Have You Given Up On a SD Caliber?

[BBDartCA]

Have you given up on a SD caliber? And if so, what caliber did you return to. For example, stopped carrying 45 ACP because of magazine capacity or cost, then went back to 9mm +P.

 

[Inebriated]

.40 S&W...


Because 10mm is a thing.

 

[R.W.Dale]

Yes

44 special

Underperforming factory sd ammo was primarily why

357 sig

Too much bullet setback for day to day use.

Ironically I sometimes carry a 32 mag nowadays loaded with wadcutters

 

[coalman]

.40sw. Nothing offered over 9mm or .45acp offsets recoil in guns I want to own.

 

[303tom]

Have tried every thing, right now I am carrying a .327 Mag................

 

[mdauben]

.40sw. Nothing offered over 9mm or .45acp offsets recoil in guns I want to own.

Not sure I would say I gave up on .40S&W, so much as I never accepted it to begin with.

 

[Quiet]

.40S&W

Replaced with .45 caliber (.45GAP and .45ACP) handguns

 

[BSA1]

Not sure I would say I gave up on .40S&W, so much as I never accepted it to begin with

Ditto. I believe shot placement is more importment that the caliber. This is not enough different in stopping power between 45 and 9mm to cause me to switch to the 40.

 

[ny32182]

I've owned, and still own at least one gun in just about every common service caliber in the US (except for .45 which never appealed to me). After a while I discovered what most worldwide have known since 1902: At the end of the day 9mm is the best total package of a round out there. It has everything you need and nothing you don't.

 

[mljdeckard]

.40 S&W. Modern 9mm bullets close the gap on any advantage it had when it was introduced.

 

[Godsgunman]

I gave up on .380. Too under powered and way over priced. With 9mm being so readily available, cheaper, and far better, it makes the .380 pretty worthless in my opinion.

 

[2wheels]

I'm another guy who had a fling with .40S&W, but ended it for another caliber(s).

I liked the round, but since I was also shooting/carrying 9mm, .45ACP, and .380 it seemed redundant.

I might ditch .380 too if I ever get my hands on a P938.

 

[wildehond]

Brilliant, another 40S&W bashing thread.

 

[mljdeckard]

I have actually changed my mind on .380 as well, but in the other direction. Modern loads have made it overlap into 9mm range for effectiveness. I have moved it from "no" to "yes with an asterisk".

Ok wildehond, which of the reasons people have given for dropping the .40 do you disagree with, and why?

 

[drsfmd]

9mm-- insufficient stopping power. I'd rather take the lack of capacity in the 45.

 

[Skribs]

I started off with .40, mainly because I couldn't decide between .40 and 9. I'm now slowly moving towards 9.

Gave up on .380, .38, and .357 not because of the caliber per se (although I'd rather have 9mm than .380), but because of capacity in their respective platforms.

 

[Ehtereon11B]

I'll break the mold here. 40S&W is my favorite all around caliber. Good blend between capacity and power. And since I have been shooting it for so long I am more accurate with .40 than 9mm or .380

I used to CC .25 and .32 handguns. Got tired of looking for quality ammo for it and there are much better calibers out there.

 

[CraigC]

With 9mm being so readily available, cheaper, and far better, it makes the .380 pretty worthless in my opinion.

Really? I wouldn't call a .380 the size of a .32 "worthless" by any stretch of the imagination. I know of no 11oz 9mm's the size of a .380. There are some lightweight 9mm's on the market but all are bigger than a .380. Pocket pistols will always have a place. In a mid or full-sized gun, I'd rather have a .45ACP but I do NOT place the same importance on chambering than many seem to. The most important weapon we have is the one between our ears.

 

[olderguns]

Gave up 9mm... in favor of 45acp....then a year ago gave up 45acp in favor of 10mm

 

[jeepnik]

About 40 years ago, I gave up on the 9mm. I had used a .45 acp, but "came across" a BHP. That big magazine seemed like a good idea at the time. It later became apparent that the 9mm just wasn't up to the task, and I switched, happily, back to the .45 acp. Been there ever since.

Oh, and the ammo available at the time and place was all FJM. And, I understand that today's 9mm ammo is better, but then again, so is today's .45 acp ammo.

 

[TAKtical]

.40 s&w, .50 gi

 

[Teachu2]

I gave up on .380, as my pockets hold a 9mm just fine. Like several others here, I never warmed up to the .40S&W.

 

[el Godfather]

Yes.
As much as I like and will never get rid of my Glock 19- I have started using H&K USP 45. It just fits my hands better and I adore the USP decock-safe lever system.

 

[481]

Gave up on the .40 .

It does nothing that a .45 or a 9mm cannot and solves no problem that I have, not that I have any that need solving.

If I want to carry a large caliber gun, I'll carry a .45. Might as well go all the way and do it right- the .40 just barely makes the cut.

If I want high capacity, I'll carry the 9mm. In an identical platform it gives me more ammo than a .40, it's gentle on recoil and my pocketbook, and its premium JHP designs do all that I could ever ask of it.

 

[fastest45ever]

.380. At the time the smallest was a PPK/S. Too big, heavy, and bad trigger. Not all that accurate. 380 was expensive, and difficult to load.

9MM:
Same size bullet as .380, hard to seat with big fingers, not all that easy to get the guns to be accurate loading for them at that time.

.44 Special:
Not enough quality CCW guns around. Big case, great round if handloaded to potential, but no guns except .44 Magnums to shoot it out of at that level, and time. .44 Bulldog was it, and wasn't up to the task.

These were all a long time ago, so the reasons for most have changed.

I now carry a 9mm sometimes.