why is 40 cal always flatnose
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chale127
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It's flat so it punches pretty, perfect circles in paper...which is about all .40 is good for
We all know .40 wants to be .45 when it grows up
We all know .40 wants to be .45 when it grows up
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Pretty close chale, .40 wants to get it's balls back and become a 10mm again.
Although if it wants to become a .45, that's also acceptable.
sixfivesavage
Active Member
I'll just come out and say it...
I own one, soon to be two .40s. I also have two ARs, both are piston guns. Also a m1a. If that's makes me ghey, then ghey I will be!
Feels better now!
I own one, soon to be two .40s. I also have two ARs, both are piston guns. Also a m1a. If that's makes me ghey, then ghey I will be!
Feels better now!
- Aug 17, 2011
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There's quite a few ghey people on this forum then.
I have a Beretta 96D in that manliest of calibers, .40S&W
And I also have a piston-driven AR.
So I guess that makes us super-duper ghey then.
browning guy
SCRUFFY NERF HERDER
Pretty close chale, .40 wants to get it's balls back and become a 10mm again.
Although if it wants to become a .45, that's also acceptable.
IN FOR THE WIN!!!!!
alucard0822
For great Justice
The original Norma 10mm loads used their premium truncated cone FMJ target or HP bullets, and a feature of the bren 10 pistol was it's "HP freindly" feeding, the same bullets were used in 40S&W development, and everyone basically copied the profile. The 41AE used flat nosed bullets to reduce OAL to fit the Jerico. 941 mags better, it heavily influenced the 40s&w too. The closer to a cylinder a bullet is, the shorter it will be for a given weight of the same diameter, a long slender round nose like the 9mm tends to have wil make it longer for a given case capacity compared to a truncated cone. The Jerico, and most double stack pistols have a mag that is flat in front and back, so flat point or HP allows more case capacity for a given OAL, single stack mags tend to be rounded in the front, so the round nose profile fits fine, which is what most autoloader ammo started in. 10mm, 40S&W and 41AE are unique in that the pistols they were designed with were double stack, the Bren10, Jericho 941 and S&W 4006 pistols respectively. It's the same reason Federal/Sig Sauer used truncated cone bullets in the original 357 sig loads for the Sig 226, even though it uses the same diameter bullet as a 9X19, and there are a ton of round nosed 9mm bullets they could have used.
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I think the better question at this point is, Just how big is the closet???
Pretty darn big. I've got a pistol and a carbine in .40 but don't tell the wife because she doesn't know it's ghey.
browning guy
SCRUFFY NERF HERDER
I do not own a .40!
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chale127
Ultimate Member
The M1A cancels out a LOT of that Ghey, but not all of it
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That's a VERY valid point, another is his ownership of HK products, that takes his Ghey factor down a few notches as well.
As a USP .45 owner, my ghey level is slightly reduced, but the beretta .40 and piston AR kinda offset the sheer bad-assness of HK ownership.
chale127
Ultimate Member
As a USP .45 owner, my ghey level is slightly reduced, but the BLAH BLAH .40 and piston BLAH BLAH kinda offset the sheer bad-assness of HK ownership.
I hope to join that club some day, but the ex took any play money i hope to have for quite a while, glad i snuck my XD-M in when i did
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Ouch..., my condolences to your finances.
Bad joke of the day - A bullet is cheaper than a divorce.
chale127
Ultimate Member
A bullet is cheaper than a divorce.
Don't i know it...lol
damifinowfish
Ultimate Member
The .40 has a flat nose because of all the ghey bashing this form has done to it.
We have repeatedly broken the .40 cals nose that it why it is flat.
We have repeatedly broken the .40 cals nose that it why it is flat.
boardboy330
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I can tell between either casings without seeing the markings.
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