a friend is considering selling his Grand Power P40 - 10mm. Any pros or cons would be appreciated
Thanks
Ken
It's in my top 3 favorite 10mm's along with my Witness stock II and Sig P220. That being said it is also very different from anything I have when it comes to recoil and handling. It's big beefy barrel and lockup system is almost a work of art. My original one had the infamous mag drop issues so I sent it in for repair. When I got it back I had no trouble with it until around the third or fourth time out to the range when the decock/safety started to come out. I called a different authorized repair center and sent it to them. They told me the first shop broke the frame and it was not repairable so they replaced it for free. I was impressed to say the least. The new one didn't have any issues straight out of the box plus had a steel guide rod and not plastic like the first one. I have since put a vortex venom red dot on it and it is an absolute blast to shoot.
Just my experience......
Thanks my Friend, this is the stuff I'm looking to learn. I think the price will be right, as well as understanding it's a good weapon overall
Ken
I bought a Grand Power L40 10MM Long Slide. I owned it for a year never fired it. The Grand Power stayed in it's box. Last week I took it to the Range. I loaded it with my Bear Killer loads which are maximum hard cast powder coated 175 gr loads. This is a great handgun in every way. It has a great trigger functions 100%. The GP L40 has found a home.
Thanks Jim!
As others have said, the biggest issue was the mag drop which only affected me if I was shooting about 1300 fps, higher or lower and it wouldn't do it. I finally got the repair done and it hasn't happened since. I truly think this is my favorite/best 10mm out of 7 or 8. I like it so much I bought another GP 40 in .40 caliber on GB.com for $300. I will eventually send it out to have the chamber reamed to 10mm.
Nice, I'm pretty excited about getting one
Ken
The long slide version, that's five inches, right? What is the standard barrel length?
What is cost & availability of magazines like?
grand power mags are pretty spendy as I recall. But...THey are dimensionally identical to Witness magazines. The DIY part there is drilling a hole where the mag catch on the grand power engages.
The standard P40 is a 4.25" barrel. There are 8 standard and one P40L on Gunbroker right now.