Will next Glock will be single stack 50s&w

[Germ1]

I can't imagine anyone would want a single stack sub compact in .40 short and weak. I wouldn't buy any gun chambered in .40. if you missed the article I posted in general, .40 offers no increased performance over 9mm and has nothing but negatives attached to it. Higher recoil, less capacity, breaks guns.

[CandG]

I can't imagine anyone would want a single stack sub compact in .40 short and weak. I wouldn't buy any gun chambered in .40. if you missed the article I posted in general, .40 offers no increased performance over 9mm and has nothing but negatives attached to it. Higher recoil, less capacity, breaks guns.

I somewhat agree, in that I always wonder why anyone would buy a .40 if the same gun is available chambered in 10mm, as is the case with Glocks. Not sure why you say it breaks guns though. My 10mm "long and strong" has yet to break, so logic would dictate that it could also handle .40s&w without breaking...

Also, your blanket statement ".40 offers no increased performance over 9mm" is misleading. Sure, SOME 9mm rounds are as good as SOME .40 rounds, but as a whole 9mm generates 300-400 ft/lbs energy and .40 delivers 400-500. Nevermind that the most powerful 9mm is a Magsafe at 540 ft/lb and the most powerful .40 is an Undwerwood with 675...

I mean, by that theory, you can argue that .380 has no benefit over 10mm, because a Magsafe .380 cartridge has 342 ft/lbs of energy, and Federal 10mm only delivers 424 ft/lbs, so there's hardly a difference right?

[crufflers]

I somewhat agree, in that I always wonder why anyone would by a 40 if the same gun is available chambered in 10mm, as is the case with Glocks.

The same guns (same frame) is 9mm/.40/.357 sig. The 10mm shares the frame size with .45acp... like my Glock 41 (.45 acp) that also has a Glock 20 (10mm) upper slide and barrel. Same frame. Same for mt Glock 29 with Glock 30S upper slide and barrel. The Glock 30 slide fits too - same frame for all.

The 10mm / .45 ACP frame is bigger usually, and the slides are usually beefier - two exception would be slim slide 30S, and slim slide 41.

[CandG]

The same guns (same frame) is 9mm/.40/.357 sig. The 10mm shares the frame size with .45acp... like my Glock 41 (.45 acp) that also has a Glock 20 (10mm) upper slide and barrel. Same frame. Same for mt Glock 29 with Glock 30S upper slide and barrel. The Glock 30 slide fits too - same frame for all.

The 10mm / .45 ACP frame is bigger usually, and the slides are usually beefier - two exception would be slim slide 30S, and slim slide 41.

Fair enough, but I guess what I meant was that when you buy a 10mm glock, you can always decide to shoot .40 with it later, but not usually the other way around.

[crufflers]

Fair enough, but I guess what I meant was that when you buy a 10mm glock, you can always decide to shoot .40 with it later, but not usually the other way around.

Yeah I hear you. I could see some people preferring the smaller frames though. I love a gen3 17 and 22 RTF frame, and a gen4 17 frame.

[Shovel]

It would make a lot of sense for them to make a 40. It would make it easier to standardize on the 40 caliber if you were so inclined. If they did a single stack 40, 357 sig and 45 gap might be close behind.

I've thought about getting a 357 Sig conversion barrel for my G35. It might be cool backpacking.

[Bad Caselaw]

8+1 G36 in .40/.357SIG, w/ a flush base magazine.




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[patriot_man]

They're going to get rid of the finger grooves if they want in on the FBI handgun.

Maybe it'll show up for the civilian market but I doubt it.