.40 Short & Weak.
.40 Small & Wimpy.
I agreed with all of these terms nigh onto three decades ago, when the .40 Smith & Wesson appeared on the scene.
It propelled a 180-grain bullet out of a service pistol at a rather mundane 990 feet per second, in the high 300s in foot pounds of energy.
Not actually weak or wimpy but not anything to get excited about. The excitement was instant and immense,…