Looking at it on paper, .40 S&W looks good to me. I just DON"T like shooting it. Now this may be more personal preference than anything. I have a 9mm XDm that I love. And after shooting other people's 1911s I have a desire to get one. So I'm all for 9mm and .45 ACP. The thing for me with .40 S&W is the "snapiness" of the round. Maybe a better way to put it is the impule from from firing a .40 is shortened. It comes on very quickly. My experience was from a SIG 229, which is all metal, so it should have helped absorb more of the recoil as opposed to a polymer griped gun. (Heavier gun = more recoil absorption)
Looking at link fedaykin posted, you can see that .40 is a very new round, and as such, it is designed to run at higher pressures than 9mm or .45. I think this is the reason for the difference in the feel to me. On the few occasions that I have shot +p ammo in my 9mm, it has a much different feel, because it is running at a higher pressure than standard 9mm. Still less than the .40 but noticeable.
Also please take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I've only been active in shooting for about 2 years. Alot of what I know from reading on forums like this, and researching things I would come across and not recognize. 8 months ago I didn't even know there was such a thing as +p or +p+ ammo.
As you said earlier, you really need to try them out. I know guys that LOVE their .40s, but you will not know until you've sent several rounds down range.
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- Sat May 21, 2011 8:48 pm
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Re: Smith and Wesson M&P question....
They are actually made in Croatia. Regardless, they are not American made as the OP was requesting.austinrealtor wrote:I believe S&W M&Ps and Ruger SR are both 100% Made in USA (but not positive of this).Rockrz wrote:Which ones are made in the United States of America?
I'd kinda like to get something made by some of our countrymen...
I know Glocks are made in Austria then final assembly is in Smyrna, GA.
XD is partially (or wholly?) manufactured in Serbia.
Beretta = Italy and USA
Sig Sauer = Germany, Switzerland, and USA
This is all off top of my head. Whatever I got wrong someone will be by to correct soon.
