Not a scribe nor educator, but I would like to offer a rebuttal from a shooter and simpleman.
25ACP-yes the really cool small pistols for them were outlawed and it put a damper on the caliber. Seems everyone wants a 22lr for the cheap practice. I prefer the reliability of the caliber over rimfires and think a 9shot LCP in 25ACP would find a way in my pocket. My Beretta 950B has to do for now.
32H&R Mag-smarter men have suggested the j frame version in the Airweights and I concur. A nice sized 6/7 shooter that I would carry daily. My 432 will have to sit in the safe and be lonely until then.
32ACP-true some 380s are just as small, but not very shootable for me. I see this, in my experience only of course, when I shot the KT 32 and 3AT side by side. Just like the 32s I guess.
41 Mag-there are 44mag shooters and 41mag believers! More bite, less bark than a 357 and in the same size frame. Flatter and same bullet range as the 44s, to a degree. And I doubt any whitetail I ever shot with my 41 didn’t know it wasn’t a 44. .019” difference between them. My go to hunting caliber.
45GAP-...........crickets............it’s a 45! I have nothing except I liked it in a 37 and XD I had.
40SW-just like it. My G27 is the last Glock to leave.
One thing I remember back this time last year was ALL of these were on the shelves when 9mm, 357/38, and 45ACP was gone! That and 38 Super! So I know which caliber I’m getting my next 1911 in.
Also, I understand the author’s thinking on this article. Every caliber here has been or could be replaced with a more popular one and weapons made for them are scarce for some calibers. With the 40SW being an exception. And we have been told it was dead long time ago. Before CORVID 19, all I heard was standardization to common calibers. A lot of us did. Common calibers were dirt cheap and everywhere. And the first ones to run out.
Maybe next year it’s isn’t a pandemic, but an executive order that wipes out available calibers due to them being for “LE and Government Use Only”.
Anyways, still want a LCPII in 25ACP or 32ACP.
Lefty
25ACP-yes the really cool small pistols for them were outlawed and it put a damper on the caliber. Seems everyone wants a 22lr for the cheap practice. I prefer the reliability of the caliber over rimfires and think a 9shot LCP in 25ACP would find a way in my pocket. My Beretta 950B has to do for now.
32H&R Mag-smarter men have suggested the j frame version in the Airweights and I concur. A nice sized 6/7 shooter that I would carry daily. My 432 will have to sit in the safe and be lonely until then.
32ACP-true some 380s are just as small, but not very shootable for me. I see this, in my experience only of course, when I shot the KT 32 and 3AT side by side. Just like the 32s I guess.
41 Mag-there are 44mag shooters and 41mag believers! More bite, less bark than a 357 and in the same size frame. Flatter and same bullet range as the 44s, to a degree. And I doubt any whitetail I ever shot with my 41 didn’t know it wasn’t a 44. .019” difference between them. My go to hunting caliber.
45GAP-...........crickets............it’s a 45! I have nothing except I liked it in a 37 and XD I had.
40SW-just like it. My G27 is the last Glock to leave.
One thing I remember back this time last year was ALL of these were on the shelves when 9mm, 357/38, and 45ACP was gone! That and 38 Super! So I know which caliber I’m getting my next 1911 in.
Also, I understand the author’s thinking on this article. Every caliber here has been or could be replaced with a more popular one and weapons made for them are scarce for some calibers. With the 40SW being an exception. And we have been told it was dead long time ago. Before CORVID 19, all I heard was standardization to common calibers. A lot of us did. Common calibers were dirt cheap and everywhere. And the first ones to run out.
Maybe next year it’s isn’t a pandemic, but an executive order that wipes out available calibers due to them being for “LE and Government Use Only”.
Anyways, still want a LCPII in 25ACP or 32ACP.
Lefty
