- Messages
- 4,342
- Reactions
- 8,587
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
The .40 definitely has its place, but unfortunately it is primarily in competition. 40S&W absolutely OWNS USPSA Limited division, but what percentage of shooters does this even matter to? It is still big, even though it seems to be on the way out...
BTW, was the 41AE put out by the same folks as the 50AE?
The .40 definitely has its place, but unfortunately it is primarily in competition. 40S&W absolutely OWNS USPSA Limited division, but what percentage of shooters does this even matter to? It is still big, even though it seems to be on the way out...
BTW, was the 41AE put out by the same folks as the 50AE?
Captain O . I do not remember the baby eagle being so much as a glimmer in IMI's eye when the .41 hit the scene?
I remember the Jericho 9/41.
Maybe it was called a Baby Eagle?
Such a long time ago. [The year I graduated].
Thanks Captain O.
Any of the three could have survived equally. But there was not room for three relatively new cartridges, all at the same time, with close to equal performance. 10mm could/should have been the winner, until it was a bit too hot for law enforcement. So why a 10mm cartridge with de-tuned performance? Enter the .40 S&W. It was just the compromise that won.
Don't forget the not too small fact that .40 S&W resides in a 9mm frame gun.
They both resided in a 9mm-sized frame. This is why they were so appealing. The 170-grain bullet launched from the .41 AE worked well. It could easily reach 1000 fps. It is a great pistol/submachinegun cartridge.
Bingo. That was part of the FBI decision. If the 10mm was gonna be loaded down, then it made sense to shorten the case to what would fit in a current 9mm handgun.Don't forget the not too small fact that .40 S&W resides in a 9mm frame gun.
The 10mm is a far better cartridge and it far superseded them all. (I distinctly remember the 1991 Shooting Times article comparing the three cartridges).
The statement saying "Law Enforcement" officers "couldn't handle" the 10mm Auto applied primarily to pencil pushers and small female Feebies.
Everyone else handled it rather well