BO cracks me up! he is posting info from 1985, Should we tell him that the .40 SW round was not even invented until 1990?
LOL:no::biggrin::sarcastic:
You missed the point again as usual...
The point was that interestingly enough the cartridges most often carried by law enforcement, military and law abiding citizens are not the ones that have the best track record of confirmed kills...
And would by most of us on this forum be considered inferior (at least I hope so) .
Moreover, back to one of my previous statements that I was just razzing the guy in this thread whom has been successful at finding .40 ammo when nothing else was available; I meant that... just razzing and that a .22 can and has a long track record of demonstrably killing good guys and bad guys...
Would I carry a .22 or a .40? a few months ago when I could find other ammo I would have said no; now that seems to be the only ammo around, I am seriously considering buying a Glock or S&W autoloader in .40 or a Walther P22 for that reason alone... until the retail supply of pre-loaded ammo or reloading supplies becomes more readily available...
Additionally, as a side; the .40 has long been known as short and weak, was based on another cartridge the 10mm, which was another fad or tweener cartridge introduced BEFORE 1985... I have a Colt Delta Elite (no longer produced) in 10mm that is near impossible to find ammo for as well...
Both based on the ancient 38-40 cartridge...
None of which have any record of putting down bad guys or good guys to speak of...
Currently most Game & Fish departments, (at the insistence of the U.S. Department of the Interior) are phasing out their S&W Model 745's in .45 ACP and migrating to the Glock 30/36 in .45 ACP or Kimber 1911's in .45 ACP...
Additionally, most SWAT Teams and major law enforcement agency's are following the same trend, with the Glock .45 GAP in a close 3rd...
AND the FBI who were the single biggest supporters of both the 10mm and .40 have since signed contracts for Springfield Armory 1911's in .45 ACP
AND in the U.S. Military for decades, when given the choice between an issued M9 9mm sidearm and one of their own choosing, they overwhelmingly chose .45 ACP...