bad round

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:00:07 AM EDT

[#32]

I'm not a fan of 40 s&w, but having said that i'll never be without my glock 22 and 35, been though to many panicks, 40's the only thing left on the shelf

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:01:39 AM EDT

[#33]

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I hate it...

But I still shoot a fuck ton of it in USPSA.

I hate USPSA for making me do this.

I hate myself for shooting USPSA.

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LOL

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:01:40 AM EDT

[#34]

I love my 9's, I love my .45.

Never owned a .40 until about four years ago. It's now my favorite for carry.

14 rounds of 180 gr. Ranger T or HST in a compact pistol seems just about perfect to me.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:03:05 AM EDT

[#35]

I kind of prefer 9mm lately, but I still remember back during the Great Obama Ammopocalypse where the only ammunition available at Wal Mart at any price were standard hunting rounds and .40 S&W.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:08:11 AM EDT

[#36]

I hate is because some asshole always has to bring a .40 when everyone is shooting 9mm major or .45acp and we gotta sort it out of thousands of rounds of brass

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:08:16 AM EDT

[#37]

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Yep. So that makes .40 a compromise on a compromise...and as a result its the red-headed step cousin of the handgun world

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Well, yeah. There was this boating accident. (check your meter)

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:13:55 AM EDT

[#38]

ARFCOM land is like Trump polling before the election; Everybody bitches and moans it's no good, and then they quietly vote for it.

Only 1 out of 5 don't like it!!

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:23:13 AM EDT

[#39]

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I remember the early to mid 2000's when Glock 17/19's collected dust while the 22/23's sold out fast.

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True, but the AWB was in place until September '04. Unless you spent a fortune on preban mags, all you got was 10 rounds regardless of caliber. Might as well go bigger.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:31:48 AM EDT

[#40]

The only two pistols I've ever sold were .40, but I like it. The weekend before weapons qual I try to shoot a few hundred rounds of .40 in my G22 or M&P.

When I pick up the M9 it's like a pellet gun after training with my .40s.

And usually I have no problem finding .40 during a panic.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:32:42 AM EDT

[#41]

22, 23, 24, 27. and I have 9mm barrels for the 23 & 27.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:32:45 AM EDT

[#42]

Love it....if you don't, feel free to send yours to me for proper disposal

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:34:36 AM EDT

[#43]

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22C/22/23/27/20/29

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:34:59 AM EDT

[#44]

I have broken ever bone in my dominant hand twice, I don't care if you want to shoot .40, but I WONT.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:39:00 AM EDT

[#45]

People like to say they hate it because it delivered the death blow to 10mm.

Shouldn't be a problem. 10mm has hard recoil, breaks guns, is exponentially expensive, etc. .40s&w fixed those issues.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:39:11 AM EDT

[#46]

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Love it. My .40's are only outnumbered by ~~.357's~~ .45's.

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Posted: 3/3/2017 12:39:16 AM EDT

[#47]

The 40 Short and Weak? The underpowdered version of the 10mm? Yeah, I'm not a fan.

I loves me some 10mm and if I had to carry just one firearm the rest of my life, it would be my Dan Wesson Razorback 10mm with 150gr Nosler JHP Double Tap rounds. But that's just me.

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:41:40 AM EDT

[#48]

Tim McGraw - I Like It I Love It (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtLF6IicNk

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:42:15 AM EDT

[#49]

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22C/22/23/27/20/29

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23/22/27.

22C/22/23/27/20/29

22/27/20/29/21/30

Posted: 3/3/2017 12:43:49 AM EDT

[#50]

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The 40 Short and Weak? The underpowdered version of the 10mm? Yeah, I'm not a fan.

I loves me some 10mm and if I had to carry just one firearm the rest of my life, it would be my Dan Wesson Razorback 10mm with 150gr Nosler JHP Double Tap rounds. But that's just me.

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That sounds snappy.

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