Which auto caliber do you like and why?

[Publius1688]

For carry: .45.
For shooting a box or two at the range on a Sunday afternoon: 9mm

 

[mljdeckard]

And Legion3-

The number of soldiers that carry a given handgun and the number of soldiers who owe their lives to that handgun are two different things.

 

[evan price]

.475 Wildey Supermag.

 

[1911shooter]

The .45ACP, because I have been a fan of big and slow forever, and even if I was pressed to use FMJ it will still hit with authority. and zip right through like some others will.

 

[Hokkmike]

.40

It has unquestionable power to do the job and comes in a wide variety of appealing pistols.

 

[jenrob]

The one that I can shoot the best. I carried a .45acp in a 3in and a full size both 1911's. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with either but that felt really good in the hand. I shoot a friends XD40 and could shoot it better than my Baer TRS. My wife carried a Glock 22 in 40. So I got an XDM40. I had 5 gallon bucket of brass from the sherriff's dept so knew it would be cheap to reload for both.

So I guess it comes down to what I shoot the best and still has a little power behind it.

 

[LancerMW]

9mm, i shoot it the best.

 

[walker944]

I like the punch of a .45 ACP, but the price of a 9mm. I have about as many pistols in both calibers, and shoot them all about equally.

 

[makarovnik]

10mm because it's the most powerful of the choices you gave. Bigger is better.

 

[Clarence]

.45 ACP - It has been successfully stopping bad guys for almost 100 years.

 

[contactcole]

"Prefer" .45acp (caliber), carry 9mm (capacity, size and recoil) most of the time. Can't have everything.

 

[BrianB]

I voted .40:

1. The right load gets you really good (96%) 1 shot stops
2. But with more capacity than .45 in a slimmer package (I have smaller hands)

 

[Pilot]

I voted 9MM, but I relaod for both 9MM and .45 ACP. Depends on the day you ask me. I really, really like both, but usually end up carrying a 9MM and keeping a .45 bedside.

 

[jdh]

10

Somebody has to keep the best auto-pistol cartridge ever designed alive.

 

[Strahley]

9mm is a fine round
.40 S&W is a bit too snappy for my liking
.45 ACP is a fine round, it's what I carry every day
10mm is probably a bit much for CC, but would make a great sidearm in the wilderness

I don't carry .45 ACP because I think "oh its the biggest baddest round ever and will 1 stop any and everything!" I carry it because it is easy to control in my carry guns and I like the slower bullet for less chance of over-penetration. Besides, if I need more than 21 or 15 rounds (depending on what I have on me that day) of .45 ACP, I don't think I'm in a situation that 31 rounds of 9mm will solve. I'd rather have a long gun in my hands at that point

 

[Demitrios]

10mm for me as well. I have the hands to carry and shoot it, it's stronger than a .45 (not including super) and they come in my favorite pistol, the 1911.

 

[master]

9mm for me

 

[NMGonzo]

.40
Why?

Lots of power, double stack, I shoot well with that with my glock.

ALMOST a .45

 

[TimeIsRunninOut]

9mm still pocket-able and controllable plus is cheap enough to always enjoy at the range

 

[Noveldoc]

Love 45 ACP. Easy to reload and cheap when you use cast bullets, only a couple of bucks more that the 9 per thousand. I shoot em light for target and full bore for fun.

Tom

 

[dwhite]

.40 S&W.

Accurate. Powerful. More mag capacity than a .45 for same size gun.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[Zach S]

.45 ACP. I cant honestly say its my favorite caliber, but the most common in my favorite platform (1911), so I'd be stuck with it if I didn't like it anyway.

A close second would be 9mm, but mainly for plinking purposes, even though its too expensive to consider "plinking ammo" now.

If I ever need nuclear power I buy Buffalo Bore.

lol.

 

[sqlbullet]

10mm, for all the reasons previously mentioned.

I see at present is stands at 10% in the poll. Wish gun dealers stocked 1 10mm for every 10 auto's in the other calibers.

 

[throw1out]

No, 357 Sig. It is my favorite.I shoot it more accurately than any other.

 

[Erik M]

9mm, because the majority of my handguns are chambered for it.