gandog56
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Can't decide, I like them all!
Favorite Handgun caliber
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Jamie C.
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I'm assuming that by favorite, the question is asking for "All around", and not just for a specific job.
Given that, I've gotta vote for the .22, with the 9mm running a very...very.... close second.
The reason being, there's very little a handgun caliber can do that I've not done with a .22.... Plinking, target shooting, hunting... and yes, even self-defense.
It's cheap to shoot, accurate, easy to find, easy to handle, and guns for it aren't exactly scarce, in varying sizes, shapes and manners of function. Plus, if you know what you're doing, it'll put anything you're likely to encounter flat on it's back in short order.
If I were forced to say which center fire round was my favorite, then it would be the 9mm Para, since it's about as useful/flexible/"Utilitarian". But for all around, from just plain fun to "dead serious", the .22 Lr. gets the nod.
No matter what, I could live quite happily with nothing more than guns chambered for one of those two rounds, if that were required. ( Glad it's not, but still... )
J.C.
Given that, I've gotta vote for the .22, with the 9mm running a very...very.... close second.
The reason being, there's very little a handgun caliber can do that I've not done with a .22.... Plinking, target shooting, hunting... and yes, even self-defense.
It's cheap to shoot, accurate, easy to find, easy to handle, and guns for it aren't exactly scarce, in varying sizes, shapes and manners of function. Plus, if you know what you're doing, it'll put anything you're likely to encounter flat on it's back in short order.
If I were forced to say which center fire round was my favorite, then it would be the 9mm Para, since it's about as useful/flexible/"Utilitarian". But for all around, from just plain fun to "dead serious", the .22 Lr. gets the nod.
No matter what, I could live quite happily with nothing more than guns chambered for one of those two rounds, if that were required. ( Glad it's not, but still... )
J.C.
Coyote Hunter
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.45 LC, 35 grains 2F Goex BP for around the ranch, silvertip hollowpoints for in town (concealed carry).
Black Majik
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Easily, .45 ACP
If ammo was really, really cheap... I'd probably be shooting .44 Mag and .500S&W all day long..
If ammo was really, really cheap... I'd probably be shooting .44 Mag and .500S&W all day long..
GroovedG19
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Though I own many handgun calibers, I like the 9x19mm.Preferably in one of my Beretta Cougars.
iowain45-70
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Anything with the number 45 in its name.45lc,45/70,45acp.
AStone
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Handgun?
Somebody makes a handgun in .45/70?
Answer = yes.
Not for me, however.
Gimme .45/70 in a lever gun.
I'll take .357M in a handgun.
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Working Man
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.45/70
Nematocyst-870,
Yes and it is lots of fun and not at all hard to shoot. Don't get spooked. The weight makes it rather
manageable. P95 also has extensive experience with them and probably found the best loads for all
day (or at least an hour) plinking if you reload.
I have pushed mine a bit harder than he has his. You can get energy greater than a .500 and still be
controllable.
http://www.magnumresearch.com/Expand.asp?ProductCode=BFR45-707
I have had mine for a number of years and never tire of it..... just costly to feed.
Nematocyst-870,
Yes and it is lots of fun and not at all hard to shoot. Don't get spooked. The weight makes it rather
manageable. P95 also has extensive experience with them and probably found the best loads for all
day (or at least an hour) plinking if you reload.
I have pushed mine a bit harder than he has his. You can get energy greater than a .500 and still be
controllable.
http://www.magnumresearch.com/Expand.asp?ProductCode=BFR45-707
I have had mine for a number of years and never tire of it..... just costly to feed.
possum
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are you crazy there is no option for .40s&w that's my favorite.
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