I truly do not understand all the vitriol and almost anger expressed about the 40S&W round. Its just a bit larger than the 9mm or 38 Special, and a bit smaller than the 45acp. It allows higher capacity in the same size gun as compared to 45acp, but less than a 9mm round would allow. Big deal. It still is the most prevalent round used by law enforcement agencies throughout the country, so I assume these agencies feel it is at least acceptable if not preferable to other available calibers. None of these handgun rounds will do everything we wish they could do, i.e., ensure that the threat is stopped with a single round that hits other than a vital organ, but probably comes as close as any other round, or at least close enough. I'm glad a have one gun that fires 40S&W since for awhile it was the only ammo I could readily find when I went to the gun stores. But I also carry a 38+ round in my 5-shot snubbie, or 6+1 in my little LCP 380. All of these are compromises between size, capacity, power, etc. In my own mind I go back and forth between wanting to maintain the five different calibers that I routinely shoot at the range to thinking that maybe it would be simpler to reduce to a single caliber for all the guns I own. So like it or hate it, its just another round. If you like it you still don't have to convince yourself that it is the best round ever conceived, and if you don't like it you don't need to convince yourself that it is the worst round every conceived. Just go shoot and be safe.
