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While I shoot both 44 Magnum and 45 Colt I likely shoot 38 Special and 357 Magnum more than the others. Between 44 Magnum and 45 Colt it's pretty much a toss up as to revolvers.

Ron
 
I've never really warmed up to the .38 Special/.357 Magnum range of shooting. The one thing that is a source of my dislike is that I don't like loading those small cartridges. They don't handle as well in the process, and often times the case mouth does not seal well with my powder measure, resulting in some powder spillage. And I just fumble the small cases.

For awhile I did have a Cimarron Open Top Navy in .38 Special and it was fun to shoot but I just had a hard time eking out accuracy. The gun was accurate enough, I just couldn't shoot it well.

Bob Wright
 
I really can't pick a favorite... I like 32 HRM, 327 Federal, 41 Spl, 41 Mag, 44 Spl, 44 mag, 45 Colt, 480 Ruger.... and my 30-30 Contender.
 
sparkyv said:
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It's not. I often pondered the 10mm route as its most popular with me in autoloaders. And then it becomes an added separate load in a revolver beast that can easily be beat in case application. 357M to 44M. Besting hot .357 BEs is a bit difficult.
 
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Well, this one is not so easy to answer. I really do like .38 Special and ,45 Colt, and have for a long time. .22 LR brings much joy, in my S&W 17-4. I am starting to really like a couple of revolvers chambered for .32 H&R, which also shoot .32 S&W Long, and the original .32 S&W.

Well, as of 10:10 p.m., on July Fourteenth, I will say .45 Colt. There is something about the way those big cartridges feel, in the hand, when I load them into the chambers of a sixgun. I may feel differently by tomorrow morning. ;)
 
NeroM said:
Different tools for different jobs, Hard to pick a favorite.
Cartridges I shoot the most are 38 SPL, 41 Mag and 45 Colt.
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With careful handloading (and with the right gun of course) you can make any one of those cartridges you "shoot the most" work well for a variety of "jobs." That applies especially to the 41 Mag, IMO.;)
 
blackd24 said:
If you had to pick your favorite cartridge for a revolver, other than 357, what would it be?

I reload so as long as brass and bullets are available, ammo availability isn’t a concern. I’ve been looking at 327 fed, 41 mag and 44 mag.
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What I shoot the most and what I enjoy shooting the most are almost two different questions. I shoot more .38Spl and .357Mag. than anything else because I really enjoy those two cartridges and the revolvers that shoot them; but, I really enjoy shooting .32S&W Long the most. I can go through a couple of boxes of 100gr. DEWC .32Longs in an afternoon of plinking and never get tired of it. In a top-break revolver, I shoot scores of 77gr. .32S&W's just to watch the black smoke drift away as the cans dance and spinners spin. More fun than the law allows, as the saying goes.

I haven't even bothered looking at a "Three-Twenty-Seven" so I have no idea if the extra chamber length helps, hurts, or is irrelevant to a .32S&W/Long. I refuse to join the, "it's gotta be a sooper-magnum!" crowd.
 
I would consider myself well armed with just 38 Special guns. My favorite is the model 15. A close second would be the 32 long/32 mag group. If I had one a 44 Special would probably make the cut. But no Charter Arms. Something better like a model 24. The 4" Taurus Tracker in 44 mag I stupidly sold made a much better 44 Special than 44 Mag. What a nice gun that was.
 
As tempting as it is to say 32 long, I think it’s actually the 38 caliber in general. 38 special, and 38sw are the bulk of my revolver fleet. The 38sw is actually a lot more fun for me because I don’t take it very seriously. I load very low pressure for my old top breaks and it acts like a big 22lr because there’s very little bark or bite but it leaves a big hole in the target… usually ripped badly as the bullets usually start to tumble quickly at such low velocity.
 
champ0608 said:
Well, I feel like a goof. Didn't realize what sub forum this was in.

In that case, .38 special for me. One of my best handguns I ever had was a k38 target, made circa 1950. That was one of the handguns stolen from me several years ago, and never got replaced. I do have a nice k22 that scratches the same itch however.
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LOL!! You had me convinced SOMEBODY made a .223 revolver. These days, I doubt nothing - especially if it's crazy.

Ignore previous post.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
LOL!! You had me convinced SOMEBODY made a .223 revolver. These days, I doubt nothing - especially if it's crazy.

Ignore previous post.
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I think there were a very few Taurus Raging 223 revolvers sold. Bottlenecks push back and lock up the cylinder with friction between the case head and the frame. It sounds cool enough to try, but nobody has really engineered around it so I would be inclined to pass on such a revolver, unless it was super cheap, and only then to sell to some collector that just had to have it.

I went looking for a link and everything seems to point towards the only pre-production gun being scrapped and the idea dropped.
 
You guys have got to stop showing pictures of Triple Locks. I really want one of those. My friend and fellow insurance adjuster has three of them. I have tried to get him to sell me his worst, most beat up gun. So far it hasn't happened. I tried to have my unfired model 28 converted to 44 special but it didn't work out. In hind sight I'm glad it didn't. Some day I will find a deal on one. Even an old 1917 with moon clips would be nice. The S&W version. Growing up my dad had the Colt version he bought at Leonard's Farm & Ranch. I was with him when he bought it. They had two 55 gallon barrels full of them. He dug around and found the one he wanted. And the price he paid... $6. That was 1963-1964.
 
WestKentucky said:
Bottlenecks push back and lock up the cylinder with friction between the case head and the frame. It sounds cool enough to try, but nobody has really engineered around it so I would be inclined to pass on such a revolver,
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That's NOT the case with all bottlenecks, my 25/20 Winchester chambered S&W "K" frame works perfectly.

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