My compact .40 holds 10 rounds. The full size version holds 15. And it's a very accurate pistol. It's also very easy for me to conceal, even wearing tshirt and shorts. Keep in mind, the .40 was developed for the FBI because they wanted the power of the 10mm round, but in a pistol sized similar to the 9mm ones. I'm not sure what pistol you have but the 9mm version of mine only carries 12. 2 extra rounds is not enough piece of mind for me. Hollowpoints do close the gap in effectiveness, but there's not a great enough accuracy difference for me to care. If the 9mm was clearly far more accurate than 40 or 45 I would consider it but it's not.

 

Dang I really fell in the points this week. I need a good rebound. Biffle really hurt me this week. He didn't exactly help me last week either. That's surprising considering he was my most reliable driver last week.

 

Well, they're all more accurate than our hands and eyes are really...

The Miami Shootout is the instance where they said the 9mm wasn't effective... but most of those guys that day were carrying .38 special revolvers and had only 1 shotgun and 1 rifle in the trunks of their cars. One guy had a 9mm and his round pierced the one shooter and was a fatal injury, but took 5 minutes for the bastard to bleed out.

I haven't seen a real life incident that shows the .40 did a job a 9mm wouldn't. Plus, modern hollowpoints, and things like the Hornaday flexlock rounds that I use or the Corbons or hte Green Dots have closed up the gap so much....


What do you carry, Drew? I have a Springfield XD Subcompact in 9mm. I have a Pearce pinky extension too...



But I'm also of the philosophy taht any bullet hurts and anything is better than nothing. anyone who disagrees is welcome to stand in front of the 9 shot .22 revolver.

 

Biffle is a weird driver.. and quite frnakly, no Ford driver since probably Mark Martin in the 90s has had the year in-year out consistency of winning a couple races a year and ending up top 5 in points... they're always either dominating the season or running like crap. We're too early in the season to really see what Biffle will do this year.

Remember how bad Biffle ran in 2011?

 

Smith & Wesson M&P compact in .40. I'm not a big fan of weapons with external hammers personally. The trigger on all the ones I've fired pull feels too light for my taste when the hammer is cocked back.

 

My gun doesn't have an exposed hammer... just a striker indicator....

 

I'm uploading a picture... I'll show you what I got.

I held an M&P once... nice firearm, absolutely nothing wrong with it. To me, for some reason, it felt "top heavy" compared to a Glock or the Springfield.


I like Glocks as far as the trigger and sights go... very accurate, not much play in the trigger... but they make my middle finger hurt when shooting them. Of course, they're like the "Mustangs" of guns in that everyone has them, and every company in the world makes parts for them and they're so easy to modify. I could probably make one comfortable, but the Springfield fits right in my hand and is easy & comfortable to shoot. Not much heavier than the Glock, but I think the Glock has a polymer frame where as mine is aluminum?

Since htis was kind of my first gun (everythign else I have was really dads and he gave to me or lets me use), I wanted something with a good safety (trigger and handle safeties), a chamber loaded indicator, and a striker indicator. Really easy to use gun. Once I'm more confident, I would consider something that didn't have those things.

 

Here you go, Drew... the picture iddn't come out as nicely as I would like since it just had the lighting of my bedroom. The gun is locked and loaded in the hsot... you should be able to see the hammer indicator in the back and the loaded chamber indicator raised at the top. The spare magazine with 16 more shots is in the picture as well. Normally, I don't carry the spare mag... everyone tells me I should but I usually just leave it in the headboard of the bed. Again, Hornaday Flex Lock Critical Duty 135 grain rounds....


I need to go write a Bristol thread now....

 

I loved the feel of the M&P and the trigger pull reminded me a lot of the M16s so that added an instant level of comfort for me. Big reason why I went for it. My next pistol will either be a full size M&P or an HK45. Both of them can hold 10 rounds of 45, but the thing I like about the HK (despite the external hammer) is many of the controls are ambidextrous (I'm left handed) and if I am going to have a safety it needs to be set up for lefties.

 

Yeah, I'm right handed but I still prefer an ambidextrous gun. I like to release the magazines with my trigger finger instead of my thumb. Don't know why, that's just the way I am though...