Most trouble free caliber in the various guns you have owned.

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355sigfan

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I have had the best relaiblilty across the board. It seems that gun design matters more than caliber but I have noticed that most 9mm have a slightly better rep for reliability than the larger calibers. I have had good luck in all my calibers except a few 1911 45 acp's
PAT

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.357/.38 in my revolvers. Never had a problem.

Second comes 9mm.

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
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I've owned a @&# 457, a Taurus PT92, a Taurus 608 (ported), and a Ruger P95. So far, the most trouble free has been both the PT 92 and the P95.

Coincidence? I think not. I've always thought the 9mm was a particularly reliable round. I've never heard many complaints concerning that caliber.

[This message has been edited by ojibweindian (edited September 15, 2000).]
 
In the interest of brevity, I won't list all that I own/have owned.

I will say that the 9mm has given me the least troulbe, and the most satisfaction.

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Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!
 
I'm assuming you're talking about pistols versus revolvers, right? My vote goes to the 9x18 Makarov. The .40 S&W might be a close second, but I haven't shot enough rounds (yet) to be sure.
DAL

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I think a couple of my 9mm pistols would have to place on top, though I suspect that my recently acquired Mak will be very reliable.
 
Never had any glitches using my 41 and 45 Redhawks; every other gun I've ever owned has had at least one (but I own a 9mm Witness that's been 100% reliable with chamber-checked ammo).

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"All my ammo is factory ammo"
 
7.62X25 in my CZ52.
I believe the bottleneck design contributes greatly to feed reliability.

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.38 Special/.357 Magnum for sure. Thing about a high-quality wheel gun (S&Ws, earlier Colts, Rugers) is they "go bang" almost without fail. My autoloaders (Colts, Kimbers, Glocks, Sigs, H&Ks) are wonderful firearms and have excellent reliability -- but not quite the reliability of the revolvers.

[This message has been edited by RWK (edited September 16, 2000).]
 
I will throw a monkey wrench in the 9mm is best by mentioning reloading. 9mm can be a real bugger to reload.

When I first started reloading, years ago, I could not get the crimp on a 9mm correct. My bullets were not held tight. I corrected the problem with a Lee factory crimp die.

I have never had a problem with 45acps. I will opt for the 45acp.

Regards,

Richard
 
.38 Super! I haven't fired many guns for it, which probably skews the result. But they've all worked--and more reliably, even, than some of my revolvers.
 
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