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Yep. My Glock 30 (.45 ACP) is much easier to control under recoil than my Glock 22 (.40 S&W)

And I had a jeep that wasnt as easy to drive as my Corolla.
P_ssies and f_cktards complain about 40sw recoil.

This is getting seriously funny. Keep it up. How about a subsquabble of "define your terms"?

Good thread. I do agree the 40 is snappier than a comparable 9mm. I dont think anyone here is contesting that. Am i faster with a 9mm? Yes, but only by a very small margin. And no, im not a "professional" pistol shooter. The 40 is very manageable, especially the full sized models that i pictured in a previous post.

TRH, Nevermind that moron. If that fugkwad ever had anything positive to say, he'd get knighted.

I don't really like the 40.
The snappy recoil is why.
Have only shot a few, most light, the Sigs-not so much.
Don't think I have ever shot any 45's except 1911s.
And they are soft. My wife and preteen/teenage daughters like
the 1911.

It's not painful or even a big deal. Just annoying.

Well, my buddies G27 is painful. Somehow the corner of the grip
rolls across a nerve in my thumb joint, creating an electric shock
sensation that goes to the elbow. Weird. I hate that gun.

Warm loads from the 4 5/8" 45 Blackhawks are much more pleasant.

Try the S&W Shield in .40. About the dumbest design in a pistol I've ever shot.

I have no problem with a G22 or G23 sized gun, if that's the caliber you like.

Dick lick a$$hole is being himself.

You can say BLAST again, that little banger was about like getting hit in the face with a straw broom, it was indeed a handful, it was/is his ankle gun, he had a full size Sig in 357 in a cross draw rig.

I've heard stories about snubs and airweight? 357 mags Men, have never had the pleasure ; ]

My 40 is a big pig of a tac-ops P226 BSA, all BS aside, it with 200gr bullets at 1050 fps are indeed like shooting a 45 ACP, big slow recoil that's very manageable, a real contrast to 140gr Barnes HP's at max speed, BTW, those 200's at that sedate speed penetrate like no other standard cup and core HP bullets I've ever tested here at the house in my homemade media boxes, a massive eye opener.

You want to talk painful recoil in a handgun? I once took my S&W 329 PD along as bear defense during an elk hunt in northern Idaho. I had it loaded up with a bear load, heavy for caliber, hard cast lead, and hot. I can't remember what brand. Hadn't tried it, but assumed it would be painful, but that I wouldn't care if I needed to use it on a bear. Well, at my Idaho friend's house he set up a target on his property, and we both made sure our rifles were sighted in, especially mine after the flight over there. Rifles were fine. Then he brings out his huge S&W .500 Magnum that he was planning on bringing for bear defense. He fired it. He said it was painful, and offered to let me try. Yeah, it had recoil, but not painful. Then I pulled out my S&W 329 PD loaded for bear. This is a scandium .44 Magnum. I had to keep my man card, so I had to shoot the cylinder full at the target. I think it was the sixth round that fractured a bone in my wrist. That thing kicks more than any gun I've ever shot, or care to ever shoot. That was the last time I even fired Magnums out of it. I now consider it a .44 Special revolver. \

He fired one round out of it and admitted it made his .500 Magnum seem like a pussycat.

gunner -

I kept the 19 snubby for a while as CC. I got a kick (no pun) outta shootin it.
I traded it off to get ?something? else I wanted.

Jerry

I have one 40 S&w. It’s a H&K. USP . I bought it just before Clinton’s hi cap magazine ban. It’s full size and pretty snappy with heavy loads. More felt recoil than my CCO Model 45acp. Hasbeen

Gunner500,
I've owned two M19's and a M66, all in round butt snub config. Owned longer tube models too.
Chrono results with various loadings did disappoint from the snubs. .357 Magnum was what it was built for, so that's what I used.
Got .38's for .38's.
Tried various grips, with a wrap around Pach being best on the round butt frame.
Still, way more blast and recoil than necessary, especially in indoor shoots.
And a M60 in .357M I once owned was a stupid attempt on my part to increase CCW power. Fail.

The G23 gobbles up anything I feed it, and I have yet to be disappointed in the results. Started using it in bowling pin matches in early '90's and it has proven itself. Times and splits not any different than other shooter's.
From a G35, it is something to behold.

Some years ago I chronographed two 357 Magnum JHP loads, CCI Blazer 125 grain and Federal 125 grain, from a 2 1/4" Ruger SP-101. Both were good for 1300 fps +/- 5, from that particular gun. I carried the well established Federal load and the biggest problem I had was that my wife kept shooting me out of it. If anything proved an annoyance to her garden or pets she would grab that Ruger and send the offending varmint to its eternity. I watched her kill a groundhog with it that was 'scaring her poor little Rottie' with a headshot at 10-12 paces; and the relocation of its eyeballs left little question the bullet had expanded.

Sarge, ^^^^^^^^^

That's funny in a GOOD way. I don't know where you live and I DON'T want her shooting at me.



Jerry

LOL, Damn, hope the broken bone didn't hamper your hunt.

Bet you had some fun with it around newbies ; ]

Nice, my 8-3/8ths inch barreled big n frame 357 mag is a pussycat, save a little blast, I load the 158 hard casts up to an easy 1400 fps.