We all have to have our irrational dogmas.
>>We all have to have our irrational dogmas.
I agree with that, but the .40 S&W as superior is the most irrrational ever!
It is round created as a compromise in the wake of a string of bad decisions:
1) the idea that the .38 is not a manstopper, so cops needed more capacity>>cops move to 9mm.
2) They decided that 9mm required a hollow-point AND that heavy = better, so they got a heavy JHP that operated at a low velocity so they discovered that the 9mm JHP was not a good manstopper because the low velocity caused it to fail to expand.
3) “Smart” people in the FBI decided that the .45ACP was an “old” caliber and they needed to spend money developing something new and sexy. So, we got the 10mm.
4) The 10mm is a bad-ass round, so most FBI agents and many cops could not handle it. So, they cut the case length and powder charge down and kept the 10mm bullet but at a much lower velocity.
5) And that is how the .40 Short & Weak came to be...not because it is short and weak, but because it was designed for the short and weak.
It’s not superior at everything or really at anything, but it is the best that many committees of government “deciders” could come up with.