Thursday, August 05, 2010

Field Stripping a 40 caliber Smith & Wesson Sigma SW40VE


After reading about the truck driver at the beer distributor back east who killed so many people yesterday, I went out this morning and bought a new 40 caliber semiautomatic handgun with a magazine which holds 14 rounds of ammunition. It was made in America by Smith & Wesson and is a Sigma model SW40VE. The Crimson Trace laser grip sight is on order, and I guess I will probably receive it sometime late next week.

The gun came with two magazines, and a mail in rebate where you receive two more magazines for free. So this thing can be a walking arsenal, holding 56 rounds of very deadly 40 caliber ammunition. Surely that is some kind of wild ass overkill for self protection.
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It is a bit strange...the weaker I get from this leukemia, the more important it gets for me to be able to defend myself. I guess some kind of weird, old geezer machismo.

The 40 caliber round is rather new compared with the other commonly used ammo. It was newly developed in 1990 when the FBI decided to upgrade from the 9mm round to a 10mm round. The 40 caliber S&W ammunition is now widely used by law enforcement personnel all over America, largely having replaced both the .38 Special + P and the 9mm.
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Of course the 380 allows one to have a really tiny, light weight handgun. But the 380 is at the very bottom of the firepower range typically required for self protection. You can sure get a great little concealed-carry weapon using the 380, like the Ruger LCP.

The quality isn't real good in this clip, but if you watch it a couple of times everything should be pretty clear.
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