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- Oct 3, 2012
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That would be the one!!My first pistol was a Beretta 96, but at the age of 18, it was a bit chunky for me w/ factory plastic grips. It was a very smooth shooting pistol though (what 92/96 isn’t, though?)!
I don’t see much use in a .40 for me right now, so I no longer own one. That being said, if the same model that @Noble Sniper is looking for (CHP 4006TSW, I believe) popped up at a good price and I had the play funds, I’d absolutely jump on it as I’ve always wanted one.
Barring that, a 96 w/ slim G10 grips, a P226/P229, PX4, or USP would be my choices. Or a G22/23/35, but those are “serious” pistols. I’d only buy a .40 to play with, so I’d make it a “fun” gun.
How much smaller is the P229 than the P226?P226 has been my favorite, followed closely by the P229.
How much smaller is the P229 than the P226?
i love my p320 .40. i'm thinking of going with a wilson combat grip.The M&P 40 2.0 is my favorite polymer frame .40 pistol. I've got the compact 4", standard full size 4.25" and the full size 5" model.
As far as metal frame, I had a P229 once that was a pretty sweet shooter. But I'm more of a striker-fired pistol fan, so it's been a while since I've shot a metal frame .40. That may change, as I am trying to avoid buying a new Sig P320 40 and making it an AXG model. Love the aluminum grip module in my 9mm P320, so I'm betting I'll like the .40 just as well, if I decide to go ahead and buy it. And not many people will own an AXG .40 model, so it will have a uniqueness factor to it.
I'm not doing a very good job of talking myself out of buying it.
I don't need another 40.
I don't need another 40.
I don't need another 40.
there was a place with pd trade in p226s in .40 for $399 a few weeks back. can't remember who it was though. they were oos when i decided to grab one.I don't have one yet. I have 1000 40 Short & Weak nickel plated brass that needs a gun to shoot it in. I've been putting off buying one, but a police trade in S&W M&P 2.0 40, or a Sig P226 40 I would jump on if it's around $300-400.
The only ones I've seen lately are the M&P 1.0, and the Sig P226's are running $500+ for trade in. I'm looking forward to the Red Wave and a drop in gun and ammunition prices.
I have always thought the SP01 would be the perfect gun for .40.While the P229 and P226 are on the top of my .40 favorites list, the CZ SP01 in .40 is a great choice too. That all steel railed frame feels a tad nose heavy but it does a great job on keeping the muzzle down when shooting. It is a bit heavy for EDC for me, but it really is a sweet range toy. The 75B in .40 is a great shooter too, but without the rail, you get a bit more muzzle rise. It’s all steel and right about at the top of my comfort level for EDC. Mine is tuned with a great trigger and has sentimental value so it does not get EDC at all though.
How much smaller is the P229 than the P226?
I have always thought the SP01 would be the perfect gun for .40.
On another forum awhile back, there was a man who was an Air Marshal (if memory serves) who said he'd fired 40,000 rounds through his P229.For me it's easy: Sig P229.
Sig designed the gun around the .40, and it shows. Recoil is very manageable, quick recovery and follow-up shots are simple, and the gun holds up to the abuse. Yes it's kinda bulky, but mine has been 100% reliable and is a treat to shoot.
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And that's why you don't work for the Feds...I doubt there's any federal agency that will offer buybacks to their officers. Too much entrenched bureaucracy to allow that sort of flexibility, even if it makes logical sense by simultaneously benefitting their employees and saving tax dollars.On another forum awhile back, there was a man who was an Air Marshal (if memory serves) who said he'd fired 40,000 rounds through his P229.
The agency he was with was changing to another pistol and he was told to turn his P229 in.
He liked his P229 and tried to buy it like some departments allow, but they made him turn it in.
On another forum awhile back, there was a man who was an Air Marshal (if memory serves) who said he'd fired 40,000 rounds through his P229.
The agency he was with was changing to another pistol and he was told to turn his P229 in.
He liked his P229 and tried to buy it like some departments allow, but they made him turn it in.