....didn't jump on the 40 bandwagon.
The Virginia State Police have used the .357 SIG cartridge for more than 25 years. I have contacts with that agency, including former firearm instructors and YES, the 357 SIG is an expensive cartridge. It's expensive even when you buy it by the truckload from large distributors off of state negotiated contracts (which the VSP does). But in the overall scheme, the training costs less than successful lawsuits and settlements. So, they spend the money on the training ammo. The duty ammo costs considerably more than the FMJ training ammo, but they expend far less of that.Friend of mine worked in Purchasing for Texas DPS and they changed from .357 Sig to 9mm with the prime driver being ammunition cost.
Bruce
Man,,aint i glad i shoot on my own range.More and more indoor ranges aren't allowing you to pick up brass. If they still do, it's only what you shot. They either sell it or have it promised to someone. It's free money for them to put towards operational costs.
You and I both... At least three 5 gal pails plus 5-6 mor full pails of mixed 9/40/45/223 from police range.well, if that's true, then I am likely sitting on a fortune's worth of 40 brass...if I can wait it out, until there is a resurgence, or even just a small cult following willing to pay stupid prices for hard to get brass.
Agree completely.FBI's recommendation of the weak-sistered SMG-intended 147 grain JHP load at 950 FPS had a whole lot to do with the development of the 40 S&W. Folks who actually got shot at for a living KNEW the Sub-sonic round sucked canal water, but American law enforcement shot-callers think that FBI is like God--Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent.
Something I always found enjoyable was every single 9mm guy seems to feel it is imperative that [to] convince everyone listening [of] the viability of there [their] choice. Siting [Citing] comparisons to other calibers. Siting [Citing] modern advances brought [by] better ballistics...Something I always found enjoyable was every single 9mm guy seems to feel it is imperative that convince everyone listening the viability of there choice. Siting comparisons to other calibers. Siting modern advances brought better ballistics...
Yet, ya never seem ta read about why this guy likes 40 or that guy who carries a 45...
IMHO its flat popular because the standards have been lowered. Claims todays folks cannot learn to shoot bigger calibers well enough.
WWII saw CHILDREN trying to enlist.
Vietnam saw first people skirting responsibility during a draft.
Today... well dont ask... dont tell.
CW