40 S&W Garbage Resale?

[Marteen]

I've noticed that no one cares or wants a 40 cal anymore or is it just me?

[dyson]

one mans trash is another mans treasure, i'll take the discounts

[steelholder]

Yet another is 40 obsolete thread..see the other threads

[Tovarish]

I certainly don't. Never have.

The nail in the coffin was the development of more respectable 9mm defense ammo like HST and the FBI's subsequent decision to ditch .40.

[Litespeeds]

I bought 2 guns in .40 recently at a pretty good price because it was a .40 but the same gun in 9mm would have been $500 more. Just invested in more .40 ammo too so I don't see why the lack of interest in this round.

In CA, we can only have 10 round mags so I'd rather use a bullet with greater stopping power. .45 > .40 > 9mm

[dyson]

think op is wondering why his gen 4 glock isn't selling

[Jimmy's]

I bought 2 guns in .40 recently at a pretty good price because it was a .40 but the same gun in 9mm would have been $500 more. Just invested in more .40 ammo too so I don't see why the lack of interest in this round.

In CA, we can only have 10 round mags so I'd rather use a bullet with greater stopping power. .45 > .40 > 9mm

Well because the FBI dumped it for the 9mm ain't that reason enough?

[Tovarish]

If you want to get people's attention, put "$725 including 6 mags!" the title. I bet it sells in a day that way.

[Marteen]

Dyson is right. But not just mine

[dyson]

pics would help too

[Litespeeds]

To address the thread title, yes it seems that any firearm in .40 S&W sells for quite a bit less than the same one in 9mm. Many people fail to see that you can get a 9mm barrel or .357 Sig barrel fitted onto your .40 firearm but you can't go from 9 to .40. Then you will have one gun that can shoot 3 calibers.

[jcwatchdog]

To address the thread title, yes it seems that any firearm in .40 S&W sells for quite a bit less than the same one in 9mm. Many people fail to see that you can get a 9mm barrel or .357 Sig barrel fitted onto your .40 firearm but you can't go from 9 to .40. Then you will have one gun that can shoot 3 calibers.

That's what I always considered true, but then you have to worry about mags, and small parts that may need to be changed out when you switch the barrels/mags. And honestly, 357sig is a round most people don't even want to fool with.

It's easier just to buy 2 guns, 9mm and 45acp and be done with it. .40 will always be around, but it will continue to become more and more irrelevant, probably like 357sig.

[Tovarish]

To address the thread title, yes it seems that any firearm in .40 S&W sells for quite a bit less than the same one in 9mm. Many people fail to see that you can get a 9mm barrel or .357 Sig barrel fitted onto your .40 firearm but you can't go from 9 to .40. Then you will have one gun that can shoot 3 calibers.

Nobody is "failing to see" that. There's no point in getting a gun in .40 if you're going to shoot 9mm out of it.

I once bought a higher end Tanfoglio Witness in .40 despite wanting a different caliber because it was a good deal and I'd heard you could swap upper parts.

Over the course of a year, no upper parts or barrels in 9mm or .45 or 10mm ever came available on Calguns or Gunbroker. In order to get one, I would have had to pay something like $500 to the factory.

Spend all that effort and money to shoot the caliber you wanted when you could have just bought it in the first place instead of a goofy, overly snappy compromise round like .40? No thanks.

[Pally]

40 is not for me. I prefer 45 ACP, even 38, 357 or 45LC to it. I only know a few of my guy shooting buddies that shoot the 40 cal.
I don't know of any of my gal shooting buddies that care for that caliber, they all say it is too snappy and hard on the wrist. I tend to agree.

[tmh1]

.40 S&W is one of my absolute favorite round to shoot... in PCC's.

Don't care for it much in pistols. Guess I'm not alone.

Plus there seem to be a whole bunch of relatively inexpensive police trade-in .40's which have been hitting the market recently.