What is your favorite caliber for a pistol?

I have 20 40's, so I guess that would have to be my favorite.

Got an XD-M, and an XD sub-compact to carry.

 

Fuckstick got super lucky.

 

Can a mod change the title so it says caliber?? Please??

And .40 is my favorite!!

 

...on both counts!

 

Yeah, unfortunately that crap bugs the hell out of me too. I try to ignore it but alas!

 

I saw it a while back and ignored it- but recently this thread has been at top....All better now tho!!

Thanks!!

 

I use an old dial caliper to measure....hey, wait...what happened?

 

45 acp

 

I use .40 Speer Gold Dots @ Work but my favorite handgun round is the .357 sig round. In a Glock 31 it a hot round going at 1400fps and in a Glock 35 longslide with a .357 conversion barrel Speer's go at around 1600fps. Ballistics wise a windshield or glass won't be a major problem for the round such as a 45 deflecting. Sure 45 is a huge round but at around 900fps they drop at 35-50 yards and a .357 Sig you can shoot steel at 100yards without much Kentucky windage.

For the 9mm and 45 fans if that's what you can comfortably hit your target with that's fine. But the Columbine, CO cop that was a School Resource Officer at the High School the day of the massacre had a better round than a 9mm, when he engaged the shooter prior to them entering the school he could have been more accurate and effective.


Just a Jarhead Deputies 2 cents.

 

I won't be putting my life in the hands of luck. My 10mm will penetrate a car door then the BGs skull.

 

Yeah, hit me with the spell check stick.. I notice as soon as I posted but didn't bother to ask to fix... sorry guys.

By the way... I would say .40 is my favorite. However, I sure wouldn't mine having a 1911 Micro 45acp.

 

.357 SIG in a Glock 31, loaded with Winchester Ranger 125 gr. bonded hollowpoints.
It would be my daily CCW gun, if my Commie state allowed us to legally carry.

 

.45ACP in my 1911 for me

8mm Mauser is my favorite long gun cartridge. Used to be as cheap as 9mm, back when a box of 9 was $5

 

Just to be different... I love the good ol .22 . At 4 cents a pop its hard to hate em and they spit lead just as fast and accurate as their larger cousins.

But I hate to say it but NATO rounds are abundant and 9mm seems to be there perfect mix size and damage (both to your wallet and target). Cant go wrong there.

As far as a .45 goes... If you plan on using a gun on another human being you have to be prepared for the court date afterwards no matter what state you are from or in. And bullet size (ie intent to stop or intent to kill) will be considered. I personally will take the smaller round and aim for non vital positions.
If you are going over the rine though good luck lol

 

Also Im a big fan of that hk 5.7 round. Next generation round?

 

As long as a court of law sees it that way I agree with you. Except the lawsuits I see today don't necessarily follow common sense.

 

my favorite would have to be .454 casull. it packs one hell of a wallop 240 g bullet at 1900 fps with 1923 ft lbs of energy. i have a taurus raging bull with an 8" barrel. it will shoot a tick off a flies ass at 50 yards and blow a chunk out of the 6"oak tree thats behind it.