Caliber preference: Do you find yourself liking larger or smaller calibers?

I go for cheap and fun to shoot also.
.22LR
.22Hornet reloaded
.36 caliber muzzleloader shooting patched 000 buckshot as a bullet.
7/8 ounce reloads for my 12 gauge shotgun.

The big artillary I own tends to gather a lot of dust in the closet, it's just not that much fun to shoot and I hear a cash register go "cha ching" every time I pull the trigger.
 
I like 'em both: .243 for long range antelope hunting in South Dakota and 30-30 or 44 MAG carbine for hunting in Pennsylvania. Hit 'em right through the chest organs and the animal dies quickly regardless of the hunting cartridge.

Jack
 
Small bores, you can shoot them all day without feeling like you were in a saloon brawl afterwards.
And, you still have most of your money.
 
"You like little freight trains?"

yes, if they weigh 500 to 700 plus grains and are traveling from 1,000 to 1,200 fps and are .730 caliber +/-
 
In handguns I like big slow bullets. 250/230gr .45colt/acp at about 850fps.

For hunting if it's legal to hunt with and doesn't make me go ouch, it's fine.

Over all though I have a great fondness for .22lr.
 
For cheap, monthly practice: .22 LR. For SD/HD: I'm partial to the .45 [sometimes ACP, sometimes Colt]. I do on occasion switch to a .357 revolver for those duties, but by and large....well, I'll take a "large".
 
The older I get the more I like smaller calibers and less recoil. Down to a 6.5x55 for deer hunting now. And I have myself looking at lighter weight rifles that I currently have as well.
 
It seems I have this thing for 255 gr RNFP. 44 Colt, 45 colt, whatever. I even like them in rifle, and I cherish my infamous Taurus pump tomato stake in .45 Colt.
 
I do not own anything I feel is too punishing to shoot all day during practice and proficiency drills...

I am so glad we have had smart folks in the gun industry that have never failed to provide me with a platform and round that is comfortable enough to shoot a bunch yet lethal enough for the task I will use it on...

I settled into .22lr (obviously) for my rimfire...
20 gauge satisfies my shotgun uses...

When I fill my need for a "small" centerfire it will be a .223 or .243...

The last need I will fill is "large" centerfire and it will be a .30-06 on a fairly heavy platform to mitigate what I consider nearly excessive recoil potential (ever shot a .30-06 in a lightweight single shot configuration:eek:)

The proliferation of the .40 auto cartridge had me just giddy... A little bigger than the 9mm which I considered just barely big enough and a little smaller than the .45acp which few argue is plenty big but size limits capacity...

Brent
 
I guess i belive in smaller because i think people get this mindset that they need huge guns to take down animals or people when reality is a semi automatic .22 lr can easily take down your average intruder with a few shots to center mass just my 2 cents
 
.17 HMR for groundhogs and rifled slugs for deer. It just depends on the situation. I like them all; have never been an "either/or" guy. If finances and my wife would allow it, I would have many more firearms in various calibers than I possesses now. I love to shoot my S&W M&P 22lr pistol, but would also love to have a .44 magnum in my collection. When it comes to firearms, diversity is a beautiful thing.
 
Years ago, I liked revolvers and lots of recoil... so I gravitated toward S&W revolvers in .357mag and .44mag.

These days, I prefer less recoil and semiautos... so I own .380acp, 9mm, and .45acp pistols.... more comfortable for me to shoot.
 
My two favourites are poles apart:
.22LR and .44Mag!!
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And for rifles there is 22LR to .348
And for shotguns there is .410 to 10 gauge

Love them all but 22 still gets shot the most.
 
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