Range report, what I learned today.
dreher
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I joined an indoor range today. Found out for any type of practice I'm pretty much limited to 22 LRs. Shot my new 40, one shot, went where I was aiming. I said good enough. To much recoil to be enjoyable. I know it goes bang when I pull the trigger, ejects the casing and shoots very close to where I was aiming. All good things to know,
Glock 19 with a Trijakon reflex shot 5 shots right to the center of the target, same thing as the 40. The Glock performed nicely but 5 9mms were quite enough.
Ruger Mark III. 50 rounds into the 8 inch target square I was shooting at. This was at 10 yards, rapid fire, no misses but 2 rounds real close to being misses.
Ruger 10-22 that I highly modified 20 years ago put 10 rounds into a ragged hole at 15 yards that a dime wouldn't cover but a nickel would.
I didn't enjoy shooting the 40 or the 9 but had a blast shooting the 22s!! Now that I have a close place to shoot I'm sure shooting the 22s will keep me sharp if I get there three or four times per month.
Paid an extra $75 for a family membership so I'm hoping Hot Momma will join me most times I go over to shoot.
My take away was that I can still accurately shoot 40s and 9s but all practice will be 22s so the practice will be fun!! The way things are right now it would probably be for the best to stay sharp!!
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Many did not like the 40 because of the recoil, sorta anticlimactic when it was meant to replace the 10 mm.
IMHO part of the 40s demise was because most of the pistols made for it are small and light: Pistols were mostly the same size as the 9mm. There were few full size 40s out there, but they were never popular, IE Beretta 96.
There is a big difference in felt recoil between shooting a Beretta 96 and the Glocks in the same caliber.
Range trips are always fun. Still manage to make 2 trips a week.
I do that a lot too. Run a few rounds through my 9's and then switch to the 22's, or the 17"s. Although the 17 ammo a bit pricey.
Still get the discipline, without the pain.
"part of the 40s demise"
Wait...What?.......
You mean my 40 died ☹️🥺
Hehehehe. Really 22s ARE the most fun to shoot!
Shooting the 40 out of a Glock 24 is a hoot. It's the extra long slide version built on the 22 frame. Really tames the recoil.
"part of the 40s demise"
Nope not gonna happen here. The .40 will always be alive as long as I'm still on this side of the grass. I like the way my little 15.5 ounce Kel-Tec P-40 shoots and the more recoil the better. It makes for getting guns cheap when the original owners can't handle them. Mine was shot 4 times before the owner went boo hooing back to the gun shop. And besides that he said it jams. The gun don't jam he just had toothpick arms and couldn't handle it.
I also bought an almost new S&W Model 410 .40 cal really cheap one time. It had the original box and papers etc. and that gun doesn't kick at all compared to the P-40. I was in a pawn shop in Prattville, AL and I was listening to a guy trying to sell it to the owner. The owner really was wanting him to give it away.
Later my wife and I stopped by a grocery store on the way home and I saw that same guy in the store and I asked him if he still had the gun. He said he did and I told him I'd give him $50 more than the pawn shop guy was trying to steal it from you for. I got it for $225 and I still felt like I stole it but not enough to make me feel bad. 😀
Kel-Tec P-40
According to many internet gun experts,everyone knows it takes 10 shots from a 40 cal to stop a rabbit and a 9mm will drop a charging grizzly at 100 yards.Me,not being very smart, usually have a Glock 23,in the feeble 40 cal,pretty close around.
Yes Sir, that is right. Right now, I have to carry a Glock 27, but I am saving up for one of them Taurus Judges, the one all the judges carry under their robes. A load of .410 buckshot will stop pretty near anything on earth except a charging elephant. For a charging elephant you will need a .410 slug.
I can easily remember when I thought 40s had very little recoil and I enjoyed shooting them.
And then old age and a stroke affecting the strength of my right hand/side got me. 40s are no fun anymore.
What platform are you launching 40's out of Dreher?
Hey, as long as you are shooting something. Burn some powder and have some fun. I used to love to go to the range when there was no one there with a bag of golf balls and a couple of .22 handguns. Now that is FUN!!!
First time I shot my 4" S&W 500 Mag in an indoor range, the one at the Forest Park exit on I-75 at the farmers market, they put me on the rifle side of the range. 1st shot there was a big cloud of dust and something big fell out of the ceiling and hit me across my back. A couple of guys had just walked in the room at the same time I shot and they jumped back against the wall and at first I thought one of them had hit me with something. When the dust settled they were laughing and pointing up at the ceiling where the 2' x 4' fluorescent light fixture used to be. I was covered in old burnt gunpowder and dust that had been collecting in there for years. I left looking like I had been working in a coal mine all day. I never shot that gun in an indoor range again. They probably didn't allow one to be shot in there after that.
Probably should have mentioned the demise of use with law enforcement as many PDs went back to the 9mm. Surprisingly when PDs went back to the 9mm, 40SW PD trade-ins became abundant and rather inexpensive. I for one ended up with several used and for around $300.
I let a friend shoot my 7.5" performance center model off a large Caldwell shooting bag filled with corncob media. For his second shot he placed the BC gap near the center of the bag and when he touched it off the bag exploded sending corn cob media all over him. Hard to not laugh but BC pressure must always be taken seriously.
I know that lots of members are getting older..............heck..........I joined in 2003.............but 9mm recoil being unpleasant? .40 being unpleasant?..............omg
OMG my butt. Recoil can move in some very strange ways when your strength is not up to the task of controlling that recoil. 😊
My new 40 is a very lightly used S+W M&P with a 4 inch barrel. I love the gun but if I ever have to use it I hope adrenalin kicks in for the strength I need to shoot it!!