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cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes:

#Essentially, I don't think that the .40 S&W cartridge makes sense. 
#But what are the advantages of the 40 S&W over a hot 9mm Parabellum

Here's my two cents: none, that I can think of, however, my SO reloads
on my single stage.  She says that .45 is easy to do, but that 9mm is
very stubborn and nearly impossible to expand and resize with her strength.
I suspect it is the tapered 9mm case that makes the difference.

The obvious solution is for her to shoot .45, but on my .45 she has no
fun because it hurts her wrists, elbows and shoulders.  (I had a hard
time believing it, but she is half my size.  When she shoots my .45 
her hair flips up with each shot.)   The solution is that she shoots
the nine, I shoot the .45, and we reload for each other.  She wants a
gun that she can both shoot and reload, in case I ever die or something
I guess, and she likes the .40 cal firestar, so that is that.   Why .45
recoil is bad in my Astra, and .40 is ok in that little FS, I don't know. 

	Recently someone on r.g said he had a .40 FS, and the slide stop
was worn down (mushed) and had to be replaced with an aftermarket.  I
wish she liked 9mm, because then I wouldn't have to buy dies for that 
caliber which I once hated so much.   I also sure hope it is the straight
walled cases that make the difference, because I would hate to buy a .40
and find out that that it's no easier.

.40 is just a fat .380 +P+.		%^)	

Jim D