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40 S&W

Top 3 Best 40 Caliber Handguns (And a Runner Up)

April 18, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

It’s no surprise that a good portion of the gun industry thinks that the 40 S&W is a dead cartridge. While I would certainly say that it’s nowhere near as popular as it once was, I think it’s far from dead. In fact, several of my friends still trust 40 S&W to get the job done if […]

Filed Under: Gun Info, Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Opinion, Test And Evaluation Tagged With: 40 S&W, concealed carry, forty, guns, handguns, self-defense

Top 5 Best Budget Guns

July 6, 2021 By Travis Pike

“Best budget gun” articles are a dime a dozen. My main problem with these lists is they often feature cheap guns, but they are typically not very good guns. I won’t name names but some guns are great if you want to load them, put them away, and never actually use them for anything. If […]

Filed Under: Best Of Lists, Gun Info, Gun Reviews Tagged With: 22lr, 40 S&W, affordable, AR 15 Aero Precision, budget guns, guns, handgun, rifle, shotgun

Handgun Stopping Power Myth

July 5, 2021 By Joshua Gillem

There are plenty of myths in the gun industry. Some of these can be dangerous, like “there’s no need to aim your shotgun.” Others are just idiotic. We’ve covered some of these more dangerous myths in the past, like the more popular shotgun myths that are actually dangerous, when you click that link. Now this […]

Filed Under: Gun Info, Ballistics, Handguns Tagged With: 40 S&W, 45 acp, 9mm, gun, handguns, pistol, stopping power

40 S&W VS 357 SIG Ballistics, Recoil, Cost

June 28, 2021 By Joshua Gillem

In keeping with our recent trend of comparing the ballistics and other pertinent information regarding the effectiveness of handgun cartridges, we now move on to 40 S&W VS 357 SIG. We don’t do these comparisons the way everyone else does and our goal isn’t to choose an overall winner, but to help you decide which […]

Filed Under: Ballistics, Ammo, Concealed Carry Tagged With: 357 Sig, 40 S&W, ballistics, handgun, pistol

40 S&W Ballistics Chart

June 10, 2021 By Joshua Gillem

The 40 S&W is a relatively recent pistol cartridge with a fairly rich history. In the 1980s the FBI looked for a replacement for the cartridges of the time. The available cartridges were not as strong, ballistically, as they wanted. Proving this, was a shootout that took place between the FBI and some bad guys […]

Filed Under: Ballistics, Ammo, Concealed Carry Tagged With: 40 S&W, ammo, ballistics, handgun

3 Near Extinct Pistol Calibers, And Their More Popular Counterparts:

April 12, 2021 By Terry Nelson

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3 Near Extinct Pistol Calibers, and their more popular counterparts: In recent years we have seen a dramatic rise in the popularity of some pistol cartridges. I have had personal experience with these but as is often the case with rifle cartridges, we are now seeing a decline in the demand for some more recently […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ballistics, Gun Info Tagged With: .45 acp, 10mm, 357 Sig, 40 S&W, 45 GAP, 9mm, ammo, ammunition, Farnam, pistol caliber

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