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

My user name says it.

Use a "Lee Taper Crimp Die" for crimping reloads

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[This message has been edited by B9mmHP (edited September 18, 2000).]
 
I've never had a problem with 38 or 357. I've had at least one jam with every auto I own, even though many of the jams were due to head space on my part. I've never been able to screw up my Ruger SP101, even to the point of a double charge.
 
I've never seen where caliber/cartridge had anything at all to do with reliability. Whatever "gotta be reliable" pistol I use will not be one that has had thousands of rounds through it without a rebuild, whether revolver or semi-auto.

I've never had a failure with any handgun I've ever used, other than a couple that some self-styled "gunsmith" had screwed up. I'm not counting goofs in reloading plinking ammo--but that was my fault, not the gun's.

FWIW, Art
 
Whut Art said.. but I'm partial to .38spl mahself. :D

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.38 special fired out of a .357 magnum frame. Stable, rock solid performance.

Second choice would be anything fired out of a Ruger P-Series. "Reliability" thy name is "Ruger".

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Do not know if it is the gun or the round, but the 9x18 mak combined with the pistol itself are an awfully good combination. 9mm in any pistol has worked well for me.
 
Never had a problem with any weapon that wasn't related to a particular round (Blazers got caught in my AT-84 all the time but that was the only round it would hang up on) or my fault (malfunction clearance drill led to a real malfunction).

The other problems are weapon related: a Colt custom Pony was horrible (would lock open every other round) and a .40 Sig 229 (slide wouldn't lock back all the time with 155 gr loads).

Outside of that, no problems with 9, .40, .45 or 10 mm.
 
25 ACP. 100% Reliable with everything from Hornady hp's to Fiocchi FMJ.

I've had troube TWICE with the sticky aluminum cased ammo (CCI Blazers) in my P-95 (9mm); they were failures to extract btw. For that gun, I stick to brass now.

Ben

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[This message has been edited by Ben (edited September 20, 2000).]
 
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