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SW40VE - any personal experience?
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its not s&w's best work
Not the best work, but my 9ve was a real trooper. Sold it to finance a new revolver and never looked back, but it was a good gun for what I paid for it. 
Edited: I have a M&P right now and its amazingly better. Well worth the extra and I would highly recommend it instead of the sigma.
Edited: I have a M&P right now and its amazingly better. Well worth the extra and I would highly recommend it instead of the sigma.
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cubsfan1984
Marksman
If you can get a good deal on it and have the money pick it up, it wont hurt to check it out. I heard they are decent guns, but have a bad trigger pull.
public servant
Grandmaster
Not the greatest...but it would depend on the price. If it's cheap enough it would make a good beater gun. The price would have to be "right" though.
Maybe you could turn a little profit and trade up.
Maybe you could turn a little profit and trade up.
I had a SW40VE a few years ago. It may have changed somewhat since then, but I didn't like it. It had a long, heavy, crunchy trigger and an unpleasant recoil. The price was right, but in retrospect I wish I had saved a little longer and bought a different pistol. I sold it after maybe 6 months.
despite the older versions and what people say about them, i like my sigma 9mm. it has been 100% reliable for me. yes the trigger is stiff. yes that can be loosened up over time or by a smith. for $250 after rebate and S&W's warranty, why not? it has the best grip on it of any polymer pistol i have shot...including all my tauri and my glock.
like alot of others have said the trigger pull sux but can be made a little better for free on your own. and it is a littly snappy alot of ppl prefer my pt145 over the 40ve because of that but it is a very good gun and will go bang every single time last i heard you could get one nib for around 350 ish
My kid's pretty boy BF has one. I think that pretty much about covers it.
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groovatron
Master
I have a second gen 9mm....love it for the money. I have heard that the .40's can be a bit rough on recoil. A rubber grip makes it an entirely different gun. Trigger pull is as stated....long and chunky. Very acurrate. Same as the M&P for the most part....M&P's have stainless slide rails, swapable backstrap, etc.....the design is virtually identical. I think you get what you pay for with these pistols.
groovatron
Master
i agree with public servant's post if the price is right then why not i guess?
do you already have a good handgun? if not then i would say pass and save up a little more and get one with a better rep. i have only fired one a few times and i just couldnt get over the trigger. did not like it! doesnt mean others dont though. good luck with your decision
do you already have a good handgun? if not then i would say pass and save up a little more and get one with a better rep. i have only fired one a few times and i just couldnt get over the trigger. did not like it! doesnt mean others dont though. good luck with your decision
Run!!!from the stigma of the sigma!! and run too the M&P allot better gun for not allot of money more than you would pay for a junk Sigma.
no way. i might be the only person to say this, but the M&P's grip sucks. i would rather have the sigma. for what the M&P costs, i'd buy a Glock or an XD or a SA 1911
Walt_Jabsco
Sharpshooter
This was true thirty years ago. Not anymore.
Free is too much for a crappy gun, I'm sorry. No price is low enough to buy a Sigma.
