However, I have to disagree about the .40; that's a decent in-between round and not expensive at all.
Disagree that it's a cop round, or disagree that it's a compromise round created because the Feds who it was designed for were too wimpy to handle the 10mm?
I didn't say that the round was bad. I said I wouldn't buy it.
Also, it was a solution looking for a problem.
They made the 10mm, which is a great round. It has the snap and trajectory of a 9mm with a similar mass to a .45acp. Very cool. Then the goober Feds who it was primarily designed for cried about how it kicked too hard and was too hard to recover aim, which was the same problem they complained about with the .45acp.
So they shortened it, and lowered the power, removing the primary positive aspects of the round, and called it .40S&W.
I can do the same thing with a heavier +P 9mm hollow point for less money and not have the personal annoyance of buying into a spook round.
For the handgun discussion. Meh... I've never been a huge fan of revolvers; I prefer semi-auto SA/DA pistols.
I prefer guns I
like. Some are revolvers, some are bottom feeders. It's all about having the right tool for the job, and secondarily, what aesthetically pleases me. A revolver can do many things that a semiauto cannot, and vice versa. Can't kill a deer with a semiauto, unless you're nutty enough to spent the two grand on a dumb Desert Eagle and load it with .44mag or .50ae. Easier to reload for revolver rounds, easier to experiment with loads, etc.