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Keefe Report: Seriously, Is the .40 S&W Dead? - LisaJarratt - 03-24-2016
Keefe Report: Seriously, Is the .40 S&W Dead?
Is the .40 S&W dead? I know, it sounds like an inflammatory newsstand gun magazine blurb from the 1980s. But it’s a topic that is been circulating around the firearm industry as of late. For most of the past couple decades, .40 S&W has been king of the hill when it comes to American law enforcement. Of course the .40 S&W was derived from the 10 mm Auto, which of course was created in response to the lack of ballistic performance of the 9 mm Luger as evidenced by the FBI’s ballistics report on the so-called “Miami Massacre.” The 9 mm failed to stop the threat, pure and simple.
Hmmmm...
RE: Keefe Report: Seriously, Is the .40 S&W Dead? - bradberry - 04-03-2016
NOPE! Still love mine!
Police officers afraid of their guns is a bad thing. Many officers are also just plain simple, BAD shots.
RE: Keefe Report: Seriously, Is the .40 S&W Dead? - rwhite135 - 04-04-2016
It's the wussification of the FBI and some police agencies. I say some because the vast majority of the officers I know from the quad-state area I live in (Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia) carry either a .40 S&W or a .45 ACP. It's also telling that only a handful carry a Glock. Most are carrying either a Springfield XD/XDM, Beretta M96, a SIG, or a FN polymer frame. One sheriff's deputy is still carrying a S&W 27 revolver. He's nearing retirement and has been carrying it for almost 35 years. When he joined the department he works for, that was the standard issue pistol. If these wimps joining departments and the FBI today think the .40 S&W is too "snappy", I would hate to see what they would have thought about a S&W 27 in .357 Magnum.