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Post by weagle99 on May 11, 2011 19:31:47 GMT -5
The only thing that keeps me from picking the 22LR is if I need the caliber in a self defense situation so in this case I'm going to pick the 357 Maggie as long as I can handload anyway. I see your point, but lots of .22s put very quickly into a small space can do stuff to a bad guy. I am a .45 guy through and through, but I see the logic in selecting the .22.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on May 11, 2011 19:40:00 GMT -5
.44 Magnum
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Post by chaz on May 11, 2011 19:57:34 GMT -5
.357 Mag
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Post by njsbd on May 11, 2011 20:09:45 GMT -5
FWIW, I have 4/ 500L now used to have that or more in 45Lc ( 2 now)only one gun would cause me to say 500 L then I have everything covered and remember Robert Ruark " carry enough gun"
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Post by Stump Buster on May 11, 2011 20:15:46 GMT -5
I REALLY dislike the thought, but if I had to... 9mm My 45 Colt's now hate me (that may change this month....more to come )
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Post by robl on May 11, 2011 20:55:50 GMT -5
Stump you've been in California too long. Come breath some fresh, free mountain air that 9mm fascination will pass:-)
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Post by Cucuy on May 11, 2011 21:19:33 GMT -5
. Tonight after she finishes casting some more LBT WFN 511 and 476 caliber bullets and fixing a fried whole catfish dinner with blackberry cobbler... I will ask my wife, hypothetically speaking of course, what she would do if one of our children were to ever marry a lazy person. . . Whoa, whoa, whoa. She cooks? I'm cool with the casting and the equipment lubrication, but the cooking? I can't wrap my brain around that! You are a lucky, lucky man!
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Post by J Miller on May 11, 2011 22:57:31 GMT -5
. My wife is also in charge of keeping the Dillons properly lubricated. Now, back to the original question... A whole lot of folks supporting the 45 Colt with little to no support for the 44. A little surprising. Is that because of the large number who SASS cowboy shoot ? . Nope, never shot a CAS match in my life, but I been shooting the .45 Colt since before anybody heard of CAS. .44 Mags as they come out the box are too noisy and have too much recoil for my taste. You can't buy a standard level load for 'em. On the other hand the .45 Colt comes in a nice easy standard level load right from the start. Easier on the ears and wrist and in the right shooter you can crank it up if you need to. Hense: The .45 Colt; first, foremost and forever. Joe
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Post by Sarge on May 12, 2011 0:08:02 GMT -5
Over the past 40 years (can't believe I'm really saying that!) I've owned, loaded for and hunted with .357, .41, .44 Mag and .45 Colt revolvers. About five years ago I walked back into my loading room, looked at the melee of components and counted way too may calibers that I needed to re-stock for. It was then that I decided to thin the herd.
There's nothing wrong with the .357 but it's not very comforting in places where the critters contemplating your last rites go over 1000 pounds. It also, in my experience, does not kill lesser game as well as the bigger sixguns. I liked the .41 OK but in the time and place where I had one, ammo and components were a problem. This would not be the case today if one favored that cartridge because the mail order houses can fix you up.
The .44 Mag was my constant companion for many years, even as a duty gun. It is an excellent heavy sixgun round. In the guns I have used it in, however, light and heavy loads shot to significantly disparate points of impact.
Maybe I'm lucky but my old Vaquero plants everything from 250 RNFPs at 825 fps-through 250 XTPs at 1100-all the way up to 325s at nearly 1200, close enough to the sights that I can use any of them without worry, at the ranges I employ them. The standard-pressure .45 Colt loads don't wreck my ears if I need to shoot a couple in the field w/o earplugs. These qualities, its ease of shooting and its performance on game have all endeared the gun and cartridge to me above all others. Additionally, it is wonderful in a carbine. Heck, it's even amenable in a little two-shooter that will handle .410 shells. Really, the only thing it's lacking is availability in a little 5-shot snub on the order of the Taurus 450.
My answer comes without hesitation. Hands down, .45 Colt.
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Post by bluecow on May 12, 2011 0:34:27 GMT -5
Thank you Mr Quinn! Ive used a 44 for years, and been looking at a s&w m58 that thinks it should be in my home, but in the end ill take the lowly 22. got my single six and a holster for $80 nib. its been with me longer than some of the men i work with have been alive.
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Post by mtnbkr on May 12, 2011 7:08:22 GMT -5
Assuming I can cast and reload: 357mag.
I'm not a fan of the 357mag, but for a guy in the 'burbs who reloads, it would do everything I need a handgun to do. I can load it down for target/fun/plinking and load it up for SD/hunting.
Though, if you remove SD and large game hunting from the equation, a 22lr would be just dandy as well.
Chris
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Post by agrizz on May 12, 2011 7:55:16 GMT -5
If I HAD to....................22 Long Rifle. Over the years I have gone through a few different hand guns and calibers and find myself with a enormous appreciation for this cartridge. Primarly the lowley .22 lr is the only caliber that I would not be able to do without. It is not a long range cartridge. The .22 LR is not a powerful round. From the standpoints of cost, function, recoil, accuracy they just flat work. It will do an outstanding job of dispatching as well. Secondary would be the .45 colt.
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Post by rigby on May 12, 2011 8:03:47 GMT -5
The logic of the 22 is hard to beat but I just cant For me its the 45 Colt. Dont even have to get a custom gun to be able to cover the spectrum of power levels. There are even guns that are adequate for CC. I guess if I lived in different place it would be a different choice.
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Post by jgt on May 12, 2011 9:25:06 GMT -5
Not counting the 22 rimfire, I chose one centerfire handgun caliber many years ago. I did the same for rifles and shotguns. I still have basically the same battery with little variation. It wouldn't work for everyone, but I'm happy.
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Post by cubrock on May 12, 2011 11:02:15 GMT -5
Skeeter Skelton would have chosen the .357 Magnum. For me, I think it would be that or .22 LR or Magnum. I'd have to think really hard to choose between the two rimfires.
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