I wanted to point out that this video is opinion based, and this is more about what gun would I feel most protected with if I needed one right now, based on what I own and the information I have on street data with each caliber - as well as my own abilities with the gun. If I owned more guns there might have been a different choice, and also my current choice isn't saying it's significantly "better" than any other choices I have to work with. It's more of a collective data/opinion/feeling on what would do the best for ME, and I am not YOU.
@@DesertHusker I love the .40 s&w also. I know that it outperforms the 9mm in every way. I just thought that he being a revolver guy , he was going to pick his 686. But I understand now why he didn't. And I agree. But watch out for everyone on UA-cam will tell you that the. 40 s&w is a bad cartridge. I know better.
It’s great the stats don’t lie my friend. My neighbor is a retired Deputy, I know for fact the g23 his duty pistol saved his life at least 3 times , due to the superior ballistic nature of the 40 S&W . My edc is Sig 229 in 40s&w , in my shoulder rig , it’s winter so I can conceal under hoody or heavy jacket. And at night it’s next to my bed . Ammo choice Federal Bulldog and Silvertip 155 grain both have real true numbers 1200 fps and 450 to 490 energy . Great information and truly spoke my friend . K
I know several retired cops who still use their issue M&P 40 even though they have many other pistols for edc, the 40 is 27% larger frontal area than a nine , usually I carry 155 Underwood XTP at 1320 600 ft lbs and at 16 capacity no nine can even come close no matter how many ++++ you add.
Well said. I still carry my Glock 23 in 40 Smith, and only go to 9mm in hot weather for easier concealment. I fully expect to have to fire multiple 9mm to effect a stop. It's well it holds a bunch.
My experience w/revolvers vs auto loaders mirrors yours, but goes back to 1968 (I’m in my mid 70s). My preferred “what if” gun is still a J Frame .38 because it’s something I can always have with me regardless of how I’m dressed. Also, my M&P 2.0 Compact 9MM did malfunction during LEOSA qualification and a revolver has NEVER done that, again going back to 1968 when I was issued my first revolver, a Colt Official Police. Over the course of my 30 yr .career my service revolver saved me more than once. That said if I were still a working cop a modern auto loader would be my choice b/c that’s what the bad guys have.
Yeah it's sad when those clips came out where like 3 guys bum rush a lone cop, he's got a revolver and then he's killed. But I think a lot of that is also tactics. I am not an expert on all that, but overview is cops in your era were down to earth, now days they are militant and sort of have to be now days.
I agree. What a nice revolver you were issued… A Colt official Police. I admire the older Colts especially the revolvers. My great grandfather worked as a railway mail guard. About 10 yrs ago my dad passed his Old Colt D.A. 38 down to me and what a beautiful revolver! I carry a J-Frame SW everywhere I go. Heck most the time I carry 2. 👍🏻🤠
not weird at all - long ago when I was first researching ballistics, I chose the .40 also as it had the same or better power than many .45's and high capacity. A glock 23 was my ultimate choice and then I picked up a Wolf barrel in 9mm to fit it and some 9mm mags and have the best of both worlds. 🤠
One gun. Very hard. I guess it would have to be a 12 gage Mossberg 590. Shot, buckshot, slugs... gives you options. Ammo everywhere. Hard to argue with effectiveness.
The gun I carry today is the same gun I bought for concealed carry in 1994. A Rossi M88 38 special. I have carried everything under the sun but, in the end this little Rossi is the best fit for me for EDC. I don't know how many thousands of rounds I have shot through it at this point. I carry hardcast wadcutters from Buffalo Bore or Underwood. Appendix carry under a t shirt and always concealed.
I gotta say, I really like the way you test different rounds! I’ve found the same things growing up and living on a farm, having to shoot many a critter with my EDC. While I’ve found that 9mm in 124gr HST, and V-Crown were crazy effective, and love the 9mm for low profile EDC, 10mm is my favorite, because like the 40, it doesn’t seem to care what HPs you’re running…they all seem to work great!
That’s awesome that you chose 40 because it seems to be the cartridge that is popular to crap on these days . I like my g23 a lot . My choice would be my 686 3 inch because it’s comfortable to carry and I shoot it well and it gives me a few choices in caliber . I also carry a few moon clips and I practice with them a lot .
Glock 21 .45 acp with 6” Jarvis barrel for me. Loaded with Atomic Ammo brand 185 gr. bonded JHP running 1255 fps on my chronograph for 647 fpe. 14 accurate rounds of brute force…
Finally! Someone that agrees with me on the 40. The 40 is everything the 9mm wishes it was! The perfect combination of ballistics and capacity in a unit that can be as small as a Shield size gun or as big as a full size duty gun. My choice is M&P Compact but I own a Shield and a full size M&P(as well as several gen 3 Smiths.) I also own several 9s and while I enjoy shooting them, for self protection, a 40, any 40, is preferred to the nifty 9.
After watching you for all these years, the result was obvious to me. For normal carry I am comfortable with my 3" SP101 with the aforementioned 125SJHP and speed strip. If the possibility of multiple assailants goes up, I carry a S&W M&P40c with spare mags. The key here is mastering the firearm. Happy New Year! I have many other carry handguns but these are my business cards.
I've had a .40S&W since 2008 when the first ammo shortage happened, because it was the only caliber on the shelves at Walmart at the time. When I'm out of the house running errands I have it in my center console of my car , but might carry something smaller on me. Thank you for your videos, there very entertaining and informative. Happy New Year!
People who think all calibers are the same need to consider the legarde tests that gave the nod to the 45 acp. Seargent york affirmed that test in his famous action that awarded him the medal of honor. The modern argument is that hollow point tech has made the 9mm equal to the bigger calibers, but those people fail to mention that the same hollowpoints have improved the bigger calibers as well.
YOU should look into the regarded tests, they were ridiculous.... Oh and you should look into sgt Yorks made up story too..... Every soldier he served with called him a fuckin liar.
I was very pleasantly surprised to hear you pick the .40! Great round with the actual street credentials to prove it. You just validated why I always trust your channel's review of ammo. 👍
My only real requirement is that it goes BANG when I want it to. All the other features are nice, but reliability and availability are the only one's that really matter. I am not sure if this number is still accurate, but the FBI crime report for 2015 (I think that's the year) said that the average self defense (NOT law enforcement) shooting was like 3.5 rounds fired at a distance of 0 to 7 yards (paraphrasing, but close) So, call it 4 rounds and 10 yards to make it encompass the greatest number of incidents. So, that changes things a bit. I would say that the revolver you EDC is PERFECT in that regards. In home defense, it really depends on your situation. If you live alone out in the country, over penetration isn't even a thing. But if you have young ones and live in an apartment, it means everything. Could you imagine stopping an intruder cold but one of the rounds went thru him and into the neighbors' child? That is my nightmare. So choose carefully. You have to live with the choice well after the threat is gone.
I'm a revolver guy but long story short I shoot my 1911's best BUT IMHO the one pistol I would never get rid of is my CZ40b. 14 rounds of 155gr 40S&W, DA/SA which I shoot as well as my 1911's ( I built both, one in 45acp for competition and one in 9mm with a 9x23 Win extra barrel) but that CZ just gets it done. I often CCW either one or a 3", 7 shot GP100 or 642 depending but that CZ is 18" from my head when I sleep or riding on my hip when out and around town more than anything else for the last 25 years.
Well in a way it was. I did mention how it is still the EDC currently. But when I am in the house I will choose something bigger, so overall for every purpose I could get away with concealing a 5" pistol, but cannot get away with having a handgun capable of stopping multiple threats.
Excellent breakdown. Valid reasoning. While I’m a late comer to the 2A community and what I have accumulated so far, less than ten firearms, I could never decide which would be my one and only. You might as well ask me which would be the last organ in my body to give up. 😁👍🇺🇸
Very convincing dissertation 40 S&W one might as well stick with the 10mm like the FBI started with. It’s loaded down in many labels to 40 levels but if your in so inclined you can amp it up to deal with much bigger teeth and or hooves ….. cool stuff I really like your videos .
Yep I like 9mm subcompact pistols, 40 in everything bigger. What makes 40 kick ass is momentum. Energy ft.lbs is half the story, reflects early damage/tissue trauma but bleeds off quickly if mass is low. 40 is fast enough to thump and penetrate hard barriers/bone well with enough momentum left from mass to carry a large wound deep and straight. Use on hogs, deer, black bear, etc. tells the same story as LEO accounts of the 90s and 00s. And nobody ever says it but...civilians don't have as much legal leeway to mag dump and it's a legitimate consideration.
I Cary a LCP in a pocket holster instead of a backpack mag. A extra gun better than a extra mag. I have a hoge grip on it and a mag extension it makes the gun very shootable and yet still a small backup to my 9mm with 15 rounds. The chance of me needing more than 15 rounds is slim but the chance of my gun going down for something is a little higher.
For me.... Sig P229 in 357sig. All my 357sigs also have .40 barrels!! The problem with people saying 9mm +p++++ is the same as a 357sig?.... They are not (usually) practicing with +P ammo. If they are, they are paying the same as 357sig ammo.
Very interesting assessment, having watched and enjoyed many of your videos, I was betting you were going to pick your S&W 357 Revolver. But after laying out your reasons I can see why you picked the 40 S&W . My choice is somewhat different, I choose the Sig P220 DA/SA 10MM. Although it lacks high capacity, it has several features I like. All steel Slide and Frame, all Metal parts, Match barrel with fully Supported chamber, Hammer fired for 2nd strike capability, Super reliable full size platform, and Powerful versatile 10MM round.
I agree about the 40 S&W. I believe that the problem with the cartridge was that smaller men and most women had a hard time controlling it. Therefore, the police and FBI needed a round that these folks could handle. In other words, they choose an inferior round for purely political reasons.
Wow, the comment section is going to be raging over this. I still carry .40 too Another advantage is many .40 guns can be easily converted to 9 and .357 SIG
No doubt 40 and 357 are good stoppers. Stopping power is an interesting subject, some bad guys take a peripheral hit with a 22 and stop. Others either pumped up on adrenaline or drugs can take a 12 gauge slug dead center and still inflict damage for several seconds. Appreciate the video Sam!
There are a Lot of video of wild hogs getting hit by shotgun slugs and running away, but every time I see them get hit by buckshot they go down. John corriea of active self defense said that buck shot is the king of stopping power. The bad guys just went down and didnt make much of a fuss.
Bunch of .33cal round balls blasting through a subject makes a lot of surface area of damage, hemorrhaging and the rest, compared to one .73cal slug that might expand a little bit going through one area. Hit probability with buckshot is much higher too as there's generally some spread at the target.
@@wallaceahtone6149 A shotgun slug can put a big hole in whatever is shot. About as devastating as the old musket balls. However, buckshot from a shotgun is similar to being hit by a burst from a submachine gun. Damage to multiple organs and blood vessels is likely. There is another thing to consider with a shotgun compared to other weapons that propel a single projectile. Such as landing a less than ideal shot because your attacker moved at the moment you pulled the trigger, and you just end up hitting them in the arm. A bullet is going to punch a little hole in that arm. A column of buckshot will likely destroy(possibly sever) that arm and make that attacker considerably less effective at fighting.
@@wallaceahtone6149 it's rare but theres been leo shooting where 2 or 3 good hits with 00buck and they continued to fight ..not for very long.. mas ayoob covered the shootings in one of his writings but I'm naming the exception to the rule
@@Davidg368 I just got through hearing Mas interview Bill Allard of the NYC stake out squad. He said he and cirillo both dumped several shotgun bucks and slugs into a perp who was under the influence of drugs and barbiturates (post mortem report). Bill said he put three more shots into him with his service issued 38, and the bad guy was still trying to level a sawed off rifle at him, spitting up blood all the while! Bill said he drew his back up 1911 and put 8 rounds of 45acp into his heart, then put the last shot under his chin, which entered his brain, ending the fight!!! I don't quite know what to make of this story from a personal standpoint, as my edc is a three inch 38spl, which I can shoot pretty well. Two to the chest and one to the brain would be my aim (no puns intended), but in that particular situation, I would be clearly at a disadvantage. I'm just glad those occurrences are exceedingly rare! It just reminds me there are no guarantee's in this world and as John correia likes to say: we need to practice spiritual fitness, which is essentially making our peace with whatever higher power is out tbere. Best to not even get into a situation to begin with and that calls for situational awareness and good decision making. If the worst should ever happen, I definately aim for putting atleast a few shots center mass, which I am certainly capable of doing at 25yrds, even shooting under time limits and stress. They may get me, but it may also be the last thing they ever do.
I have a concealed carry license and my go to carry gun is a revolver for one good reason. If i'm in a situation where I want to move my gun from under my jacket to my jacket pocket, a revolver will fire through the pocket without fail. A semi won't fire if the slide is moved back even a hair by the pocket lining.
most stops are "no shot stops" thankfully, where just them seeing the gun and the will to fight back is enough, the ratio is in the thousands more that "no shot stops" are the most effective, stopping simply means a person stops the attack and mostly death isnt needed for that stop but may happen if shots are fired, even one hit in non vital area has had more stops then any chart even if the bullet perfomance wasnt FBI standards, a bullet shot through the center of the heart are all one shot stops no matter what caliber, where its different is the blood pressure drop rate from some bullets obviously from the massive damage even the low penetration frag rounds, but we also have to remember each person responds to being shot in the heart responds differently, even if two get shot in heart with the same bullet you can get different results, some will stop and some will keep going for those few seconds that the brain still has oxygen to function and every person has a different adrenaline dump then others, hunting deer is a good example as hunter finds heart shots on deer some run and others drop, the fackler studies showed for example two detailed reports where one peson dropped instantly from a 25 acp and another hit by a 45 was able to crawl to a phone and make a phone call, the heart wasnt just clipped either but a direct center hit round nose bullet, we see even in hog hunting videos a guy on youtube with a 22lr rifle taking hogs with one shot stops hitting the heart in all his hog kills. these shot stop studies dont provide any detailed reports on how they got their findings so i dont trust them to much, the reason is that with in center of mass you can still miss the heart and supporting arteries so for evidence to go with thier chart they would have to show each person and a chart on where shots hit the person and what order the shots were fired and i will bet that those studies there were some who got shot in center of mass but no shots hitting heart or supporting arteries, they would have to show evidence of any caliber not working by showing where the shots hit the person or suspect so we can see for ourselves if the shots were only center of mass based, because if so center of mass doesnt count, its often over rated because with in ceter of mass you can still have shots that wont drop blood pressure as fast as a center shot to the heart, things like clipping edge of the heart doesnt count either because its not a cneter hit wich is good shot placement. although some bullets dont meet FBI standard we have to remember attacks are often a 45 degree torso or squared off torso with a person, making it so you dont have to worry about a arm bone or broadside shot, if so you have more shots that you should be able to place where no arm is in the way or they are no longer broadside and broadside examples is when police are shooting into a car or a fleeing suspect, if a private citizen has a fleeing attacker broadside it wont matter as much because by fleeing they are stopping the attack, if they then continue with another attack they are almost always a 45 degree torso or squared off to you for center of mass hits. the shot stop studies dont apply to you as a individual and are often missleading because there are many other variables then just the bullet that is needed to win a self defense gun fight and there are dozens of variables even more important the caliber, things like situational awareness, your training in how you use cover and tactics in a real situation, your accuracy and ability to make fast follow up shots, so if you give a man stopping caliber to someone who doesnt train they may not be any better then a trained person with a 25 acp, as far as selecting a defense pistol no matter what we select their is alway a pro and a con, for example i have a sub second draw with my Ruger lcp 380 both open and concealed carry because of how i carry and my practice drawing and run and gun on the range, thier is no such thing as "low capacity" that why we carry spare mags if we worry about our pistol capacity, so the downsides are it could jam or i could have to take a long shot so even though its lightning fast and can win most gun fights in that 7 yards tuellers drill distance it has its downsides to, to remedy ammo problems for certain loads wich i dont usually have problems with i still may carry fmj and knowing that responsibility of over penetration is something i need to be aware of but not that my hollow points have any issues its just i still like fmj for some smaller calibers like 380, 32, 25, 22 mag but when it comes to stopping a threat we never plan on just firing one shot scratching our head waiting for a response from a threat, we are going to fire what necessary to stop a threat, if you ever shot 22lr pistols a lot like i do you know that accuracy is excellent even with a mag dump on a target, some other pistols a person could miss the heart or vitals so you are not doomed based on caliber, its has more to do with what pistol your confident with, can shoot fast and accurate with, have a reasonable draw speed and for some they have to choose with clothing in mind like a office non permissive enviroment wich is where a micro pistol really shines and helps a person stay armed. my carry has changed since i use full size DA/SA pistols or a heavier trigger striker fired pistol like the smith and wesson SD40VE, i can carry these pistols any way i wish due to trigger pulls being heavy on these guns, except DA/SA giving you that lighter second shot, i always have 2 gun on me and what i generally carry the most would be the smith and wesson SD40VE and the acrry load is a 165 grain speer gold dot wich looked like it did good in those tests and many Geltubers have shown it to be a spectacular choice in 40. another thing to consider is when a bullet doesnt work for law enforcement is to ask if the bullet even hit a vital to begin with in the first shot and also the internal trajectory of the bullet because some bullets have the penetration but a "quartering" shot the path of bullet may not drive straight even if you aimed right from a quartering shot, this is where the torso isnt squared off to you but side ways or a weird angle but even if your aim was right a bullet that could reach the heart or vital could come part or the path may go off being straight line penetration, this is why hard cast flat nose bullets are used in hunting, the tend to make a straight line penetartion path so if you have a shot at a angle but aim right the internal trajectory should give you a straight path more then many round nose or hollow points
That would be a good choice. There is nothing wrong with the 40 S&W. Years ago I was really in that situation. I picked a 6 inch S&W Model 19. This was also for hunting in my state where 357 Mag was the minimum and a 5.5 inch was the shortest barrel length allowed for deer.
Being a old partly handicapped man that hasn't shot semi's enough to be confident, I still first grab my big revolver a 41 mag Ruger Redhawk or 7 or 8 shot 357 what ever I put out that night. But a 40 is only a drawer away if I can stay in the fight.
In your situation, the only semi autos you could rely on would be a 5" 9mm pistol. I've done a lot of reliability tests with limp wristing type tests, rapid fire limp wrist tests and only a full size 9mm stays reliable. Something like a Beretta 92, M&P9 and the like would be all I would trust almost as much as a revolver.
Thanks for advice, I do keep a large 9 ready, I have Girsan Mc 28, Sig 228, & Taurus PT92. But my gut tells me, go to sleep with big revolver on top of night stand. With Others 1 of each big semi, shotgun , ar 10& 15, Ak, Folding carbines ETC ETC but I am Fastest with revolver. Thanks for taking time to comment. Now Subscribed & Watching. Escaped Killer loose in !0 mi Area of me in Pa. Now, But I Could use the 25,000.00 rewards . More Guns ! @@GunSam
Totally get your liking of .40. I like it a lot, too. I never understood why people called it snappy. I found shooting Glock 22 more pleasant than Glock 17. The latter felt twisty in my hand. What surprised me is barely any mention of .45 in your video or in the comments. No love for the old .45?
I just don't shoot the .45 ACP much anymore, and in my testing it rarely does well. I do have a test planned soon using it though. It's an okay cartridge and I used to carry it in a Glock 36, but I just like the speed of the .40 a bit more, the street data is more complete. Seems like .45 ACP data wasn't all all that extensive. Not saying it's bad, just saying I can't really confirm how good it is as nearly all the data I shared, I also saw street footage backing it up. I don't recall seeing a video where .45 ACP was used.
I think people kinda miss the boat, shot placement is everything. A 22lr in the heart is definite one shot stop. Now it's definitely true that not always can you make a perfect shot and therefore other factors come in, such as size of bullets, capacity, and ease of training which in my view is most important since I view hitting the target as most important.
I'm not sure that only shot placement matters. A .22 LR can bounce off a skull at weird angle and not penetrate to a heat under some circumstances, also it's a tiny hole. Will kill someone, bit not necessarily stop them before they harm you.
@@GunSam right, my point wasn't that you should use 22lr, my point was that 22lr with perfect shot placement ie. In the heart would be a one shot stop. One stop shot data needs to include the shot placement, cops do not necessarily have good aim, if you discount shot placement sure more energy matters. For example 12 gauge to pretty much anywhere is going to be a one shot stop. You said you're just as good at 40sw as you are with 9mm if that's the case all the power to you.
I just discovered your channel tonight. I've watched about three vids so far. I love your cerebral commentary - very educational. When my late wife and I lived in Nashville, we had a friend who was Special Ops (now retired) in the 101st at Ft. Campbell. Once when visiting him and his family in KY, he let us shoot his Sig 9mm and Sig .40 (I do not remember which models). I liked the .40 the best. The .40 had a very satisfying "boom," and the recoil didn't feel any stronger than the 9mm. I have been researching the last few days to purchase a .45 (I have never shot a .45 yet). This video and my experience with a .40 years ago is causing me to seriously consider a .40. Thanks for your channel! I am now a new subscriber. God bless.
The difference in these calibers is minuscule. I was in law-enforcement for a while we all carried 40 caliber Glock 22s. Hitting your target is so much more important then these one stop statistics. If you’re good with a 40 caliber then carry it. But for me, I shoot better with a nine millimeter so that’s what I carry. I really enjoy your video Sam
@@Fyoutube444 You must be 12 !!!! MOST people shoot 9mm better than 40 or 45... I'm a 6-0 former brick/Block mason strong as an ox and I shoot 9mm better than 45... It's not a MACHO MAN thing when you realize YOU are responsible for every shot... If you miss the "bad gunman" and hit a Mercedes with a follow up shot YOU are liable If you hit an unarmed bystander, you have a manslaughter charge on your hand ... I do practice more with nine since it's cheaper and I "may" practice more with my FN FNS 40 factory conversion slide to see if I get AS functional with it as I am with the original FNS 9mm slide because I like the sights so much better but I'm probably gonna keep my Beretta 92X Compact for my "Off Work Open carry" and my LC9S as my CCW ... I do like the 40 and 357 sig performance I've seen on you tube and in the Lucky gunner tables though ... Bill Wilson and ken hackathorn moved to 9mm with age... Two of the last 'Bird Chested, thin wristed "Pussies" I'd try to Car Jack !!!
@@jpb1231000 I don't claim to be Arnold Schwarzenegger size but I've seen thousands of videos and a couple real life situations and they always take 9 to 10 Rounds sometimes more before they actually go down. I'm 44 years old and was in a really bad motorcycle accident and I literally shoot 40 45 better than 9mm but I've also had my 9 for a couple years now and don't shoot it much. In a polymer frame the lighter the grain the more recoil even with the 115 grain 9 mm. Even after my accident I was able to get strong and big again even though I almost lost my leg so when I say bird chest and stick wrist that's what I'm saying do some push-ups and some forearm exercises and you'll see how much better you can handle a pistol or even shotgun recoil.
Wow… I was really expecting a revolver from you. 40s&w is my favorite, I’ve always said that 40 makes even crappy ammo look good. I have mostly 9mm’s and a few .380’s but I favor my Shield 2.0 40cal and Glock 27 . Another good video btw
I would keep either my seven shot S&W 68 Plus, or my S&W model 66-8 with the full size forcing cone. Both are loaded with Remington UMC 357 Mag semi jacketed hollow points. I learned about that ammo from you. I have all expensive ammo too like Buffalo Bore, Underwood, Hornandy CD and other stuff, but that Remington stuff will do a one shot stop.
My favorite is the 357 Sig though I do have a 40 barrel that I sometimes drop in to use for practice because 357 Sig ammo is out the roof! Nearly double of what 40 costs these days! Seems like the 357 Sig just never caught on but I think it's one of the best rounds out there for stopping power.
I felt like a .40 or .357 sig with conversions is a great way to go. I have a hard time telling the difference in recoil between .357 Sig and .40 caliber.
I guess I can understand especially if you lived in a rough city. Me i'll take a new model flat top 38/357 and 9mm or my S&W model ten. Loaded with hard cast bullets, two holes are better than one🤷 If you're only going to have one gun it should be a full sized combat proven reliable and in a caliber that is easy to control like 9mm, it's also don't cost a lot 😉. I know a guy that was shot three times with a forty, he still has a bullet in him right next to his heart.
I'm glad someone took the time and gave us real world data. A lot of my firearm friends went back to the 9mm. I shoot 9 mm to practice a lot. But I kept my 40 cal S&W's for this reason.
Before you actually got to your final pick I went over my collection in my mind and I also came up with a .40 cal. I chose my Glock 22. for alot of the reasons you stated, but also because I have a 9mm conversation barrel for it. That flexibility seemed very desirable.
You make a good point. One thing that most people don't know is that if you reload you can do 40 Minor loads that are actually softer to shoot than a 9mm and only slightly more expensive. But, I don't know that you can buy any. Anyway, you can go from very mild to very stout as you mentioned. And if I only have one gun I want it to be versitile and effective. So I'd probably be with you and keep my 5" S&W M&P. It's probably my favorite handgun. I do shoot 9mm more, only because when I go to a shoot at the range and shoot a match it's so much easier to just pickup some 9mm brass out of the pile on the ground than to search through and look for 40's.
Good points, I actually thought you were gonna go the 357 Sig route before watching it all, you’ve been very impressed of late with that caliber. I never owned 40 till the lat two years, I was a 9 or 10 mm guy, mostly 9 for CC, however I got a CZ 75 in 40 and the control, accuracy and follow up was impeccable and depending on which 9 platform, was easier to operate, the energy and stop power was a no brainer but I never switched, I THOUGHT that under duress the control would suffer a bit more, not so, very comfy to shoot, of course that platform lends itself to that. I’ve found myself sliding towards that pistol, (CZ,40) more everyday now, why wouldn’t I, for the reasons you’ve pointed out.
I'm gonna ha e to say my LCR in 357 mag is my "always" gun. Because I shoot it well. Mainly 38sp out of it, but 357 mag if need be. Also, both rds work well out of my Marlin so me having 1,000s that work in both guns is a plus for me. But the LCR works no matter the clothes, winter or summer.
I also have the lcr 357 mag. I use hornady critical defense 38spl plus P 110 grain. At 12 yards those rounds hit the target where I am aiming. I also use my hand loads 357mag 125 grain jhp XTP. They also hit where I am aiming. I will never give up that lcr.
My go to gun for everything is my glock 29 10mm with extended kkm barrel. Small enough to comfortably carry, big enough to hunt large game with right ammo. Extremely effective stopping power. 10+1.. Extremely reliable. I feel it's hard to beat in "if I could only have 1 gun" competition.
Respect to your decision, my choice would be the 357 for versatility, 2 semi wad cutters, 1 wad cutter, a Remington, a Carbon, a CCI shot shell, I'm off & ready with 2 speed loaders, my gun is dirty & I'm crawling out of the creek I fell in, there is a ski masked dude with a crow bar coming towards me quickly, there's a Rattler coiled to my right & a Kodiak coming across the log over the creek. my first strike will always be the shot shell. LOL Thank you Sam.
Gun Sam you're a treasure of knowledge , and I'm so in agreement with your presentation & logic . I go through this this dilemma all the time ,but like you , I too have concluded that the .40S&W is truly a fabulous round . I too was not a fan of the .40S&W , I've always been a .357mag or .45acp type of guy , although I do like the 9mm w/ H.P. Underwood ammo . I have a lot of handguns and thanks to your video , I'm loading up my Glock 35 Thanks Gun Sam , you're a "Rock Star" !
While I admire your choice, I think you are over looking a glaring fact. A 357 revolver can fire: 357, 38spl, 38+p, (some) 38 Super and 38 Long Colt. It gives you far more self defense options. Hell, I carried a S&W TRR8 as a civilian contractor and never felt undergunned.
Maybe, but I also have a .357 Sig barrel. But either way, if there was a point where I could not get ammo, I would just not shoot the ammo I have. My choice is more of a thing where, if I had to pick what I think would save myself the best against multiple threats, I say it's the .40 S&W, rather than what I think would save me the best yet be practical to shoot all the time recreationally.
i had to have only one firearm for 25 years due to my antigun locales. it was a taurus 85, steel, 5-shot, 2-inch, steel-frame, j-frame, revolver. i bought slightly used in 1985 for $200. of course i still cherish it. absolutely reliable and accurate, relatively fast with practiced speedloaders, comfortable with pachmayr grips. it saved me once when i was stuck and accosted in a riot.
My two favorites are my 1911 (in 45) and a 44 mag. But if I were to keep just one, I think it'd be a S&W MP2 in 10mm. I also quite like the SAR k2 45 (basically a CZ 97) in double stack 45. I own a couple of 9mm's. One of them is nice; but ever since my time in the USMC I've never really trusted it. I've shot a 40cal; it is basically the low power version of the 10mm (the 10mm runs 40cal just fine, I've done a few 100 rounds I got in a trade through my 10). The 10mm is more flexible than a 40, including for hunting, which is why that might be my one if I had to have just one.
If I were forced to narrow my firearm inventory to only one handgun, it would be my 6-inch Smith & Wesson 357 magnum revolver. My second choice would be my 6-inch Heckler & Koch USP 45acp semi-automatic.
Most if not all of those fight stopping statistics were compiled before the development of very powerful and capable self defense ammo in 9mm. Federal, Buffalo Bore, Underwood, Winchester, and Speer produce very effective and powerful 9mm SD ammo. In handguns, penetration of vital organs is what stops the attack, not expansion. Expansion just reduces the chance of over penetration. Flashy permanent wound tracks in gel have nothing to do with stopping power. A .44 magnum that misses the vitals, is less effective than a .22 long rifle that pierces the heart. But the .44 looks a lot better in gel and expands a lot more as well.
My choice is my Ruger GP100 4 inch match champion. For many reasons. 1. 357 mag is one of the best one shot stop. Hands down and you can hunt with it. 2. I have all of the tools and resources to reload. As long as I can get primers I am good. 3. I have loaded and used shot shells very successfully. Up close to a tree, it is a squirrel killer. 4. Laws change and the day could come that all of the high capacity and any auto for that matter, could become outlawed. I am hoping that revolvers are the last to go. 5. I know revolvers can fail. However, my match champion has never failed. Ever. No jams or hang ups. Just go boom. 6. It is just a freakin classic. 7. If you see someone pull out a cannon like that, you just may decide to walk away. Just sayin.
Thanks for your post, Sam and for the excellent recommendation. I have the FN Herstal FNX 40 in 40 S&W and it definitely packs a wallop. On the revolver side, it's hard to beat the .357 Magnum and that's out of my 7-round revolver with a 4" barrel. Also in favor of the 40 S&W is that's what my local law enforcement agencies carry. Specifically, my police department carries the Glock 22.
Thank you. Nearly everyone here in MI is back to 9mm. State police, local cops, most city departments. I think Detroit is still mixed on using .40 and 9mm.
Wow! Honesty is gonna get people all worked up lol. Empty chamber (oh no!) The 9mm truth you speak,....(oh my🫣) Reliabilty talk on semis😶 (are you crazy man?!) But seriously the .40 S&W is an awesome choice! I carry one often👍👍 Great video!👍🦃👊
Thanks! I do everything wrong lol. One day I will learn, two for one shoot my nuts off because I carried deep concealed correctly, be more like the rest of society.
One thing I noticed during the ammo shortage is that now that .40 S&W is no longer a "cool" round it stayed on the shelf (at least the online shelf) for all of 2020.
My every day carry is a 327 LCR with the 100 gr Gold Dots. If I could only have one, it's my 7 shot GP100 357 loaded with Remington 125 gr SJHP. In semi autos I like my 357 Sig Glocks, baby and full sized. My Glock 30S and Glock 21 fall in close behind the 357 Sigs. I open carry the GP100 when I serve a summons; with a 3" SP101 327 hid in a 511 cargo pocket, and a Keltec 32 hid in my vest.
Same here for EDC. Never leave without the LCR .327 Federal. I don't have the Gold Dots but carry a lighter load. I would have no hesitation to carry the Gold Dot, as it's the most powerful .327 for a snub that I know of. Just hard to find nowdays and I used mine up in testing lol
Great video brother. I love the .40 SW it is one of my favorite calibers and I also love the .327 federal magnum. These are two great rounds and I would feel comfortable carrying either one.
Finally a pro 40s&w video. Thanks Sam. You also have gotten me back in love with revolver's love the video thanks happy new year may it be a great one for you.
I too just circled back around from my 1st purchase 28 yrs ago of a .40, to now carrying one again as the best Overall Option that has been hinted at in my 2 Recent .40 SUCKS vids people should Checkout, and my upcoming Crazy? Switching to .40 for Carry vid. JHP's of any kind have enough energy to do great, top JHP's even better, FMJ-FP is all you could ask for animal defense OR Barrier Penetration Backup Mag/SHTF...those same FMJ-FP will do 2.12 cu In of Tissue Crush Mathematically YET the frontal Meplate will do a bit more CUTTING TISSUE DAMAGE, vs 9mm ball which only does 1.78 cu in Tissue Crush ALONG with it's ROUNDED OGIVE that fluid dynamics probably has more tissue just flow around it and a smaller wound that collapses seals up much quicker. ALSO, top JHP's can be bought 50 round boxes for cheap old LE stock or whatever, AND during last Ammogadon of MOSTLY PEACEFUL RIOTING AND MURDER, .40 was the one caliber you could find on shelves.
Brother Sam, It has been good to know you, and watch you really mature and learn over the last several years. And even though Im much older, I have learned alot from you. I agree with your choice and opinion. My choice would be my 10mm, model 20, that happens to be made by Glock. I AM Not a Glock fan boy and never have been. The mag. holds 15, and its reliable. My second choice would be my Ruger Redhawk in 44mag.
I agree when you take it deeper but most criminals don't want to get a flu shot and don't want shot with any caliber. If you're aware of your surroundings and place your hand on the grip that is enough for most criminals. They didn't come for a fair fight, they came for a victim. Being armed is like locking your car. It won't stop a thief but it makes its easier to go somewhere else. I had this happen in a parking lot before Christmas. I had my .40 but the guy remember he needed to be somewhere else. I didn't want to be a victim and he didn't want to be shot. At the time it was like playing a game matching each other move for move but I was rattled after it was over. Deer hunters know the feeling.
I've only got 5-600 rounds through my LCP Max without a failure and I've tried dozens of different factory loads so I think Ruger has squared away any reliability issues with the Max For my one gun I'd opt for my S&W model 520 5" lightweight 357 or given I can only have one go for an N frame 8 shot with a $1200 hole in my wallet. Great for defense, capable for hunting Arizona game if necessary and has a wide range of power in loadings of different weight bullets and power levels.
I think if I could only choose one. It would probably be a .357 revolver. Something that can be used for defense and is capable of taking deer and hogs without having to track them hundreds of yards before they drop. I can hunt small game with a slingshot.
9mm for cost and availability which directly affect practice thus one's pistol craft skill set. As far as firearm brand and model that's limited to what I own so rather subjective... For long term SHTF were no LGS exist anymore I'm partial to the concept of dual cylinder 357/9mm double and/or single action offerings. Thanks for sharing n' God bless brother
Just taking only a year around concealed carry I would trust 100% into consideration, I carry the SW 442 loaded with wad cutters. They will put a nice big fat hole from start to finish. All thug attacks are going to be up close and personal. They are going to be where they can put their hands on you so point blank range is reality. No sights, no aiming. It all comes down to point and shoot, hand/eye coordination in a split second. It may be fired from inside a pocket or pressed up against the thug. Gun failure will cost your life.
Plus once you pop a cap at a thug he will scatter. They all will scatter like rats. In a fire fight only 3 rounds are discharged according to stats and within 9 ft.
For me, it would have to be something that still affords me the ability to obtain ammo while also being accurate for me and reliable. While I like .38/.357 Magnum and .45 ACP, the criteria I mentioned sort of limit me to a 9mm or .22 based upon today’s supply chain issues. 9 and .22 have been the easiest to find consistently at a somewhat affordable price. I would probably lean toward some flavor of Sig P365, probably the XL, mainly because I have become impressed with the trigger. Glocks are easier to keep running, but as I like to keep my defensive handguns stick for reliability purposes, the P365 trigger system beats all the other striker fired self loaders of similar size.
Great video, sir. It makes me feel more confident in my truck gun. Kel-tec sub 2000 .40s&w She's a beast. .40s&w Projectile, coming out of a 16-inch barrel. Keep up with the great content, Mr. Revolver
My keeper is a glock 22 with a 9mm conversion barrel. I use 155 gold dots. 9mm with conversion barrel in ammo pinch. Carried the glock for years. EDC Ruger SP101 with 129 grain Hydra-Shoks. Also carried for many years.
I wanted to point out that this video is opinion based, and this is more about what gun would I feel most protected with if I needed one right now, based on what I own and the information I have on street data with each caliber - as well as my own abilities with the gun. If I owned more guns there might have been a different choice, and also my current choice isn't saying it's significantly "better" than any other choices I have to work with. It's more of a collective data/opinion/feeling on what would do the best for ME, and I am not YOU.
Where can I find those charts?
True
Here let me get a jump on the comments...Well you're just wrong!🤣
I love the 40 S&W and I own 3 of them and they are all keepers. Thanks for posting this video on the ballistics of this great AMERICAN cartridge.
@@DesertHusker I love the .40 s&w also. I know that it outperforms the 9mm in every way. I just thought that he being a revolver guy , he was going to pick his 686. But I understand now why he didn't. And I agree. But watch out for everyone on UA-cam will tell you that the. 40 s&w is a bad cartridge. I know better.
It’s great the stats don’t lie my friend. My neighbor is a retired Deputy, I know for fact the g23 his duty pistol saved his life at least 3 times , due to the superior ballistic nature of the 40 S&W . My edc is Sig 229 in 40s&w , in my shoulder rig , it’s winter so I can conceal under hoody or heavy jacket. And at night it’s next to my bed . Ammo choice Federal Bulldog and Silvertip 155 grain both have real true numbers 1200 fps and 450 to 490 energy . Great information and truly spoke my friend . K
There are 9mm loads that have just as much energy as the .40 you stated
I know several retired cops who still use their issue M&P 40 even though they have many other pistols for edc, the 40 is 27% larger frontal area than a nine , usually I carry 155 Underwood XTP at 1320 600 ft lbs and at 16 capacity no nine can even come close no matter how many ++++ you add.
Well said. I still carry my Glock 23 in 40 Smith, and only go to 9mm in hot weather for easier concealment. I fully expect to have to fire multiple 9mm to effect a stop. It's well it holds a bunch.
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Good choice with all the talk at the end of the day the .40 out classes both the 9mm and .45 it truly is the best of both worlds👍🏻
Good magnum revolver, serious stopping power!
Semi 9mm.
Have to shoot 2 to 3 times more, which puts you at 6.
Carry a speed loader!
My experience w/revolvers vs auto loaders mirrors yours, but goes back to 1968 (I’m in my mid 70s). My preferred “what if” gun is still a J Frame .38 because it’s something I can always have with me regardless of how I’m dressed. Also, my M&P 2.0 Compact 9MM did malfunction during LEOSA qualification and a revolver has NEVER done that, again going back to 1968 when I was issued my first revolver, a Colt Official Police. Over the course of my 30 yr .career my service revolver saved me more than once. That said if I were still a working cop a modern auto loader would be my choice b/c that’s what the bad guys have.
Yeah it's sad when those clips came out where like 3 guys bum rush a lone cop, he's got a revolver and then he's killed. But I think a lot of that is also tactics. I am not an expert on all that, but overview is cops in your era were down to earth, now days they are militant and sort of have to be now days.
I agree. What a nice revolver you were issued… A Colt official Police. I admire the older Colts especially the revolvers. My great grandfather worked as a railway mail guard. About 10 yrs ago my dad passed his Old Colt D.A. 38 down to me and what a beautiful revolver! I carry a J-Frame SW everywhere I go. Heck most the time I carry 2. 👍🏻🤠
not weird at all - long ago when I was first researching ballistics, I chose the .40 also as it had the same or better power than many .45's and high capacity.
A glock 23 was my ultimate choice and then I picked up a Wolf barrel in 9mm to fit it and some 9mm mags and have the best of both worlds. 🤠
One gun. Very hard. I guess it would have to be a 12 gage Mossberg 590. Shot, buckshot, slugs... gives you options. Ammo everywhere. Hard to argue with effectiveness.
I totally agree 40 is where it’s at
The gun I carry today is the same gun I bought for concealed carry in 1994. A Rossi M88 38 special. I have carried everything under the sun but, in the end this little Rossi is the best fit for me for EDC. I don't know how many thousands of rounds I have shot through it at this point. I carry hardcast wadcutters from Buffalo Bore or Underwood. Appendix carry under a t shirt and always concealed.
I gotta say, I really like the way you test different rounds!
I’ve found the same things growing up and living on a farm, having to shoot many a critter with my EDC. While I’ve found that 9mm in 124gr HST, and V-Crown were crazy effective, and love the 9mm for low profile EDC, 10mm is my favorite, because like the 40, it doesn’t seem to care what HPs you’re running…they all seem to work great!
That’s awesome that you chose 40 because it seems to be the cartridge that is popular to crap on these days .
I like my g23 a lot .
My choice would be my 686 3 inch because it’s comfortable to carry and I shoot it well and it gives me a few choices in caliber . I also carry a few moon clips and I practice with them a lot .
Glock 21 .45 acp with 6” Jarvis barrel for me. Loaded with Atomic Ammo brand 185 gr. bonded JHP running 1255 fps on my chronograph for 647 fpe. 14 accurate rounds of brute force…
GLOCK!! Laugh my ass off...JUNK!!
Finally! Someone that agrees with me on the 40. The 40 is everything the 9mm wishes it was! The perfect combination of ballistics and capacity in a unit that can be as small as a Shield size gun or as big as a full size duty gun. My choice is M&P Compact but I own a Shield and a full size M&P(as well as several gen 3 Smiths.) I also own several 9s and while I enjoy shooting them, for self protection, a 40, any 40, is preferred to the nifty 9.
After watching you for all these years, the result was obvious to me. For normal carry I am comfortable with my 3" SP101 with the aforementioned 125SJHP and speed strip. If the possibility of multiple assailants goes up, I carry a S&W M&P40c with spare mags. The key here is mastering the firearm. Happy New Year! I have many other carry handguns but these are my business cards.
Thank you, happy new year. When I first carried ever in my life with a permit, I carried the 2.25" SP101 with .357 Mag Critical Defense.
@@GunSam Really appreciate your content! Do you feel the 3" Sp101 in .327 Mag would be too large for in the waistband or appendix? Thanks!
@@travisgilbert8416 In the warmer months I carry appendix. I'm 5"8" and 180lbs. Oh, and 69.
I carry my 3" sp101 too.
@@travisgilbert8416 For his build size.or yours!
I've had a .40S&W since 2008 when the first ammo shortage happened, because it was the only caliber on the shelves at Walmart at the time. When I'm out of the house running errands I have it in my center console of my car , but might carry something smaller on me. Thank you for your videos, there very entertaining and informative. Happy New Year!
People who think all calibers are the same need to consider the legarde tests that gave the nod to the 45 acp. Seargent york affirmed that test in his famous action that awarded him the medal of honor. The modern argument is that hollow point tech has made the 9mm equal to the bigger calibers, but those people fail to mention that the same hollowpoints have improved the bigger calibers as well.
YOU should look into the regarded tests, they were ridiculous....
Oh and you should look into sgt Yorks made up story too.....
Every soldier he served with called him a fuckin liar.
I was very pleasantly surprised to hear you pick the .40! Great round with the actual street credentials to prove it. You just validated why I always trust your channel's review of ammo. 👍
My only real requirement is that it goes BANG when I want it to. All the other features are nice, but reliability and availability are the only one's that really matter. I am not sure if this number is still accurate, but the FBI crime report for 2015 (I think that's the year) said that the average self defense (NOT law enforcement) shooting was like 3.5 rounds fired at a distance of 0 to 7 yards (paraphrasing, but close) So, call it 4 rounds and 10 yards to make it encompass the greatest number of incidents. So, that changes things a bit. I would say that the revolver you EDC is PERFECT in that regards. In home defense, it really depends on your situation. If you live alone out in the country, over penetration isn't even a thing. But if you have young ones and live in an apartment, it means everything. Could you imagine stopping an intruder cold but one of the rounds went thru him and into the neighbors' child? That is my nightmare. So choose carefully. You have to live with the choice well after the threat is gone.
I'm a revolver guy but long story short I shoot my 1911's best BUT IMHO the one pistol I would never get rid of is my CZ40b. 14 rounds of 155gr 40S&W, DA/SA which I shoot as well as my 1911's ( I built both, one in 45acp for competition and one in 9mm with a 9x23 Win extra barrel) but that CZ just gets it done. I often CCW either one or a 3", 7 shot GP100 or 642 depending but that CZ is 18" from my head when I sleep or riding on my hip when out and around town more than anything else for the last 25 years.
I thought it was going to be the .327 LCR! Ya got me.
Well in a way it was. I did mention how it is still the EDC currently. But when I am in the house I will choose something bigger, so overall for every purpose I could get away with concealing a 5" pistol, but cannot get away with having a handgun capable of stopping multiple threats.
Glock 27 which is native .40 cal with conversion barrels for .357 SIG and 9mm. Very flexible CCW platform.
Excellent breakdown. Valid reasoning. While I’m a late comer to the 2A community and what I have accumulated so far, less than ten firearms, I could never decide which would be my one and only. You might as well ask me which would be the last organ in my body to give up. 😁👍🇺🇸
Thank you
Very convincing dissertation 40 S&W one might as well stick with the 10mm like the FBI started with. It’s loaded down in many labels to 40 levels but if your in so inclined you can amp it up to deal with much bigger teeth and or hooves ….. cool stuff I really like your videos .
You always see me here saying it, so I’m back again !! .40 S&W for the win 🥇!! Wooooo!! Preach it brother !!😅😊!
Yep I like 9mm subcompact pistols, 40 in everything bigger. What makes 40 kick ass is momentum. Energy ft.lbs is half the story, reflects early damage/tissue trauma but bleeds off quickly if mass is low. 40 is fast enough to thump and penetrate hard barriers/bone well with enough momentum left from mass to carry a large wound deep and straight. Use on hogs, deer, black bear, etc. tells the same story as LEO accounts of the 90s and 00s.
And nobody ever says it but...civilians don't have as much legal leeway to mag dump and it's a legitimate consideration.
My EDC is a 10mm with option to load with 40 (Small & Weak) ammunition .
I bet you have a small acorn
I've always been a fan of 40 SW. As you pointed out its street numbers are impressive . Thanks for the video
I Cary a LCP in a pocket holster instead of a backpack mag. A extra gun better than a extra mag. I have a hoge grip on it and a mag extension it makes the gun very shootable and yet still a small backup to my 9mm with 15 rounds. The chance of me needing more than 15 rounds is slim but the chance of my gun going down for something is a little higher.
Having a wide selection to choose from myself I reach for a 10mm more often than not.
For me.... Sig P229 in 357sig. All my 357sigs also have .40 barrels!!
The problem with people saying 9mm +p++++ is the same as a 357sig?.... They are not (usually) practicing with +P ammo. If they are, they are paying the same as 357sig ammo.
Very interesting assessment, having watched and enjoyed many of your videos, I was betting you were going to pick your S&W 357 Revolver. But after laying out your reasons I can see why you picked the 40 S&W . My choice is somewhat different, I choose the Sig P220 DA/SA 10MM. Although it lacks high capacity, it has several features I like. All steel Slide and Frame, all Metal parts, Match barrel with fully Supported chamber, Hammer fired for 2nd strike capability, Super reliable full size platform, and Powerful versatile 10MM round.
You came to the same conclusion as me, I thought why bother since we already know. WRONG!!! LOL
I agree about the 40 S&W. I believe that the problem with the cartridge was that smaller men and most women had a hard time controlling it. Therefore, the police and FBI needed a round that these folks could handle. In other words, they choose an inferior round for purely political reasons.
Wow, the comment section is going to be raging over this.
I still carry .40 too
Another advantage is many .40 guns can be easily converted to 9 and .357 SIG
No doubt 40 and 357 are good stoppers. Stopping power is an interesting subject, some bad guys take a peripheral hit with a 22 and stop. Others either pumped up on adrenaline or drugs can take a 12 gauge slug dead center and still inflict damage for several seconds. Appreciate the video Sam!
There are a Lot of video of wild hogs getting hit by shotgun slugs and running away, but every time I see them get hit by buckshot they go down. John corriea of active self defense said that buck shot is the king of stopping power. The bad guys just went down and didnt make much of a fuss.
Bunch of .33cal round balls blasting through a subject makes a lot of surface area of damage, hemorrhaging and the rest, compared to one .73cal slug that might expand a little bit going through one area. Hit probability with buckshot is much higher too as there's generally some spread at the target.
@@wallaceahtone6149 A shotgun slug can put a big hole in whatever is shot. About as devastating as the old musket balls. However, buckshot from a shotgun is similar to being hit by a burst from a submachine gun. Damage to multiple organs and blood vessels is likely. There is another thing to consider with a shotgun compared to other weapons that propel a single projectile. Such as landing a less than ideal shot because your attacker moved at the moment you pulled the trigger, and you just end up hitting them in the arm. A bullet is going to punch a little hole in that arm. A column of buckshot will likely destroy(possibly sever) that arm and make that attacker considerably less effective at fighting.
@@wallaceahtone6149 it's rare but theres been leo shooting where 2 or 3 good hits with 00buck and they continued to fight ..not for very long.. mas ayoob covered the shootings in one of his writings but I'm naming the exception to the rule
@@Davidg368 I just got through hearing Mas interview Bill Allard of the NYC stake out squad. He said he and cirillo both dumped several shotgun bucks and slugs into a perp who was under the influence of drugs and barbiturates (post mortem report). Bill said he put three more shots into him with his service issued 38, and the bad guy was still trying to level a sawed off rifle at him, spitting up blood all the while! Bill said he drew his back up 1911 and put 8 rounds of 45acp into his heart, then put the last shot under his chin, which entered his brain, ending the fight!!!
I don't quite know what to make of this story from a personal standpoint, as my edc is a three inch 38spl, which I can shoot pretty well. Two to the chest and one to the brain would be my aim (no puns intended), but in that particular situation, I would be clearly at a disadvantage. I'm just glad those occurrences are exceedingly rare!
It just reminds me there are no guarantee's in this world and as John correia likes to say: we need to practice spiritual fitness, which is essentially making our peace with whatever higher power is out tbere. Best to not even get into a situation to begin with and that calls for situational awareness and good decision making. If the worst should ever happen, I definately aim for putting atleast a few shots center mass, which I am certainly capable of doing at 25yrds, even shooting under time limits and stress. They may get me, but it may also be the last thing they ever do.
And that's why I bought a 5" Springfield XD 40 Tactical
I have a concealed carry license and my go to carry gun is a revolver for one good reason. If i'm in a situation where I want to move my gun from under my jacket to my jacket pocket, a revolver will fire through the pocket without fail. A semi won't fire if the slide is moved back even a hair by the pocket lining.
most stops are "no shot stops" thankfully, where just them seeing the gun and the will to fight back is enough, the ratio is in the thousands more that "no shot stops" are the most effective, stopping simply means a person stops the attack and mostly death isnt needed for that stop but may happen if shots are fired, even one hit in non vital area has had more stops then any chart even if the bullet perfomance wasnt FBI standards, a bullet shot through the center of the heart are all one shot stops no matter what caliber, where its different is the blood pressure drop rate from some bullets obviously from the massive damage even the low penetration frag rounds, but we also have to remember each person responds to being shot in the heart responds differently, even if two get shot in heart with the same bullet you can get different results, some will stop and some will keep going for those few seconds that the brain still has oxygen to function and every person has a different adrenaline dump then others, hunting deer is a good example as hunter finds heart shots on deer some run and others drop, the fackler studies showed for example two detailed reports where one peson dropped instantly from a 25 acp and another hit by a 45 was able to crawl to a phone and make a phone call, the heart wasnt just clipped either but a direct center hit round nose bullet, we see even in hog hunting videos a guy on youtube with a 22lr rifle taking hogs with one shot stops hitting the heart in all his hog kills. these shot stop studies dont provide any detailed reports on how they got their findings so i dont trust them to much, the reason is that with in center of mass you can still miss the heart and supporting arteries so for evidence to go with thier chart they would have to show each person and a chart on where shots hit the person and what order the shots were fired and i will bet that those studies there were some who got shot in center of mass but no shots hitting heart or supporting arteries, they would have to show evidence of any caliber not working by showing where the shots hit the person or suspect so we can see for ourselves if the shots were only center of mass based, because if so center of mass doesnt count, its often over rated because with in ceter of mass you can still have shots that wont drop blood pressure as fast as a center shot to the heart, things like clipping edge of the heart doesnt count either because its not a cneter hit wich is good shot placement. although some bullets dont meet FBI standard we have to remember attacks are often a 45 degree torso or squared off torso with a person, making it so you dont have to worry about a arm bone or broadside shot, if so you have more shots that you should be able to place where no arm is in the way or they are no longer broadside and broadside examples is when police are shooting into a car or a fleeing suspect, if a private citizen has a fleeing attacker broadside it wont matter as much because by fleeing they are stopping the attack, if they then continue with another attack they are almost always a 45 degree torso or squared off to you for center of mass hits. the shot stop studies dont apply to you as a individual and are often missleading because there are many other variables then just the bullet that is needed to win a self defense gun fight and there are dozens of variables even more important the caliber, things like situational awareness, your training in how you use cover and tactics in a real situation, your accuracy and ability to make fast follow up shots, so if you give a man stopping caliber to someone who doesnt train they may not be any better then a trained person with a 25 acp, as far as selecting a defense pistol no matter what we select their is alway a pro and a con, for example i have a sub second draw with my Ruger lcp 380 both open and concealed carry because of how i carry and my practice drawing and run and gun on the range, thier is no such thing as "low capacity" that why we carry spare mags if we worry about our pistol capacity, so the downsides are it could jam or i could have to take a long shot so even though its lightning fast and can win most gun fights in that 7 yards tuellers drill distance it has its downsides to, to remedy ammo problems for certain loads wich i dont usually have problems with i still may carry fmj and knowing that responsibility of over penetration is something i need to be aware of but not that my hollow points have any issues its just i still like fmj for some smaller calibers like 380, 32, 25, 22 mag but when it comes to stopping a threat we never plan on just firing one shot scratching our head waiting for a response from a threat, we are going to fire what necessary to stop a threat, if you ever shot 22lr pistols a lot like i do you know that accuracy is excellent even with a mag dump on a target, some other pistols a person could miss the heart or vitals so you are not doomed based on caliber, its has more to do with what pistol your confident with, can shoot fast and accurate with, have a reasonable draw speed and for some they have to choose with clothing in mind like a office non permissive enviroment wich is where a micro pistol really shines and helps a person stay armed. my carry has changed since i use full size DA/SA pistols or a heavier trigger striker fired pistol like the smith and wesson SD40VE, i can carry these pistols any way i wish due to trigger pulls being heavy on these guns, except DA/SA giving you that lighter second shot, i always have 2 gun on me and what i generally carry the most would be the smith and wesson SD40VE and the acrry load is a 165 grain speer gold dot wich looked like it did good in those tests and many Geltubers have shown it to be a spectacular choice in 40. another thing to consider is when a bullet doesnt work for law enforcement is to ask if the bullet even hit a vital to begin with in the first shot and also the internal trajectory of the bullet because some bullets have the penetration but a "quartering" shot the path of bullet may not drive straight even if you aimed right from a quartering shot, this is where the torso isnt squared off to you but side ways or a weird angle but even if your aim was right a bullet that could reach the heart or vital could come part or the path may go off being straight line penetration, this is why hard cast flat nose bullets are used in hunting, the tend to make a straight line penetartion path so if you have a shot at a angle but aim right the internal trajectory should give you a straight path more then many round nose or hollow points
That would be a good choice. There is nothing wrong with the 40 S&W.
Years ago I was really in that situation. I picked a 6 inch S&W Model 19. This was also for hunting in my state where 357 Mag was the minimum and a 5.5 inch was the shortest barrel length allowed for deer.
Being a old partly handicapped man that hasn't shot semi's enough to be confident, I still first grab my big revolver a 41 mag Ruger Redhawk or 7 or 8 shot 357 what ever I put out that night. But a 40 is only a drawer away if I can stay in the fight.
In your situation, the only semi autos you could rely on would be a 5" 9mm pistol. I've done a lot of reliability tests with limp wristing type tests, rapid fire limp wrist tests and only a full size 9mm stays reliable. Something like a Beretta 92, M&P9 and the like would be all I would trust almost as much as a revolver.
Thanks for advice, I do keep a large 9 ready, I have Girsan Mc 28, Sig 228, & Taurus PT92. But my gut tells me, go to sleep with big revolver on top of night stand. With Others 1 of each big semi, shotgun , ar 10& 15, Ak, Folding carbines ETC ETC but I am Fastest with revolver. Thanks for taking time to comment. Now Subscribed & Watching. Escaped Killer loose in !0 mi Area of me in Pa. Now, But I Could use the 25,000.00 rewards . More Guns !
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Totally get your liking of .40. I like it a lot, too. I never understood why people called it snappy. I found shooting Glock 22 more pleasant than Glock 17. The latter felt twisty in my hand. What surprised me is barely any mention of .45 in your video or in the comments. No love for the old .45?
I just don't shoot the .45 ACP much anymore, and in my testing it rarely does well. I do have a test planned soon using it though. It's an okay cartridge and I used to carry it in a Glock 36, but I just like the speed of the .40 a bit more, the street data is more complete. Seems like .45 ACP data wasn't all all that extensive. Not saying it's bad, just saying I can't really confirm how good it is as nearly all the data I shared, I also saw street footage backing it up. I don't recall seeing a video where .45 ACP was used.
I think people kinda miss the boat, shot placement is everything. A 22lr in the heart is definite one shot stop. Now it's definitely true that not always can you make a perfect shot and therefore other factors come in, such as size of bullets, capacity, and ease of training which in my view is most important since I view hitting the target as most important.
I'm not sure that only shot placement matters. A .22 LR can bounce off a skull at weird angle and not penetrate to a heat under some circumstances, also it's a tiny hole. Will kill someone, bit not necessarily stop them before they harm you.
@@GunSam right, my point wasn't that you should use 22lr, my point was that 22lr with perfect shot placement ie. In the heart would be a one shot stop. One stop shot data needs to include the shot placement, cops do not necessarily have good aim, if you discount shot placement sure more energy matters. For example 12 gauge to pretty much anywhere is going to be a one shot stop. You said you're just as good at 40sw as you are with 9mm if that's the case all the power to you.
I just discovered your channel tonight. I've watched about three vids so far. I love your cerebral commentary - very educational. When my late wife and I lived in Nashville, we had a friend who was Special Ops (now retired) in the 101st at Ft. Campbell. Once when visiting him and his family in KY, he let us shoot his Sig 9mm and Sig .40 (I do not remember which models). I liked the .40 the best. The .40 had a very satisfying "boom," and the recoil didn't feel any stronger than the 9mm. I have been researching the last few days to purchase a .45 (I have never shot a .45 yet). This video and my experience with a .40 years ago is causing me to seriously consider a .40. Thanks for your channel! I am now a new subscriber. God bless.
The difference in these calibers is minuscule. I was in law-enforcement for a while we all carried 40 caliber Glock 22s. Hitting your target is so much more important then these one stop statistics. If you’re good with a 40 caliber then carry it. But for me, I shoot better with a nine millimeter so that’s what I carry.
I really enjoy your video Sam
You must have small wrists and a bird chest
I would say what I had to grab for if I needed a gun would also have minuscule particularity. Most things over .35" seem to do pretty well.
@@Fyoutube444 You must be 12 !!!!
MOST people shoot 9mm better than 40 or 45...
I'm a 6-0 former brick/Block mason strong as an ox and I shoot 9mm better than 45...
It's not a MACHO MAN thing when you realize YOU are responsible for every shot...
If you miss the "bad gunman" and hit a Mercedes with a follow up shot YOU are liable
If you hit an unarmed bystander, you have a manslaughter charge on your hand ...
I do practice more with nine since it's cheaper and I "may" practice more with my FN FNS 40 factory conversion slide to see if I get AS functional with it as I am with the original FNS 9mm slide because I like the sights so much better but I'm probably gonna keep my Beretta 92X Compact for my "Off Work Open carry" and my LC9S as my CCW ...
I do like the 40 and 357 sig performance I've seen on you tube and in the Lucky gunner tables though ...
Bill Wilson and ken hackathorn moved to 9mm with age... Two of the last 'Bird Chested, thin wristed "Pussies" I'd try to Car Jack !!!
@@jpb1231000 I don't claim to be Arnold Schwarzenegger size but I've seen thousands of videos and a couple real life situations and they always take 9 to 10 Rounds sometimes more before they actually go down. I'm 44 years old and was in a really bad motorcycle accident and I literally shoot 40 45 better than 9mm but I've also had my 9 for a couple years now and don't shoot it much. In a polymer frame the lighter the grain the more recoil even with the 115 grain 9 mm. Even after my accident I was able to get strong and big again even though I almost lost my leg so when I say bird chest and stick wrist that's what I'm saying do some push-ups and some forearm exercises and you'll see how much better you can handle a pistol or even shotgun recoil.
Wow… I was really expecting a revolver from you. 40s&w is my favorite, I’ve always said that 40 makes even crappy ammo look good. I have mostly 9mm’s and a few .380’s but I favor my Shield 2.0 40cal and Glock 27 . Another good video btw
40 Strength and Wisdom. Such a good cartridge
I would keep either my seven shot S&W 68 Plus, or my S&W model 66-8 with the full size forcing cone. Both are loaded with Remington UMC 357 Mag semi jacketed hollow points. I learned about that ammo from you. I have all expensive ammo too like Buffalo Bore, Underwood, Hornandy CD and other stuff, but that Remington stuff will do a one shot stop.
My favorite is the 357 Sig though I do have a 40 barrel that I sometimes drop in to use for practice because 357 Sig ammo is out the roof! Nearly double of what 40 costs these days! Seems like the 357 Sig just never caught on but I think it's one of the best rounds out there for stopping power.
I felt like a .40 or .357 sig with conversions is a great way to go. I have a hard time telling the difference in recoil between .357 Sig and .40 caliber.
@@GunSam I agree, felt recoil is much the same and for me the .40 seems to have more upward flip while the.357 pushes more straight back
I guess I can understand especially if you lived in a rough city.
Me i'll take a new model flat top 38/357 and 9mm or my S&W model ten. Loaded with hard cast bullets, two holes are better than one🤷
If you're only going to have one gun it should be a full sized combat proven reliable and in a caliber that is easy to control like 9mm, it's also don't cost a lot 😉.
I know a guy that was shot three times with a forty, he still has a bullet in him right next to his heart.
I'm glad someone took the time and gave us real world data. A lot of my firearm friends went back to the 9mm. I shoot 9 mm to practice a lot. But I kept my 40 cal S&W's for this reason.
I talked to a LEO recently and he said there issued 147 grain speer gold dot 9mm .....and I'm thinking at that point why not just use .40s&w
Before you actually got to your final pick I went over my collection in my mind and I also came up with a .40 cal. I chose my Glock 22. for alot of the reasons you stated, but also because I have a 9mm conversation barrel for it. That flexibility seemed very desirable.
You make a good point. One thing that most people don't know is that if you reload you can do 40 Minor loads that are actually softer to shoot than a 9mm and only slightly more expensive. But, I don't know that you can buy any. Anyway, you can go from very mild to very stout as you mentioned. And if I only have one gun I want it to be versitile and effective. So I'd probably be with you and keep my 5" S&W M&P. It's probably my favorite handgun. I do shoot 9mm more, only because when I go to a shoot at the range and shoot a match it's so much easier to just pickup some 9mm brass out of the pile on the ground than to search through and look for 40's.
I appreciate that you are not afraid to pick the round everyone bags on these days. I will keep my G17 though!
Good points, I actually thought you were gonna go the 357 Sig route before watching it all, you’ve been very impressed of late with that caliber. I never owned 40 till the lat two years, I was a 9 or 10 mm guy, mostly 9 for CC, however I got a CZ 75 in 40 and the control, accuracy and follow up was impeccable and depending on which 9 platform, was easier to operate, the energy and stop power was a no brainer but I never switched, I THOUGHT that under duress the control would suffer a bit more, not so, very comfy to shoot, of course that platform lends itself to that. I’ve found myself sliding towards that pistol, (CZ,40) more everyday now, why wouldn’t I, for the reasons you’ve pointed out.
My LCP Max has 960 rounds through it and it's never malfunctioned. I've used many different brands of ammo in fmj & hp.
I'm gonna ha e to say my LCR in 357 mag is my "always" gun. Because I shoot it well. Mainly 38sp out of it, but 357 mag if need be. Also, both rds work well out of my Marlin so me having 1,000s that work in both guns is a plus for me. But the LCR works no matter the clothes, winter or summer.
I also have the lcr 357 mag. I use hornady critical defense 38spl plus P 110 grain. At 12 yards those rounds hit the target where I am aiming. I also use my hand loads 357mag 125 grain jhp XTP. They also hit where I am aiming. I will never give up that lcr.
I will never give up my Taurus 66!
My go to gun for everything is my glock 29 10mm with extended kkm barrel. Small enough to comfortably carry, big enough to hunt large game with right ammo. Extremely effective stopping power. 10+1.. Extremely reliable. I feel it's hard to beat in "if I could only have 1 gun" competition.
Great commentary and very informative Sam!
Respect to your decision, my choice would be the 357 for versatility, 2 semi wad cutters, 1 wad cutter, a Remington, a Carbon, a CCI shot shell, I'm off & ready with 2 speed loaders, my gun is dirty & I'm crawling out of the creek I fell in, there is a ski masked dude with a crow bar coming towards me quickly, there's a Rattler coiled to my right & a Kodiak coming across the log over the creek. my first strike will always be the shot shell. LOL Thank you Sam.
Gun Sam you're a treasure of knowledge , and I'm so in agreement with your presentation & logic . I go through this this dilemma all the time ,but like you , I too have concluded that the .40S&W is truly a fabulous round . I too was not a fan of the .40S&W , I've always been a .357mag or .45acp type of guy , although I do like the 9mm w/ H.P. Underwood ammo . I have a lot of handguns and thanks to your video , I'm loading up my Glock 35 Thanks Gun Sam , you're a "Rock Star" !
While I admire your choice, I think you are over looking a glaring fact. A 357 revolver can fire: 357, 38spl, 38+p, (some) 38 Super and 38 Long Colt. It gives you far more self defense options. Hell, I carried a S&W TRR8 as a civilian contractor and never felt undergunned.
... and if you aquire a convertible dual cylinder model, you have the availability of 9mm.
💥🔫🤠 Yee Haw
Maybe, but I also have a .357 Sig barrel. But either way, if there was a point where I could not get ammo, I would just not shoot the ammo I have. My choice is more of a thing where, if I had to pick what I think would save myself the best against multiple threats, I say it's the .40 S&W, rather than what I think would save me the best yet be practical to shoot all the time recreationally.
The Glock 22 is bedside. The carry gun is 9mm (G26 or M&P9 compact).
i had to have only one firearm for 25 years due to my antigun locales. it was a taurus 85, steel, 5-shot, 2-inch, steel-frame, j-frame, revolver. i bought slightly used in 1985 for $200. of course i still cherish it. absolutely reliable and accurate, relatively fast with practiced speedloaders, comfortable with pachmayr grips. it saved me once when i was stuck and accosted in a riot.
Finally! Someone is telling it like it is about the 40! I love the 40!
My two favorites are my 1911 (in 45) and a 44 mag. But if I were to keep just one, I think it'd be a S&W MP2 in 10mm. I also quite like the SAR k2 45 (basically a CZ 97) in double stack 45. I own a couple of 9mm's. One of them is nice; but ever since my time in the USMC I've never really trusted it. I've shot a 40cal; it is basically the low power version of the 10mm (the 10mm runs 40cal just fine, I've done a few 100 rounds I got in a trade through my 10). The 10mm is more flexible than a 40, including for hunting, which is why that might be my one if I had to have just one.
Well done Sam...while there will be people out there that will argue your choice, you back it up with data and reasoning.
Thanks
Its want fits and works for you. Variety is great.
If I were forced to narrow my firearm inventory to only one handgun, it would be my 6-inch Smith & Wesson 357 magnum revolver.
My second choice would be my 6-inch Heckler & Koch USP 45acp semi-automatic.
I love my 40, been carrying it 10 years and ammo is always available. Great video, Brother.
Thanks
Most if not all of those fight stopping statistics were compiled before the development of very powerful and capable self defense ammo in 9mm. Federal, Buffalo Bore, Underwood, Winchester, and Speer produce very effective and powerful 9mm SD ammo. In handguns, penetration of vital organs is what stops the attack, not expansion. Expansion just reduces the chance of over penetration. Flashy permanent wound tracks in gel have nothing to do with stopping power. A .44 magnum that misses the vitals, is less effective than a .22 long rifle that pierces the heart. But the .44 looks a lot better in gel and expands a lot more as well.
All I know is Ive seen too many events a cop shoots the guy 3 or 4 shots and He stillreturns fire, havent see that from a40 scene, just saying.
My choice is my Ruger GP100 4 inch match champion. For many reasons. 1. 357 mag is one of the best one shot stop. Hands down and you can hunt with it. 2. I have all of the tools and resources to reload. As long as I can get primers I am good. 3. I have loaded and used shot shells very successfully. Up close to a tree, it is a squirrel killer. 4. Laws change and the day could come that all of the high capacity and any auto for that matter, could become outlawed. I am hoping that revolvers are the last to go. 5. I know revolvers can fail. However, my match champion has never failed. Ever. No jams or hang ups. Just go boom. 6. It is just a freakin classic. 7. If you see someone pull out a cannon like that, you just may decide to walk away. Just sayin.
Thank you for the video. I just had this discussion with someone 👍🏽
Thanks for watching
Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Cool video thanks. I have been considering getting a 40cal myself over the last couple months.
Thanks for your post, Sam and for the excellent recommendation. I have the FN Herstal FNX 40 in 40 S&W and it definitely packs a wallop. On the revolver side, it's hard to beat the .357 Magnum and that's out of my 7-round revolver with a 4" barrel.
Also in favor of the 40 S&W is that's what my local law enforcement agencies carry. Specifically, my police department carries the Glock 22.
Thank you. Nearly everyone here in MI is back to 9mm. State police, local cops, most city departments. I think Detroit is still mixed on using .40 and 9mm.
Wow! Honesty is gonna get people all worked up lol. Empty chamber (oh no!)
The 9mm truth you speak,....(oh my🫣)
Reliabilty talk on semis😶 (are you crazy man?!)
But seriously the .40 S&W is an awesome choice! I carry one often👍👍
Great video!👍🦃👊
Thanks! I do everything wrong lol. One day I will learn, two for one shoot my nuts off because I carried deep concealed correctly, be more like the rest of society.
One thing I noticed during the ammo shortage is that now that .40 S&W is no longer a "cool" round it stayed on the shelf (at least the online shelf) for all of 2020.
My every day carry is a 327 LCR with the 100 gr Gold Dots. If I could only have one, it's my 7 shot GP100 357 loaded with Remington 125 gr SJHP. In semi autos I like my 357 Sig Glocks, baby and full sized. My Glock 30S and Glock 21 fall in close behind the 357 Sigs.
I open carry the GP100 when I serve a summons; with a 3" SP101 327 hid in a 511 cargo pocket, and a Keltec 32 hid in my vest.
Same here for EDC. Never leave without the LCR .327 Federal. I don't have the Gold Dots but carry a lighter load. I would have no hesitation to carry the Gold Dot, as it's the most powerful .327 for a snub that I know of. Just hard to find nowdays and I used mine up in testing lol
My husband carries a 442, or a glock 19. Lately he has started to carry a 9mm HiPower. He also has 4" k frame both 38, and 357.
What do you carry? Because he isn't always by your side...and he could use backup too
Great video brother. I love the .40 SW it is one of my favorite calibers and I also love the .327 federal magnum. These are two great rounds and I would feel comfortable carrying either one.
Finally a pro 40s&w video. Thanks Sam. You also have gotten me back in love with revolver's love the video thanks happy new year may it be a great one for you.
Good video. Thanks for sharing you reason for picking the .40 caliber over the others. Take care.
Thank you, take care
I too just circled back around from my 1st purchase 28 yrs ago of a .40, to now carrying one again as the best Overall Option that has been hinted at in my 2 Recent .40 SUCKS vids people should Checkout, and my upcoming Crazy? Switching to .40 for Carry vid. JHP's of any kind have enough energy to do great, top JHP's even better, FMJ-FP is all you could ask for animal defense OR Barrier Penetration Backup Mag/SHTF...those same FMJ-FP will do 2.12 cu In of Tissue Crush Mathematically YET the frontal Meplate will do a bit more CUTTING TISSUE DAMAGE, vs 9mm ball which only does 1.78 cu in Tissue Crush ALONG with it's ROUNDED OGIVE that fluid dynamics probably has more tissue just flow around it and a smaller wound that collapses seals up much quicker. ALSO, top JHP's can be bought 50 round boxes for cheap old LE stock or whatever, AND during last Ammogadon of MOSTLY PEACEFUL RIOTING AND MURDER, .40 was the one caliber you could find on shelves.
Brother Sam, It has been good to know you, and watch you really mature and learn over the last several years. And even though Im much older, I have learned alot from you. I agree with your choice and opinion. My choice would be my 10mm, model 20, that happens to be made by Glock. I AM Not a Glock fan boy and never have been. The mag. holds 15, and its reliable. My second choice would be my Ruger Redhawk in 44mag.
I agree when you take it deeper but most criminals don't want to get a flu shot and don't want shot with any caliber. If you're aware of your surroundings and place your hand on the grip that is enough for most criminals. They didn't come for a fair fight, they came for a victim. Being armed is like locking your car. It won't stop a thief but it makes its easier to go somewhere else.
I had this happen in a parking lot before Christmas. I had my .40 but the guy remember he needed to be somewhere else. I didn't want to be a victim and he didn't want to be shot. At the time it was like playing a game matching each other move for move but I was rattled after it was over. Deer hunters know the feeling.
I've only got 5-600 rounds through my LCP Max without a failure and I've tried dozens of different factory loads so I think Ruger has squared away any reliability issues with the Max
For my one gun I'd opt for my S&W model 520 5" lightweight 357 or given I can only have one go for an N frame 8 shot with a $1200 hole in my wallet. Great for defense, capable for hunting Arizona game if necessary and has a wide range of power in loadings of different weight bullets and power levels.
That's a broad range difference of 595 rounds.
I like .380. Saw that new Ruger Security .380 like a mini Security 9. I might like something like that over the LCP max.
I think if I could only choose one. It would probably be a .357 revolver. Something that can be used for defense and is capable of taking deer and hogs without having to track them hundreds of yards before they drop. I can hunt small game with a slingshot.
Very interesting video. Made me think.
I wholeheartedly agree with your choice, plus I would get a .357 sig conversion barrel.
I have one.
9mm for cost and availability which directly affect practice thus one's pistol craft skill set.
As far as firearm brand and model that's limited to what I own so rather subjective...
For long term SHTF were no LGS exist anymore I'm partial to the concept of dual cylinder 357/9mm double and/or single action offerings.
Thanks for sharing n' God bless brother
3" K frame 357 mag. eg. Model 13, Model 65 Smith Wesson
Just taking only a year around concealed carry I would trust 100% into consideration, I carry the SW 442 loaded with wad cutters. They will put a nice big fat hole from start to finish. All thug attacks are going to be up close and personal. They are going to be where they can put their hands on you so point blank range is reality. No sights, no aiming. It all comes down to point and shoot, hand/eye coordination in a split second. It may be fired from inside a pocket or pressed up against the thug. Gun failure will cost your life.
Plus once you pop a cap at a thug he will scatter. They all will scatter like rats. In a fire fight only 3 rounds are discharged according to stats and within 9 ft.
For me, it would have to be something that still affords me the ability to obtain ammo while also being accurate for me and reliable. While I like .38/.357 Magnum and .45 ACP, the criteria I mentioned sort of limit me to a 9mm or .22 based upon today’s supply chain issues. 9 and .22 have been the easiest to find consistently at a somewhat affordable price. I would probably lean toward some flavor of Sig P365, probably the XL, mainly because I have become impressed with the trigger. Glocks are easier to keep running, but as I like to keep my defensive handguns stick for reliability purposes, the P365 trigger system beats all the other striker fired self loaders of similar size.
Great video, sir. It makes me feel more confident in my truck gun.
Kel-tec sub 2000 .40s&w
She's a beast. .40s&w Projectile, coming out of a 16-inch barrel. Keep up with the great content, Mr. Revolver
What are your thoughts on the Taurus 605, do you trust it. Great video thanks for sharing 🇺🇸
Great choice
9;40 and 10mm are my favorite 3
My keeper is a glock 22 with a 9mm conversion barrel. I use 155 gold dots. 9mm with conversion barrel in ammo pinch. Carried the glock for years. EDC Ruger SP101 with 129 grain Hydra-Shoks. Also carried for many years.