Hammerhead6814
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When someone says "9mm Pistol", these will undoubtably cross someones mind:
Beretta 92FS
CZ 75b
Glock 17/19
Springfield XD9
When it comes to 9x19 pistols, those four are always mentioned. More civilized enthusiast will quickly bring up the SIG P226 or the S&W M&P. The 9mm has truly become the spoiled princess of cartridges as it can't have just one bicycle, and wasn't satisfied when it had twenty!
But when it comes to the second most-popular handgun cartridge, the .40 S&W, the average consumers mind couldn't be more blank. We're always thinking of one of those 9mm's that have been converted to shoot .40 S&W, such as the Glock 22 or XD40. Just today I asked a gentlemen what his favorite .40 S&W pistol was and he couldn't honesty think of one despite owning two!
So I have to ask, under the pretense that someone here is a true .40 enthusiast, when you think of .40 S&W, does one in-particular design stand out above all else? I don't mean "Well I like the Glock", but "When I bought the Glock/Springfield, I was thinking of (name)".
Is there a .40 S&W pistol that sets the standards for all others? Or is it the one cartridge that really doesn't have a design all it's own?
Beretta 92FS
CZ 75b
Glock 17/19
Springfield XD9
When it comes to 9x19 pistols, those four are always mentioned. More civilized enthusiast will quickly bring up the SIG P226 or the S&W M&P. The 9mm has truly become the spoiled princess of cartridges as it can't have just one bicycle, and wasn't satisfied when it had twenty!
But when it comes to the second most-popular handgun cartridge, the .40 S&W, the average consumers mind couldn't be more blank. We're always thinking of one of those 9mm's that have been converted to shoot .40 S&W, such as the Glock 22 or XD40. Just today I asked a gentlemen what his favorite .40 S&W pistol was and he couldn't honesty think of one despite owning two!
So I have to ask, under the pretense that someone here is a true .40 enthusiast, when you think of .40 S&W, does one in-particular design stand out above all else? I don't mean "Well I like the Glock", but "When I bought the Glock/Springfield, I was thinking of (name)".
Is there a .40 S&W pistol that sets the standards for all others? Or is it the one cartridge that really doesn't have a design all it's own?
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