# .40 caliber semi-automatic pistols

*/Products/.40_caliber_semi-automatic_pistols*

Handguns

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Retail Distribution](/Processes/Retail_Distribution)
**Summary**: A recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .40 S&W cartridge that cycles automatically to feed the next round from a box magazine; assembled from a frame, slide assembly, and barrel, it is a finished durable good sold through licensed retail.
**Output Of**:
- [Firearm Machining and Assembly](/Processes/Firearm_Machining_and_Assembly)
**Components**:
- Name: Pistol Frame · Quantity Note: 1, the grip and fire-control housing · Required Input: Polymer Resin
- Name: Slide · Quantity Note: 1, reciprocating upper that houses the firing mechanism · Required Input: Carbon Steel Billet
- Name: Barrel · Quantity Note: 1, rifled bore chambered in .40 caliber · Required Input: Ordnance Steel Bar
- Name: Recoil Spring Assembly · Quantity Note: 1, returns the slide to battery · Required Input: Spring Steel Wire
- Name: Firing Pin · Quantity Note: 1, strikes the primer · Required Input: Tool Steel
- Name: Trigger Group · Quantity Note: fire-control parts: trigger, sear, springs · Required Input: 
- Name: Detachable Box Magazine · Quantity Note: 1 or more, holds and feeds cartridges · Required Input: Sheet Steel
- Name: Iron Sights · Quantity Note: front and rear sighting elements · Required Input: 
- Name: Grip Panels · Quantity Note: ergonomic gripping surfaces · Required Input: Polymer Resin
**Packaged In**:
- [Hard Carry Case](/Products/Hard_Carry_Case)
- [Cardboard Retail Box](/Products/Cardboard_Retail_Box)
**Described By**:
- [Serial Number Registry Record](/Datasets/Serial_Number_Registry_Record)
**Warranted By**:
- [Manufacturer Limited Warranty](/Services/Manufacturer_Limited_Warranty)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [CNC Machining Center](/Products/CNC_Machining_Center)
- [Injection Molding Machine](/Products/Injection_Molding_Machine)
- [Broaching Machine](/Products/Broaching_Machine)
- [Coordinate Measuring Machine](/Products/Coordinate_Measuring_Machine)
**Assembled From**:
- [Slide Assembly](/Products/Slide_Assembly)
- [Frame Assembly](/Products/Frame_Assembly)
- [Fire Control Group](/Products/Fire_Control_Group)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Bluing Salts](/Products/Bluing_Salts)
- [Cutting Lubricant](/Products/Cutting_Lubricant)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Bore Diameter](/Metrics/Bore_Diameter)
- [Trigger Pull Weight](/Metrics/Trigger_Pull_Weight)
- [Magazine Capacity](/Metrics/Magazine_Capacity)
- [Muzzle Velocity](/Metrics/Muzzle_Velocity)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Handguns](/Products/Handguns) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Break-action pistols](/Products/Break-action_pistols) — siblings · Products
- [Double-action revolvers](/Products/Double-action_revolvers) — siblings · Products
- [Electro muscular disruption devices EMDD](/Products/Electro_muscular_disruption_devices_EMDD) — siblings · Products
- [Electroshock weapons](/Products/Electroshock_weapons) — siblings · Products
- [Hunting handguns](/Products/Hunting_handguns) — siblings · Products
- [Law enforcement handguns](/Products/Law_enforcement_handguns) — siblings · Products
- [Pistols](/Products/Pistols) — siblings · Products
- [Police handguns](/Products/Police_handguns) — siblings · Products
- [Revolvers](/Products/Revolvers) — siblings · Products
- [Semiautomatic handguns](/Products/Semiautomatic_handguns) — siblings · Products
- [Semiautomatic pistols](/Products/Semiautomatic_pistols) — siblings · Products
- [Service revolvers](/Products/Service_revolvers) — siblings · Products
- [Single-action revolvers](/Products/Single-action_revolvers) — siblings · Products

### Who uses this

- [Fish and Game Wardens](/Occupations/Fish_and_Game_Wardens) — uses · Occupations

### Produced with

- [Injection-Molding Machine](/Products/Injection-Molding_Machine) — produced with · Products
- [Cnc Machining Center](/Products/Cnc_Machining_Center) — produced with · Products
- [Broaching machines](/Products/Broaching_machines) — produced with · Products
- [Coordinate Measuring Machine](/Products/Coordinate_Measuring_Machine) — produced with · Products

### Warranted by

- [Limited Manufacturer Warranty](/Services/Limited_Manufacturer_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Input to

- [Retail Product Distribution](/Processes/Retail_Product_Distribution) — input to · Processes

### Requires input

- [Polymer Base Resin](/Products/Polymer_Base_Resin) — requires input · Products
- [Gun Steel Bar](/Products/Gun_Steel_Bar) — requires input · Products
- [Sheet Steel](/Products/Sheet_Steel) — requires input · Products
- [Tool Steel](/Products/Tool_Steel) — requires input · Products
- [Spring Steel Wire](/Products/Spring_Steel_Wire) — requires input · Products
- [Carbon Steel Billet](/Products/Carbon_Steel_Billet) — requires input · Products

### Assembled from

- [Fire Control Unit](/Products/Fire_Control_Unit) — assembled from · Products
- [Frame Assembly](/Products/Frame_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Slide Assembly](/Products/Slide_Assembly) — assembled from · Products

### Packaged in

- [Retail Carton](/Products/Retail_Carton) — packaged in · Products
- [Hard Carry Case](/Products/Hard_Carry_Case) — packaged in · Products

### Composed of

- [Trigger Assembly](/Products/Trigger_Assembly) — composed of · Products
- [Iron Sight Set](/Products/Iron_Sight_Set) — composed of · Products
- [Grip Panel](/Products/Grip_Panel) — composed of · Products
- [Barrels](/Products/Barrels) — composed of · Products
- [Detachable Box Magazine](/Products/Detachable_Box_Magazine) — composed of · Products
- [Firing Pin](/Products/Firing_Pin) — composed of · Products
- [Recoil Spring Assembly](/Products/Recoil_Spring_Assembly) — composed of · Products
- [Slide](/Products/Slide) — composed of · Products
- [Pistol Frame](/Products/Pistol_Frame) — composed of · Products

### Consumes

- [Cutting oil](/Products/Cutting_oil) — consumes · Products
- [Bluing Salts](/Products/Bluing_Salts) — consumes · Products

### Measured by

- [Cartridge Capacity](/Metrics/Cartridge_Capacity) — measured by · Metrics
- [Muzzle Velocity](/Metrics/Muzzle_Velocity) — measured by · Metrics
- [Trigger Pull Weight](/Metrics/Trigger_Pull_Weight) — measured by · Metrics
- [Bore Diameter](/Metrics/Bore_Diameter) — measured by · Metrics

### Described by

- [Serial Number Registry Record](/Datasets/Serial_Number_Registry_Record) — described by · Datasets

### Output of

- [Firearm Machining and Assembly](/Processes/Firearm_Machining_and_Assembly) — output of · Processes