I was reading a recent thread in I forum I belong to and those folks are saying 40 S&W is on its way out. IDK - I think it's an OK caliber, it's just that I have 9mm and 45 ACP so a 40 S&W doesn't get me anything. Do you guys shoot 40 S&W?
The .40 has better terminal ballistics than the 9mm according to Google. .40 also has more recoil, and less capacity in some firearms. So better ballistics vs less recoil/more capacity.
Personally, my home defense is a shot gun and a Glock 22. Carry will be a 9mm.
I'm going to challenge you on that statement- it's a straw-man argument.Absolutely agree. My R870 and G23 would be the first ones I reach for in my home.
The .40 does have more recoil than the 9mm. But the 9mm has more recoil than the .22. And the 10mm, .357 and .44 have more recoil then the .40.
So on and so on….
I'm going to challenge you on that statement-
it's a straw-man argument.
"Carry the most gun you can handle" is considered a rule of thumb.
Unless you're shooting Grandmaster level, statistically, all shooters (so all but a fraction of 1%) will shoot 9mm with better shot-placement and faster shot-to-shot times than the same shooter with .40.
And, at 80, most of us will probably be faster & more accurate with the . 38Spl low-power, .380, or... .22LR.
45-70 with some of my long range target loads, a 535 gr bullet at about 1300fps..300 Win Mag for me