What's your favorite caliber?

Riomouse911 said:

It’s a Ruger SP 101 .38 that I put the wooden grip panels from compact GP 100 grips on. (It had the black plastic ones originally.) The GP compact grips got some new inserts from Chiggs Grips and went on my 3” GP 100 .44 Spl to replace the (IMHO) sort of weirdly shaped factory rubber grips.

The GP 100:View attachment 1002489 View attachment 1002492

The SP 101:
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It is a tank of a .38 snub for sure.

Stay safe.

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My last good SP101 was a 38spec chambering. I got it cause that was about all I was going to shoot in it anyways and the LGS had it about $150 less than the 357mag models. Yet another pistol I was I had back.

Lefty

LeftyRed said:

My last good SP101 was a 38spec chambering. I got it cause that was about all I was going to shoot in it anyways and the LGS had it about $150 less than the 357mag models. Yet another pistol I was I had back.

Lefty

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Those small .357’s can be brutal.

That’s why I’m a yuuuuge fan of the .38 Spl. The ol’ .38 can’t do it all... but it can do an awful lot of what I want a handgun cartridge to do.

Stay safe.

brutus51 said:

Interested to hear from other folks on their favorite.
As for me, it's tough to put them in order of preference as each has it's own niche.
Based on what I shoot the most:
1. .22 long rifle
2. 45 ACP
3. .357 Special/ Mag.
4. .45 Colt.
5. 44 Special/ Mag.
6. 38 Super
7. 10mm
8. 9mm
9. 380ACP
Wow that was really tough and subject to change at any moment.
Also made me realize how many calibers I've been missing out on.

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.30-06, .45ACP and 12ga. Not necessarily in that order.

Riomouse911 said:

It’s a Ruger SP 101 .38 that I put the wooden grip panels from compact GP 100 grips on. (It had the black plastic ones originally.) The GP compact grips got some new inserts from Chiggs Grips and went on my 3” GP 100 .44 Spl to replace the (IMHO) sort of weirdly shaped factory rubber grips.

The GP 100:View attachment 1002489 View attachment 1002492

The SP 101:
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It is a tank of a .38 snub for sure.

Stay safe.

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It's awesome. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

brutus51 said:

Interested to hear from other folks on their favorite.
As for me, it's tough to put them in order of preference as each has it's own niche.
Based on what I shoot the most:
1. .22 long rifle
2. 45 ACP
3. .357 Special/ Mag.
4. .45 Colt.
5. 44 Special/ Mag.
6. 38 Super
7. 10mm
8. 9mm
9. 380ACP
Wow that was really tough and subject to change at any moment.
Also made me realize how many calibers I've been missing out on.

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Favorite cartridge for hunting would be the 357 Magnum

My favorite cartridge would have to be broken down by revolver and (semi-auto) pistol...

.41MAG and .45ACP, respectively. Both are versatile, both are easy to handload for, both come in very nice platforms.

9mm with 45ACP a close second

I am really liking the 480 Ruger a lot. Plinking load is a 370 grain RNFP at 900 fps. I like this one with 9 grains W231 or 16.5 grains H108.

Hunting load is a Mihec 385 grain HP @ 1050 - 1100 fps. I load this with 14.5 grains Hercules Blue Dot.

36

All of them.

.22 has the most rounds fired by far.......



Then .38's, .380 and .357.

'06 for rifle
38/.357 for pistols

Super tough question to answer. Modern rifle, .250 Sav. Muzzleloader, .45. Pistol, .45 acp. Revolver, .38 spl.

Hands down, all day long, 11mm Montenegrin.

Seriously, I couldn't list a favorite. If I did have to choose, it would most likely be a revolver round tho'.

If I go by what caliber I tend to own and carry most often it is 25 and 32 acp.

If I go by which caliber I stock the most it is 22LR.

I would need to know what application it was for before deciding. But the .357 could handle most. The .44 mag could handle most all. The .500 magnum could take care of anything.

The 9mm is head and shoulders my favorite and the caliber I get the most use out of. I've got a .40 S&W and a .22LR, and one .38 Special but for ease of logistics I've tried to consolidate around the 9mm as much as possible. That has been a good strategy so far. Instead of having 200-500 rounds for each gun I can have a big pile of 9mm and shoot it in nearly every handgun I have.

Favorites? The calibers I own.
.22 LR & Mag
.380
.38 Sp. & .357 Magnum
.243
and 12 gauge - and not necessarily in that order.

Given one choice...as in "favorite"....with the the understanding that it must do it all: make mine a .357 Magnum and the gun would be a Smith M-66

Now that's pretty limiting, for I truly enjoy .45 LC's and ACP's, .44 Specials (and it truly is) & Magnums, .41 Magnums, .32 H&R's...they're all great fun and very useful, but for one, and one only, I've got to side with Skeeter...make mine a .357...but chamber it in Smith's 'K' frame so as to keep the weight down.
Rod

Favorite caliber- .45.

Favorite cartridge ?
45/70
454 casull
45 colt
45 acp

In that order.
If you don't know why, I don't have time to explain.

.22, .45, 10mm, 9mm, .308, likely in that order.
Also, .22 encompasses all things .22, .22LR, .22 WMR, 5.56 NATO, etc.

22lr

Don’t have one. Different cartridge for different needs.