Out of all of em' 9mm is hard to beat.

[AStone]

9mm -- a generally-optimal caliber

Works for me.

 

[jrmiddleton425]

My Glock 23 shoots like a house afire with 180-grain Gold Dots over 6.2 grains of SR4756...but I can get the same result with my CZ-75B with whatever I stuff in it.

My dad's carry gun is an LC9S Pro.

9mm is nothing to sneeze at, and I certainly don't want to be shot with one, or several rounds of it.

 

[MCgunner]

Folks seem to forget the reality that "bigger is better". Start with the largest diameter you can and it can only get bigger.

If all it's about is bullet size, why does a .308" 150 grain soft point bullet at 2800 fps kill game better than any .45ACP ball? It does, you know, and way out there, too.

But, I know, we're talking handguns. Just making an illustration that bigger isn't always better. I trust the stopping power of the .357 magnum more than .45 ball, that's for sure. I wouldn't shoot game with a .45 ball round, not enough. I've taken pigs at 60 yards with a .357 magnum and killed 'em quite dead, 180 grain bullet at 1400 fps from a 6.5" Blackhawk.

 

[samweller]

Because,McGunner, the .308 is a rifle. You are comparing apples and oranges.

 

[Bobson]

Golly gee willickers. Bigger is always better?? It's all downhill from here.

 

[ugaarguy]

This one has, inevitably, turned into a caliber war. Let's stop beating the caliber x vs. caliber y dead horse and let it rest in peace for a while.