I have a Beretta 9000s 9mm I bought new in 2002. Everybody seems to hate this gun. I absolutely love it. It fits my hand like it was tailor made for me. I like the ambi safety/decocker and mag release, the fact that it is hammer fired (you couldn't give me a striker fired gun) I like the sights and the trigger. I want a heavy trigger on anything but a dedicated target pistol. And the little flip down extension on the magazine that allows me to get three fingers on the grips. I have put over 5000 rounds through it and never had a problem. It is still my home defense weapon, I keep it laying on the table beside my bed. I normally don't like any plastic gun, but I'll make an exception for the 9000s. It even looks great. Most modern semi autos are very square and blocky looking. The 9000s actually has style. I would buy another one if they still made it. I suspect that the 9mm version will be longer lasting and more reliable than the .40, since 9mm puts less stress on the gun. Nothing has ever broken on mine.

I've seen hangfires before when the cylinder was rotated to the side. It's not as bad as you might think. Obviously not ideal to let it happen but the balls of lead are very soft and after wiping it off, you can barely tell it happened. As many others have stated, you don't need a patch for the round ball in a revolver. A lubricated fiber wad is okay or you can just add some lube to the front of the cylinder.

Forbidden? Did you mean forgotten?..😂

The same thing happened to me some one told me to get a better riflescope I went from cheap $140 Dollar scope too a $ 600 Leopold rifle, scope, and the groups improve and then what type of ammo you’re using

For concealed compact Cary the M&P 40 SHIELD with come with standard 3.1 inch barrel very nice ballistic. Nice and light to carry.

So you simply used the 40sw mags for the 357sig rounds? Always great to see a 40 Shield review/spotlighted.

Hi from Pennsylvania. I grew up in Pennsylvania in a logging family. I still work in the Pennsylvania forest. For the PA game commission. I am very familiar with remote areas. But you never know what will happen. Be prepared. I was trained on how to navigate with compass.by the army. . I always carry a kit when remote. And always armed. 😊

Hi from Pennsylvania. My deer hunting was cut short this season also. My Mother had a stroke. And couldnt walk. We had to help her get into assisted living. She is happily, well taken care of. God takes care. I got a nice doe on the only day i could hunt. God bless. I used my old winchesters 94 3030. I love that rifle. My family gave it to me in 1978 for Christmas. I was 10.its been my hunting rifle since then.

John deere is good stuff. Here in Pennsylvania thats what you see pulling plows makinh hay. God bless. The old ones are even tougher. We are still using a 1943 model A, to farm with. 😊

Awsome . 303 is no slouch. I have one mk 4 no 1. Still has the good micrometer peep. I bought it at prosprecror gun shop in North pole Alaska. Still packed in grease. For 60.00 dollars. They are tough and very good hunting round. . I carried it alot in Alaska. 😊

Lose the patch. Not needed. Not historical.

The shorty shells work in Mossberg 500 with the adaptor.

It’s really funny to see the people that own each caliber think there’s is the best. The 41 is a 41, the 44 is a 43. Fact Low you’re just not gonna notice any difference. If you hand load then the 44 is a completely different animal.

Use a Shield 40 performance center as a carry pistol and outdoors handgun. My factory ammo load is the American Eagle 180gr FMJ. It is good on small game too like grouse and rabbits yet big enough for hunting at close range distances.

CA compliant is more forbidden than 40

Full power 40 is between 500-600 lbs of energy . It smokes 9mm even +p or +p 45 . It’s not even close . I have them all but to scoff at 40 the way our society turned its back . I will trust a 40 over 9 any day .

40 is not in between 9mm and 45. It ballistically outperforms 45. It is in between 9mm and 10mm. It was made because federal agents couldn’t handle 10mm, to put things basically.

New subscriber here my name is Steven sheats I'm a karaoke country singer from United States of America I'm back in Maryland and I subscribe to your channel. That's the gun that legendary wild Bill Hickock used to shoot down bad guys

Just found the channel, good stuff. Love the old Black Talon ammo and have a decent amount in my collection although no .40S&W yet (>_<), so thanks for the demo/test, esp showcasing how it does out of such a short barrel. I have run 9mm BT out of a G19 into FBI spec organic gel and the effects/results were impressive. At this point, they should bring it back IMO.

The Critical Duty was specifically designed for barrier penetration and performed exactly as designed. A better comparison would have been the Critical Defense round.

41, Northeast Big Whitetail Medicine 👍🏻 41-44 deal with the blast ,recoil, Be A Man.

None of them would probably have expanded if they had to go through any clothing barrier which is why critical defense winchester Silver tip 155 grain and 165 grain federal punch are all better choices due to their higher velocity or more proven expansion through clothing. A short barrel really hurts .40 with 4 inches being the minimum I would like. Light projectiles are needed in short-barrels.

Awsome video. It would be a nice carry pistol.

Please tell me where? you got the extended choke tube for this shotgun

Try the new civil defese 50gr or underwood 65gr.. out of normal barrel length.. it will go though level 3. 40 underperforms out of super short barrels.

Appreciate the test & results. Thank you. CA comp is foolish.

Don't believe the media, which are a bunch of government, yes people 👹😈

👍👍 great test, as far as the media goes I rarely believe anything they say.

Great testing!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

40S&W was a hype job from the start. Born of marketing genius that exploited hysteria over an FBI shooting that highlighted Feeb Failure but was blamed on one of 11 wounds that killed the offender but not "quick enough". The "Fotay" is a decent choice in a large pistol & is more likely to deform in tissue than 45ACP. That said, "time has passed it by".

Black talon was a fabulous design killed by nonsensical political hysteria. I chose the 40 as it is a nearly perfect compromise of effectiveness, size, capacity, cost of hardware, and shootability. It runs at the same pressure as the 9mm me-too in the same size pistol but with a larger heavier bullet. If I was going to put up with that level of blast I wanted the extra margin of that bigger bullet. In the event of HP failure I prefer the larger hole. Before deciding on the 40 I watched many, many tests and the 165 HPs were consistent performers across many brands with quite manageable recoil even for old guys with arthritis like me. The 10mm is unnecessarily powerful for my needs and comes at the price of higher pressure, blast, and grip size. The latter is an issue for me as I have short stubby fingers that make trigger reach and grip circumference an important consideration. If by chance I ever need more power than the 40 I already have a 44 magnum that way surpasses even full power 10mm. I like the lower pressure of the 45 acp but the monetary cost of an equivalent DA/SA pistol was significantly higher. I will probably get one someday but in the meantime 44 specials in the mangum will cover that niche. Heck even 44 Russian cowboy loads give near 22 LR levels of blast but with better damage results then the old small bores. So for me the 40 absolutely serves a valuable purpose. I do get a kick out of the John Wick wannabes that call it the short and weak but get all excited about the even weaker 36 parabellum. Go figure. It reminds me of the guys who disrespect the PCC and say that if you want something more than a pistol you must ignore the carbine's virtues and go right to an earsplitting high powered varmint rifle.

Talon was decent ammo back in the day it turned to ranger sxt later on

Liberty defense goes through 3A body armor and so does Underwood Ammo extreme penetrators. I've never had Black Talon go through 3A body armor. I think all the rumors were started by the doctors because you're afraid of getting cut on the rounds of when they were moving them from somebody's body.

.40 s&w seems to falter in the fact that it has no purpose/use case that 9mm or 10mm or good old .45auto already covers for less money, and more capacity or stoping power.

300 blackout has many different barrel options. A 16inch with with a carbine gas system does better than a 16 with pistol gas system. If you are shooting supers only go with 16 inch, carbine gas for best ballistics you can get out of the cartridge. Short barrel with pistol gas system if you're trying to be quiet about it.

Fancy AR! It's too bad we're not allowed to buy them in the state I live in.

👍👍 nice job, some good additions. I love vortex optics, I have 4 of their rifle scopes and a pair of their diamondback 10x50 HD binoculars. Very satisfied with all of them.

Nice rifle, inspiring video. I need to get busy on my AR. Some good ideas there!

If I paid retail and today's prices for my AR-15 id have three grand tied up in my vintage dpms a2 carbine..... Its vintage outsides and every international part is super high end I miss it 😭 I want my own place

....so close you can fire 41s in a 44. I'm not proud I found that out, nor that I also discovered you can fire 44 Special in a 45 Colt chambered Peacemaker.

I watched your first video about three or four times because I have that same shotgun but in the 20 ga. model. I take it camping. It is just easy to work with and very easy to use. Note that they shoot a little low, so aim the bead above what you're shooting at. They are almost impossible to find now. You did it right by changing over to the mini shells for that 12. I would have done the same. I want to see the pattern at different yardage, say 20, 25,.

#FDJT obviously your Cult leader.

Believe it or not, I bought a couple of those cheap, cleaned them up and they are actually pretty good guns. Never had a jam.

Only feelings of joy on my end... 😂

Get an adapter in 38 spl. You won't be disappointed. I have one for my Rock Island

I like everything about the movie. I remember when they came out he was best friends with Louis Moore so it stands the reason he was in a lot of movie

I have a 41 in a colt bisley

Is this the same as the 1847 colt walker .44 caliber and grain loads?

Interesting demo.