.45 ACP is what I shoot the most but a close second is a tie between my .357 and my 7.62 Nagant.
380
9mm
38 Spl
357 Mag
40
44 Spl
44 Mag
45 ACP
45 Colt
Other
41 Mag
.45 ACP is what I shoot the most but a close second is a tie between my .357 and my 7.62 Nagant.
I can't answer this question as I shoot all my pistols pretty much the same amount so don't have one that I shoot most. Unless you consider the 22 lr caliber which I don't as it is for hunting and tin can shooting.
With the current shortage of everything I shoot a lot less than I used to and if everything had to be put in one caliber I am not sure which I would choose as some work in pistol and rifle and some are just plain make large holes. So it would most likely depend on which one I grabbed at the moment.
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I like them all but there is just something special about launching the 358429's out of my redhawk.
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Ruger BH .45 Colt. It can plink with little recoil (my 12 yr old loves it with cowboy loads) or surpass the .44 mag for hunting. Pretty versatile IMO. Another fine choice would be the .357 mag, fine accuracy in a good gun, mine's a 6" M19, and can do 90% of what a handgun is good for while being frugal with the powder and lead.... JMO...Dennis (Wheelgunner, but will someday get a new fangled self-loader in .45 ACP)
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45 Colt
but 32 H&R, 38 Special and 45ACP are not far behind.
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I note with 235 votes in -- although 45 acp leads -- it is about 60% revolver calibers, 25% semi-auto calibers, 15% other. Interesting.
Paul
My reasoning for this: Maybe some here are like me and hate trying to locate their precious brass when they are done banging away at the range. I shoot an over under at the trap/skeet/clays range for the same reason....I do not lose none of my old style AA hulls that way.
I voted 38spcl, but the 38spcl , 357mag and 357max are all too close to really pick a true winner at this house. For the first time in alot of years I can make the following statement............there are no longer any semi-auto CF handguns that live in my house. I sold/traded off all the brass losers and have went back to revolvers/singleshots exclusively. Did I mention I hate losing brass?
I'd have to say .475 Linebaugh -- it's what I shoot the most. But ask me in a couple of months and the .500 Linebaugh may suplant the .475 (I just got my .500 and I am still get acquainted with it).
9mm is my favorite
Welcome to the board, CoolBarrelBill.
I'm late to this party, and the question is a conflicted one for this here mid-caliber addict. What caliber gets carried the most--what caliber gets shot the most--which caliber is most useful--which one is easiest to make accurate?
Despite my affection for the 32s, the 357 Magnum wins out for all-around favorite. There is almost always a can of emptied 357 brass laying around, waiting to be tumbled and refilled. The caliber just does so many things so darn well.
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Okay Ill bite, but this one is tough. It will probably be the 38 special. But like many others the 45LC and 44mag is sure fun as well as all the 32s.
I continue to be amazed at the popularity of the .32's in this poll. I have some .32 H & R cast boolit loads made up if the weather would clear up enough to get to the farm. (I'm probably repeating myself, but what the heck.)
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Hard to pick just one, however I carry my Sig 1911 in .45 and it gets shot everytime I go to the range which is every other weekend. My GP-100 gets a work out most of the time as well. I also am shoting my FN 5.7 alot. Too many choices not enough time to shoot them all.
shoot the 38sp most with 148gr wc cast from a lee six cavity tl . It is always one of the 38 's that goes with me to the range . Although I also shoot up a mountain of 45lc,44sp 44 mag 9mm and all the 32's I guess i love them all but that 38 always goes with me .
Wow! This one really stirred em up-huh! Can't really say I have a favorite but I shoot most of them. I guess which ever one is the newest at the time. Just bought a Braztech M92 in 357 magnum and I own a S&W 586 so I guess 357 is my favorite--right now. I also like the 44 magnum very much-- then there's the 44 special----45 Colt----the 45 ACP-----9mm-----32 magnum--------Oh well!!
I voted "other" because there was no 44-40 on the list.
It is the caliber I shoot the most. I have two single action revolvers, 2 marlin 94's, and a combo12ga/44-40 ( that I carried hunting all fall)
Ahhhhhh, to stir the pot.
I notice I was the first to select .380. It was my selection not because I would select it first for a gunfight, but because it is the one I always have on me. If I would be heading for a gunfight, I would take my 12 ga.
As for my first choice of pistol calibers, it would be 10 mm.
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |