{"id":94698,"date":"2023-07-25T18:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=94698"},"modified":"2023-07-25T18:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:56:28","slug":"94698","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=94698","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not as long as I&#8217;ve got the ammo I&#8217;ve got on hand, it ain&#8217;t.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m not advising people that don&#8217;t have one to go out and buy one, for us that have them, they&#8217;ll do just fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLOCK 22: IS .40 S&amp;W A DEAD CARTRIDGE OR STILL RELEVANT?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember a time when folks routinely bragged that their go-to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/concealed-carry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concealed carry<\/a>\u00a0gun was chambered in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/search?keyword=&amp;product.category=HANDGUNS&amp;product.specs.Caliber=.40%20S%26W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.40 S&amp;W<\/a>, and I\u2019ve met plenty of law enforcement officers who were issued pistols in the same caliber over the years. But it seems like the chatter about .40 S&amp;W is all but gone these days.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, over the last year, I have met only one shooter who routinely carries a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/search?keyword=Glock%2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glock 22<\/a>, specifically for the hard-hitting .40 S&amp;W round it\u2019s designed to shoot.<\/p>\n<p>So, what gives? Is .40 S&amp;W dead, dying, or still relevant?<\/p>\n<p>To get started on answering that question, I pulled a gently used \u2013 and very budget-friendly \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/firearms\/handguns\/semi-auto\/glock-g22-gen-4-(le-trade-in)-40-s-w-semi-automatic-15-rounds-4-49-barrel-used?p=766266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law enforcement trade-in Glock 22<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Guns.com Vault. After all, it\u2019s kind of hard to judge a round if you don\u2019t spend some time using it.<\/p>\n<p>Table of Contents<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#History\">.40 S&amp;W History<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#G22\">Glock 22: Accurate, Powerful, Reliable<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#Specs\">Specs Comparison: G22, G21, G17, G19<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#Ballistics\">Ballistics Comparisons: 9mm, .40 S&amp;W, .45 ACP, 10mm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#Testing\">Some Ballistic Testing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#10mm\">10mm Resurgence<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/06\/26\/glock-22-g22-test-40-caliber-smith-wesson-s-w-relevant#Pros-Cons\">Pros &amp; Cons: Why Get a .40 S&amp;W Pistol?<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not as long as I&#8217;ve got the ammo I&#8217;ve got on hand, it ain&#8217;t.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m not advising people that don&#8217;t have one to go out and buy one, for us that have them, they&#8217;ll do just fine. GLOCK 22: IS .40 S&amp;W A DEAD CARTRIDGE OR STILL RELEVANT?\u00a0 I remember a time when folks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=94698\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94699,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94698\/revisions\/94699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}