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Alpo Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Many years back the highway patrol had just switched over from 357 to revolvers to 40 caliber Glocks. I'm leaving the restaurant after lunch, and I passed by two highway patrolman in a booth. The one with his right side toward me - he's got this black plastic looking automatic pistol. So I stopped and said, pointing, "excuse me. Is that a 22?" And he looked at me like I was a brain dead little moron, and then the tone of voice that you use when you're speaking to somebody that's really really stupid told me, "no, it's a 40 Smith & Wesson". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 My sister and I had a conversation about guns one day after I took her to the range to try my Glocks and some of my revolvers. I had given her our Dad’s High Standard Sentinel Mk IV 9-shot .22 Magnum a few years ago, but she wanted to learn more about guns in general. This is a snippet of a long conversation… She said let me get this straight. “All of your Glocks, including that clone are 9mm, correct? ”Yes, except for the Glock 44.” ”Oh, you have a 44? Did I shoot that one?” She had read about .44 Specials and Magnums. ”Yes, that was the .22 long rifle Glock. The first one you fired.” I notice a slight look of confusion. ”Okay, let me get this straight. A 44 is a .22, right?” ”Yes” ”Is there a Glock 22?” ”Yes. It shoots the .40 Smith & Wesson.” ”Does Smith & Wesson have a gun that shoots a .40 Glock? Why would Glock make a gun for Smith & Wesson’s ammunition?” ”Smith & Wesson developed the round initially for law enforcement use. Many police agencies saw the 9mm as a weak round and the .45 ACP as a very good round but they wanted more magazine capacity in police handguns. A 9mm gives you more rounds, less power. A 45 gives you more power, less rounds. The 40 was to be the middle ground. Sort of a compromise between the two most popular rounds if you want to break it down to basics” ”45…You mentioned a 45 earlier at the range. It’s your favorite pistol, right?” ”Yep, it shoots a 9mm” Her eyes literally glazed over… I started to discuss revolvers with her but decided that would wait. I can’t wait to explain Smith & Wesson’s numbering system… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: My sister and I had a conversation about guns one day after I took her to the range to try my Glocks and some of my revolvers. I had given her our Dad’s High Standard Sentinel Mk IV 9-shot .22 Magnum a few years ago, but she wanted to learn more about guns in general. This is a snippet of a long conversation… She said let me get this straight. “All of your Glocks, including that clone are 9mm, correct? ”Yes, except for the Glock 44.” ”Oh, you have a 44? Did I shoot that one?” She had read about .44 Specials and Magnums. ”Yes, that was the .22 long rifle Glock. The first one you fired.” I notice a slight look of confusion. ”Okay, let me get this straight. A 44 is a .22, right?” ”Yes” ”Is there a Glock 22?” ”Yes. It shoots the .40 Smith & Wesson.” ”Does Smith & Wesson have a gun that shoots a .40 Glock? Why would Glock make a gun for Smith & Wesson’s ammunition?” ”Smith & Wesson developed the round initially for law enforcement use. Many police agencies saw the 9mm as a weak round and the .45 ACP as a very good round but they wanted more magazine capacity in police handguns. A 9mm gives you more rounds, less power. A 45 gives you more power, less rounds. The 40 was to be the middle ground. Sort of a compromise between the two most popular rounds if you want to break it down to basics” ”45…You mentioned a 45 earlier at the range. It’s your favorite pistol, right?” ”Yep, it shoots a 9mm” Her eyes literally glazed over… I started to discuss revolvers with her but decided that would wait. I can’t wait to explain Smith & Wesson’s numbering system… Go into a general sporting goods store, heck, a lot of gun stores, and ask for a box of 7.65 Browning. 99 times out of 100 they'll hand you a box of 7.62 x 39. "No, I asked for 7.65, this is 7.62!" "Nobody makes anything in 7.65! You have to mean 7.62!" "OK, you say you don't have 7.65 Browning, do you have .32 ACP?" "Yeah, we have a few boxes" "OK, give me a box." "You sure? That's not the same as what you asked for!" OR ask for "7.65 x 17" and still get handed a box of 7.62 x 39. Another good confuser is "9x17." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I worked part time in a gun shop/range a few years back and I was confused!! I had to learn real quick and it wasn't easy. Another confusing one is .38 Special and .38 S&W especially when the customers are not sure what the gun actually takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 24 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Another confusing one is .38 Special and .38 S&W You mean 9x20R v. 9x29R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Try asking for 7.62x51r. See if they give you a box of 308. Technically Pat, you told your sister wrong. There is no Glock chambered in 40 Smith & Wesson. There also is no Glock chambered in 45 ACP or in 9 mm Luger or in 357 SIG. These guns are chambered in 40 auto, 45 Auto, 9 mm Auto, and 357 Auto. Good old Gaston absolutely will not put another gun maker's name on his guns. Colt was the same way. They would not put Smith & Wesson on their guns - guns chambered in 32 S&W Long or 38 Smith & Wesson were marked 32 or 38 Colt New Police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Try asking for 7.62x51r. See if they give you a box of 308. Technically Pat, you told your sister wrong. There is no Glock chambered in 40 Smith & Wesson. There also is no Glock chambered in 45 ACP or in 9 mm Luger or in 357 SIG. These guns are chambered in 40 auto, 45 Auto, 9 mm Auto, and 357 Auto. Good old Gaston absolutely will not put another gun maker's name on his guns. Colt was the same way. They would not put Smith & Wesson on their guns - guns chambered in 32 S&W Long or 38 Smith & Wesson were marked 32 or 38 Colt New Police. The .40 shoots .40 S&W. Technically you are correct. The G22says “.40” on the slide but on their website they do state “.40 S&W” on the main description of the Glock 22 that shoots .40 S&W. Snippets of screenshots from Glock’s website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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