What is a current caliber running that you see failing to "make it"

[Tomcat47]

All you ever have to do is say somethin bout a dang .40 to get em riled up!

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Rather have a real gun..... A 10mm..........the original .40!

Otherwise a .45 !

Ok Im done with that....just pickin anyway! and geez! I never said it was going anywhere!

.38, .357, .40 will be around in the year 3000! .... probably longer than that!

 

[45Fan]

I would imagine that the 45 GAP will not be long lived. It just doesnt offer much of an advantage over what is already there. If someone is interested in a .45, the difference is minimal between a 45 ACP, if they are looking for a smaller pistol, the .40 and even some loads in 9mm offer nearly identical performance in the same size package, with more rounds in the mag.

The .327 might hang on for a while, because it can be used with the other 32 revolver cartridges. For some it may seem too small, but for others, it might be just the right size as a step up from a .22

 

[jdh]

The 10mm has been on its deathbed since Sonny Crockett wimped out and downgraded to a puny little 45.

Is this limited to pistol calibers?

 

[ISO1600]

.45 GAP. No way it sticks around for long, at least in anything but extremely proprietary applications.

10mm is still quite popular with a devoted following out there.

 

[JustinJ]

.45 GAP and 10 mm.

I think the 5.7 is here to stay but will probably never become much more widely used than it currently is.

It's not a pistol round but i hope the 6.5 grendel takes off. I think this would be a perfect replacement for the 5.56 in the military.

And i would like to add that .357 sig aint going no where. .40 is for practice. .357 sig is for carry.

 

[ripp]

I can tell you, easily. The 165 gr .40's are going to slow to reliably expand in flesh. Never mind what they reportedly do in Jello or water. Shoot some vermin with it, you will see that I am correct. Mr Hydrashok, Tom Bryzinski, says that if a hp doesn't fully expand in 2" of tissue, it's not going to expand much, if at all, no matter how much tissue it penetrates. So chucks, coons, possums and the like are fully viable for hp testing. 900 fps .45 jhp's dont expand reliably in flesh, either, and the smaller nose cavity of the .40 means that more, not less, velocity is needed for reliable expansion.

 

[Strykervet]

.45 GAP. Too many 1911 and ACP fans for it to catch on. And most definitely 9x25 Dillon, if it ever could be considered "in" anyway. Had it been made using a .357 bullet, it may have caught on a little better than it did. .327 Federal is too new to say yet.

The 10mm was there awhile back, but it has been since rescued by handloaders. When ammo became difficult to get and there were few weapons chambered in it, it weeded out the factory ammo boys. Now it lies in a special land between obscurity and the mainstream. 10mm seems to have made somewhat of a comeback lately as well with the advent of "real" 10mm ammo.

 

[withdrawn34]

45 GAP isn't going away anytime soon. Many LE depts use it because Glock gives them a huge discount, and helps get them 45 GAP supplies.

The GAP was Glock's answer to their own inability to make a 45 ACP with a grip slim enough for someone with smaller hands and females to be able to hold comfortably. Funny how the other polymer makers don't really have issues. Instead of just slimming down their designs a bit, Glock went and made a whole new cartridge.

I also believe 200gr is the upper limit for GAP. There also is no +P or higher for GAP, since with the shortened case, pressure is already at the maximum.

45 GAP offers several disadvantages compared to 45 ACP, and really only one advantage - a slimmer Glock in a .45 round. If Glock didn't have the ability to cut incredibly cheap deals for LE departments and sell in volume, the GAP would've died a long time ago.

I believe the FHP here in FL uses 45 GAP.