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Why all the hate for the .40S&W

40 S&W was created for all the wrong reasons....

9mm/38sp had LEO's undergunnned (see FBI Miami shootout). 10mm created to solve the problem.

LEO's couldn't shoot 10mm worth a darn.

40S&W was created to be a watered down version of the 10mm.

It's a compromise cartridge.


The ONLY reason is still around today... is the competitive shooting world. They are still hung up on Major/Minor scoring... so 40S&W becomes the choice for open/limited class shooters to make major, with the minimum amount of recoil.
 
I let my cousin shoot a handgun for the first time a couple months back. We were shooting my G22, and then I put in the 9mm conversion barrel and we shot some of those as well. After burning through a few mags SHE decided she liked .40 better...And her friend, also a younger female, carries a M&P 40 everyday. She doesn't like 9mm, so she said. LOL
 
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