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Ripp
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Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???
26/11/17 09:51 AM

Found the first post in this thread interesting for this subject..personally I'll take experience over conjecture every time..but then, that's just me..
As usual there is a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking and..
self appointed experts..gets more and more interesting

https://www.glocktalk.com//threads/9mm-4...aign=2017-11-24

Original Post;

Just killing Thanksgiving morning fellas and looking over the posts in this forum:)

FWIW: Some of you are obsessing over caliber choice to the point where it is ridiculous.

I am a retired LEO from NY. I did 6 years in patrol and 18 in SWAT. During that time I have seen for myself or was present for the aftermath of probably hundreds of shootings with all types of weapons from handguns up to 223 and 308 rifles. I remember seeing a guy hit dead center mass with a 22lr die within a minute, yet another person hit in the same place with a JHP 357mag (was still standing when I got there) tell me what happened, who shot him, etc and survive. I also saw a guy hit with a 223 go down after getting hit in the left torso...lose a lung but survived too. I remember another time when a suspect was struck in the arm with a single 9mm round die from a heart attack but yet another guy was riddled with MP5 9mm rounds died only after being shot in the head with a 308 round.

I guess that my point is this: don't obsess over which caliber is best because I don't think that it matters much because bodies do strange things. There isn't a damm bit of difference between getting shot in the same place by a 9mm, 40, or 45 round with good/modern bullets...that's for damm sure.

With that in mind, I would carry a minimum of a 38/9mm in a gun that I shoot well.

FWIW: I ONLY carry a G19 with Speer 124gr Gold Dots because it was my duty weapon and I am 1,000% sure that the G19 is the best weapon for me. I like the fact that it holds 16 rounds which I would rather have than 8 with a 45ACP. I had a G23 for a while but I sold it because I didn't like the recoil and increased muzzle blast of the 40cal for an insignificant/irrelevant increase in "stopping power."

Just my 2cents:)

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Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	01/11/17 12:35 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	25/11/17 05:13 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	26/11/17 11:01 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	27/11/17 04:07 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	27/11/17 02:05 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	28/11/17 02:55 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	30/11/17 07:56 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	27/11/17 09:51 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	26/11/17 09:51 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	27/11/17 01:53 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	01/11/17 02:24 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	lancaster	01/11/17 03:08 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	01/11/17 04:28 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rell	01/11/17 06:25 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	02/11/17 12:36 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DoubleD	02/11/17 12:39 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Grenadier	04/11/17 05:40 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	lancaster	04/11/17 06:37 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Grenadier	04/11/17 07:58 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Maxim	02/11/17 06:26 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	02/11/17 10:42 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	02/11/17 08:44 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	SharpsNitro	03/11/17 12:17 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rell	04/11/17 04:57 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	04/11/17 09:22 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Postman	04/11/17 10:28 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ash	07/11/17 01:38 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	07/11/17 02:51 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	07/11/17 08:35 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	ducmarc	08/11/17 11:16 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	08/11/17 12:36 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	08/11/17 01:00 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	08/11/17 06:55 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	09/11/17 12:46 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	ducmarc	09/11/17 01:17 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	09/11/17 09:07 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	10/11/17 01:01 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	14/11/17 06:53 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	22/11/17 07:22 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	22/11/17 11:26 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rule303	24/11/17 06:34 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	24/11/17 07:51 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	24/11/17 08:04 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	25/11/17 08:22 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	25/11/17 08:33 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rell	23/11/17 12:01 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Ripp	15/11/17 02:24 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	lancaster	22/11/17 07:38 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	22/11/17 08:42 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	22/11/17 10:18 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	23/11/17 09:38 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	23/11/17 10:08 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	24/11/17 02:59 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	ducmarc	10/11/17 11:53 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	ducmarc	10/11/17 12:26 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Homer	13/11/17 06:44 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	09/11/17 03:57 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	ducmarc	08/11/17 11:20 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	Rell	02/11/17 10:41 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	01/11/17 11:20 AM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	NitroX	01/11/17 07:02 PM
Re: Is the 40 S&W DEAD???	DarylS	01/11/17 03:26 AM

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