The caliber itself is no less effective than it has been for the last 30 years.
I think it's just hipsters turning up their noses at it. Just not cool enough for instagram commandos anymore.
I got to check out the 17m before the gen 5 release. My bil had one of the 150 issued to IMPD and the slide would roll off during a dry fire. They were sent back. I have a couple of his old duty guns. That would have been a nice one to have.
Were they reissued the M model or switched to G5's ?
I have some .40SW pistols, and what I like is, I can swap out the barrel for an OEM .357 Sig barrel.
I really like the .357 Sig round.
It's a hot accurate round.
For self defense rounds I use
Underwood
357 Sig 125 Grain Bonded Jacketed Hollow Point
Muzzle Velocity: 1475 fps
Muzzle Energy: 604 ft lbs
I have some .40SW pistols, and what I like is, I can swap out the barrel for an OEM .357 Sig barrel.
I really like the .357 Sig round.
It's a hot accurate round.
For self defense rounds I use
Underwood
357 Sig 125 Grain Bonded Jacketed Hollow Point
Muzzle Velocity: 1475 fps
Muzzle Energy: 604 ft lbs
Still carry a 40 but also have a 10mm I reload. Having them share the same size hole makes it easier to stick with the caliber.
There are a lot of fascinating handgun calibers that make me ask "what if?"
.40 Super
.400 Corbon
.460 Rowland
960 Rowland
.22 TCM
9x25 Dillon