sure it is.I voted 1911 vs polymer, only because tastes great or less filling isnt gun relate.
Seems like many of the things referred to as myths in this thread would be more accurately described as differences of opinion. A myth occurs when a factual answer clashes with an incorrect answer.
No amount of discussion on "What's the best anything?" could ever result in a myth, not only because the answers are opinions, but because best is both subjective and subject to various conditions.
I voted for a few of them but I think the most myths these days come from the caliber wars, whether they be in SD handguns or hunting applications.
With SD handguns there's the myths that there actually is a real world difference in the 3 popular choices. You also have SOME .45 fans that think their pet round is far superior to a 9mm or .40 when in fact the difference with modern, expanding hollow point ammo is nearly nil.
Same with hunting rounds. If you're hunting whitetails or mule deer it really doesn't matter if you use a 7mm-08, .270 or a .30-06 folks. If you think it does then you believe everything you read in the gun rags.
I suspect there was a considerable difference between the 9mm and the .45ACP back when they did not have benefit the 20 or so less years of hyper-competitive ammunition development we have today.
Which ones have the most myths surrounding them?
OP my thought was virtually all of the topics you listed usually result in 2-4 pages of "opinions" whether truth or not that then degrade that thread to the point of being locked.
And gun related because Grits Gresham used to be on the occasional outdoors show way back when...Tom Gresham mentioned on "Gun Talk" that his Dad (a sportswriter) was on one of those crazy commercials...
OP my thought was virtually all of the topics you listed usually result in 2-4 pages of "opinions" whether truth or not that then degrade that thread to the point of being locked. Hence my comment. We do tend to have many strong opinions on this board whether truth or myth it seems. I try to give factual advice but sometimes we all go off into the ditch.................. Might even happen with this one.
Yeah I read the question. I'm just scared to answer it. I don't want to start a flame war here. If pushed on this I'd have to go with something about whether barrels need a break in procedure. We see posts all over the map on that issue when it gets rolling. Just don't ask me where I stand.
That was my thinking too. That's why I said this could be the flame thread to end all flame threads. We could see 40 different arguments going at once in this one. So I'm trying to stay as neutral as possible while still answering the question. After seeing hundreds of posts just on the .25 auto (with no real POV being pitted against another POV) I figure it's easy to set off a flame fest without even trying.
Why did you even comment to begin with?
You missed the #1 biggest: "My daddy told me...." Or drill sergeant, or uncle, or hunting buddy.
"My daddy told me the rifles they were issued back in the war were slow and jammed and his drill sergeant told him those m1 enblocks pinging made them suicide machines in real combat and they never should have let their Springfields get taken away." "My daddy told me when the army switched to .38 the philippino insurgents would just ignore being shot and hack you to death with machetes." "My daddy told me that his 6.5x55 could take any game in north america or Europe and was accurate over long distances without being a shoulder killer." "My daddy told me the army never shoulda switched to the m9 because...."
I'm not sure if the Internet has reduced or increased the "XYZ told me..." syndrome? At least with the Internet someone can do a lot of sifting to zero-in on the truth. Back in the day, "experts" were often not questioned
Naw.Poor methodology in the poll. Either the #1 and #2 responses were influenced by being #1 and #2, or you placed what you thought would be the top choices that way. They should have been randomized. I chose #1.