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Since you've already got a full-size Glock 40, why not try a 9mm conversion barrel. I've got a gen. 3 Mod. 23 with a Storm Lake 9mm barrel that is a real pussycat.
cslinger, I had to chuckle when I read your post. Reminded me of the day I went to the range and put 100 rds of .357 magnum through my 3" SP101 and 50 rds through a rental Glock .40 S&W, just because I could. The web of my thumb was a little raw for a few days, but it was just plain fun. Boom boom BOOM. I've a Sig P229 in .40 now and love shooting it so much I got the barrel to convert it to .357 Sig. Must be sumfin wrong with me I reckon.I just don't understand all the .40 caliber is so painful and ridiculously hard to shoot. I totally get 9mm is easier to get back on target and easier to master putting rounds on target but .40 certainly isn't some monster round.
I mean have folks never shot .357 magnum?
I have SIGS and HKs in .40 and they are pussycats frankly.
Now SiG and HK designed their pistols around .40 and scaled down vs Glock scaling up and you can absolutely feel that but the G22 isn't punishing by any means. Snappy yeah but not punishing.
I guess I have grown up shooting .45, 357 magnum as well as spent a fair bit of time with snub nose revolvers that recoil isn't all that bad to me unless you get really light and powerful. (Those Smith and Wesson scandium pipe bombs are a little crazy. ). 44 magnum can get pretty energetic.
I know recoil is subjective and I am not disparaging or saying that it's impossible that it would be painful to somebody nor am I saying that it is not true that 90% of shooters will likely be faster with 9mm and there is almost no ballistic difference. But I have a hard time wrapping my head around .40 being so energetic.
To each their own
It is obvious that .40S&W is too much gun for you. Find something less powerful that fits your hand(s) well.Ok, folks, I admit it, the 40SW hurts. This is my 4th 40SW pistol. I inititailly purchased a Taurus 92 version in 40SW, then traded it in for a Stoeger Cougar in 40SW, then eventaully sold it because I lost interested in it. I then purchased an XD 40 beause I had to have a pistol in 40SW. And being a Glock person, I saw a 4th Gen in coyote brown G22, which I had to have. I traded the XD or it. The Taurus and Stoeger being completely steel, I found the recoil very manageable. But when I fired the XD, it being mostly polymer, it snapped more. But the Glock is just too painful to shoot. I most probbaly can last 2 magazine with it shooting 165 gr before I give up.
FYI, for comparison, my 4th Gen Glock 17 shoots softly and i really enjoy the big push of my Colt Combat Elite 1911.
OK, would a SW MP40 be a good substitute forthe Glock 22. I am wanting a strike fire pistol.
I mean have folks never shot .357 magnum?
It's the rotating barrel that makes it a soft shooter.Serious suggestion; clap hands together strongly a few times over a week, and you will acclimate to the snap.
Second suggestion, get a PX4 Storm. Very smooth, 9mm-like recoil when shooting the 40. Not sure if it's the weight, the lockup, or the grip (my money's on the comfortable grip) but it shoots nicely even for a duty-size gun.
TCB
I've owned and shot numerous guns in numerous calibers. Hand me either a G19 in 9mm or G23 in 40 and don't tell me which it is and I can't tell you which is which after firing unless I look at the number stamped on it.