During the last two big ammo shortages, many of us noticed that 9mm and 45ACP were nowhere to be found, but 40 S&W was usually on the shelf. I am pretty well stocked with reloading supplies for 9mm, but it is nice to have a gun where you can always find ammo for it regardless of the political environment.
With that in mind, I am looking for a do-it-all semi auto pistol in 40 S&W. it should be accurate, reliable and durable, but mostly it should be fun. It won’t come out of the safe too often, but when it does I want to enjoy shooting it. I welcome your suggestions…
Here are some super non-fun 40 pistols (from my experience only):
Glock 27
Glock 23
HK P30 (surprised at how snappy this was)
Beretta 96 (too bad. I am a Beretta da/sa fanboy)
I do have a few early leaders in my search:
PX4 - i truly love shooting my 9mm, but have not tried in 40.
M&P40 2.0 - I have been shooting my M&P9’s more than any other pistol, and they are my favorite of the striker guns.
And I regret having sold my old CZ P06. That was a great pistol. I don’t see them for sale very often though.