Mas Ayoob Is 45 Auto Obsolete?

[Duelist]

Ironically, I feel the 23 more punishing than the 27. My 27 benefits greatly from the GAP baseplate.

I had 3 G23s over the years, and if that was my only experience with .40, I too may join the .40 hate club.

Admittedly if I was buying me today, I’d likely get a 26. But I have the 27, it has the sites I like and it’s been thoroughly vetted. No need to go through that process again, especially these days. Also, I think sticking with the 180s helps mitigate the recoil while still having a pretty good performance. Staying away from 155s is a good idea.

It should be noted in a previous go around of 9 mm unavailability, someone swap me out .40 caliber HST‘s for a case of 9 mm federal Eagle. So, I have a good supply for that.

9mm conversion barrel?

[Bucky]

9mm conversion barrel?

1. Not a fan for defense carry. Still has a .40 breech, ejector, etc. It’s also been argued about the appearance of stuff from a legal standpoint. And even if it’s only a 2% chance of mist being an issue, it’s still 2%.

2. I’d still have to vet it, which to me includes several boxes of ammo, including a box or two of the premium stuff.

3. I have no issue with it in .40.

[awp_101]

Frankly it seems by watching the news that pretty much all of us are obsolete….

[Duelist]

1. Not a fan for defense carry. Still has a .40 breech, ejector, etc. It’s also been argued about the appearance of stuff from a legal standpoint. And even if it’s only a 2% chance of mist being an issue, it’s still 2%.

2. I’d still have to vet it, which to me includes several boxes of ammo, including a box or two of the premium stuff.

3. I have no issue with it in .40.

When ammo prices go back to normal, it could save money practicing with the 9mm.

[SCCY Marshal]

An excellent episode:

https://odysee.com/@Youtube-Archive:...Obsolete-Man:a

[Bucky]

When ammo prices go back to normal, it could save money practicing with the 9mm.

If I am not going to carry it in 9 mm, I don’t intend on practicing with it in 9 mm. I reload, and if I recall correctly before the crisis the difference for me between 1000 9mm and 1000 .40 was around $22. At that rate, I presume it would take 5000 rounds just to break even on the cost of the barrel.

[DueSpada]

The kind of headline from when gun magazines battled for eyeballs on newsstands. "The 38 Special is DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!!!".

[BigDaddy]

1. Not a fan for defense carry. Still has a .40 breech, ejector, etc. It’s also been argued about the appearance of stuff from a legal standpoint. And even if it’s only a 2% chance of mist being an issue, it’s still 2%.

2. I’d still have to vet it, which to me includes several boxes of ammo, including a box or two of the premium stuff.

3. I have no issue with it in .40.

I have a Storm Lake conversion barrel for my G23. I've fired around 2K rounds through it nary a problem. Mixture of ball, HST, Gold Dot. YMMV.

[DDTSGM]

I have a Storm Lake conversion barrel for my G23. I've fired around 2K rounds through it nary a problem. Mixture of ball, HST, Gold Dot. YMMV.

The very first Glock I bought was a blue label G22 Gen 2, probably around 1993 or so. About 10 years later I put a Lone Wolf conversion barrel in it to make use of more plentiful 9mm at work. I used that pistol and that barrel on the range until I retired several years ago. Then I really started shooting it, about 400 - 600 rounds a week for a year or so, until I bought a 19X.

I trust the conversion barrels on the Glocks.

(P.S. I'm not a maniac, once I retired I decided not to shoot when it was below 40 degrees, so that means about 9 months a year around here.)