Posted: 3/22/2013 5:12:48 PM EDT
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S&W MP 40 or Glock 22?
No experience with .40. It's for my wife. Didn't like the Beretta. Too much on top. |
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I have owned both and feel that the M&P is much more ergonomic. My wife agrees and she is pretty small.
I know I will probably get flamed for this, but why not 9mm? I don't want this to derail into a bash fest, but I'm just curious. With today's ammo offerings the .40 doesn't offer any real advantage in performance and is quite a bit more "snappy" in the recoil department. My wife has said on numerous occasions that she prefers to shoot .45 acp over .40. If you both are going to be using the gun, you may want to at least consider the 9mm. |
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I have owned both and feel that the M&P is much more ergonomic. My wife agrees and she is pretty small. I know I will probably get flamed for this, but why not 9mm? I don't want this to derail into a bash fest, but I'm just curious. With today's ammo offerings the .40 doesn't offer any real advantage in performance and is quite a bit more "snappy" in the recoil department. My wife has said on numerous occasions that she prefers to shoot .45 acp over .40. If you both are going to be using the gun, you may want to at least consider the 9mm. Well, it's kinda for me, too...... 
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| A lady friend of mine, whom I have been mentoring as she's a new shooter, wanted to try my G22 after shooting only .22 and .9mm and she loved it and had no problms with it at all. She liked it. Snappier, sure, but nothing a small woman with good technique can't handle. |
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Woman or not, 9mm is the better option. Price, recoil-control, and capacity put 9mm well above .40. At the end of the day, the "extra punch" .40 offers is negligible. Its still a handgun round. The only argument that could be made right now is that you can find ammo for a fortay easier than a 9mm. Especially quality defense like Speer Golddots, Federal HST, and Winchester Ranger.
Either way, go with the M&P. |
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If it's for her then let her decide This. And encourage 9mm. Not because .40 is "snappy" (though she may find it so), but because 9mm is equally effective, she'll have greater capacity for the same size frame, and ammo is generally cheaper. __________________________________________________________________ Cross-platform gun database/electronic bound book (v1.3.2) (and the original thread). «nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum quibus non est salus» |
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My M&P 40 was inaccurate, production flaw, so I dumped it for a Gen 4 G35. The Gen 4 Glocks in anything larger than 9mm have significant recoil reduction. Go with the Glock because there is years and years worth of aftermarket support. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |