What's your favorite pistol cartridge?

[GLynn41]

.41 magnum and .41 GNR- or the 41/445- had .357, 44, 45 Colt and 454 and now for me .41 thankfully I have never had any problem with components and I shoot 99% cast HPs soft points --LWNGC -- and the deer, yotes and ground hogs do not care

[LeMat]

I have a hard time deciding between the 45 Colt and .357 Magnum. I love 'em both, but when it's all said and done, I'd say the 45 Colt comes out on top. Mild to wild with a lot of lead.





But when I'm shooting .357's, I like to do it with this.....

[45r]

45 colt and 454 casull.My F/A 454 is very accurate with any load tried in it.

[hobbylink1]

I would say the 9mm first then the .357 The only reason the 357 is number 2 is because the 9mm is easy to clean and I am lazzzzzzzzzy

[bob208]

i would take the .41 mag lite loads and it is a ***** cat loaded up anything hit with it will think it was hit with a .44 mag or a hot .45. only problem is getting ammo. because ot that i have to go with the .38/357 i hold them in the same class as a .30-30 you can go into just about any mom and pop hardware store,or gun shop and get a box of shells.

[ScottJ]

I have to vote .44 Mag. I've shot more of it than any of the others I own (.357, .45 ACP, 9mm and .380) and it was the first I ever reloaded for. And now the first I've ever cast for.

I love .357 mag too but find it less pleasant to shoot than the .44 because the muzzle blast is more of an ear splitting ka-pow rather than the dull boom of the .44. Plus its recoil is more of a chop than the stiff push of the .44.

I'm also starting to really like .45 ACP. Fun to shoot, fun to load but my 1911 stopped working recently and I've not gotten it fixed yet.

I'm also new to 9MM but it isn't as much fun to reload as the above 3.

I've owned a .380 pocket pistol for several years but just recently did some loading for it. Those teeny cases and small powder charges make me feel like I'm assembling a pocket watch.

[Tallinar]

.44 magnum, due to it's versatility. I can use it for light cowboy plinking on up to strong hunting loads. It doesn't hurt that it's also what I am best-equipped to reload. =-D

If I was tooled up to reload it, the same could be said of .45 Colt. However, not all guns designed for .45 Colt can handle the full range of potential that the cartridge is capable of. A learned person could use .45 Colt for any of the same applications one would want to use .44 magnum for though, I would imagine.

[JesterGrin_1]

Hmmmmmmmmmm .44 MAG lol.

[What Cheer]

Revolvers, .44 Special

Semi-automatics, .45ACP

Best regards,

What Cheer

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

.357 Mag!

[BrettT/C]

My would be the .475 Linebaugh followed by the 32 H&R. Which is be rechambered to .327 Federal Mag.
Brett

[357Mag]

.357Mag for me.

"N-frames shooting 14.5gr WW296 & SP Mag primers under any Lyman .357 calibre SWC of 158 - 172gr. I don't even shoot ' em w/ gas checks.
This combo certainly makes " major calibre " at those shoots drawing such distintions.

I also like Skeeter's load of 8gr 4756 & SP primer under a nominal 158gr SWC.
I use standard .357Mag brass, though... and not .38s.

4 -5in barrels. I shoot a customized M520 ( fixed sight N-frame ) fitted w/ a 4" full- bull barrel. Same balance as 5" M-27, but easier to carry conceled.

Regards,
357Mag

[lawboy]

There was a time I would have said 357 Magnum and I still think it is great, maybe the best all around. Thing is, I just don't need all around. I don't need a 100-yard medium game cartridge that doubles as a target gun, triples as a plinker, quadruples as a ccw piece and quintuplets as a hd piece. My "overall gun just has to be a casual target gun, an IDPA gun and a carry gun. For me, the caliber is 45ACP. 357 is good, great even, but for what I do, 45ACP is better, particularly when firing indoors. I have fired both indoors, give me the 45 any day!

[jh45gun]

45 colt I shoot a clone but I see no need to hotrod this cartridge anyway a standard load will do most all that I need it for. I suspect even a standard load with good cast bullets would be a good penetrator.

[buck1]

44mag is the king of handgun rounds. Nothing is more versitile.

dido!

[Shooter6br]

My Smith 657 in 41 mag followed by mty Ruger SP101 in 32 Mag.My AMT 45acp gov model is in there also

[housedad]

Heck, I'll ressurect this thread and chimne in.

revolver favorites are the 357/38 followed by the 44 mag.

Semi auto is the 45 acp and the 9mm.

I shoot a lot of 22, but the dang things are so small for my mitts to fumble with. Getting old, I guess.

I reload for the 9X18, 9X19, 45 acp, 380, 38, 357, 44 mag. I love em all.

[autofix4u]

I am glad I am not the only demented person here. I have seen the 30 mauser/ 7.62x25 mentioned a couple of times. this seems to be my favorite as its the one I play with the most. I can load a 60 gr jacketed to 2000fps +or a 125 gr to 1500 fps. I killed a nice sized doe last season with one of the lyman 31133 hp & wc820. From the CZ52 it will shoot a 3.5" group at 100 yrds (with a rest). I can plink all day with the C96 and not chase brass to far. My converted Destroyer carbine is fast becoming my favorite bolt gun.

[Bullshop Junior]

45 Colt in a ruger Black Hawk is mine. I have the convertable 45acp/45 colt. I shoot any thing from 185gn to 350gn and it get the job done. I use the 45 colt the most. Shoot grouse and rabbits with no problom, and if it walks on this earth it will kill it.
45Nut has it right.
BIC/Daniel/BS Jr.

[Bullshop]

Dont listen to that Jr. fella, everybody knows the best boolit revoler is a Ruger single six in 22 ccm.
Blessings
BIC/BS