What Would You Carry If Government/Military Calibers Were Banned?

It would depend on which country the law is patterned after. In Europe, many countries only prohibit true military cartridges so larger non-military calibers like .357 Magnum, 10mm Auto, and .44 Magnum would still be legal. Mexico, however, prohibits not only military calibers, but also semi-autos bigger than .380 and revolvers bigger than .38 Special.
 
A copy of the Constitution and whatever caliber I felt like having.
That ends that debate!
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Not really - restricting a few cartridges is not stopping the right to keep and bear arms.

For the discussion, the 9X23 packs a nice punch as does the 38 Super
 
I like the idea of the .45 Italian ctg, but I would have to see how long I could get away with carrying the .45 Auto Rim.
 
jhenry said:
A copy of the Constitution and whatever caliber I felt like having.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 2nd amendment says nothing about the right to buy/have/carry ammunition, right. Just saying.

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"Or 9mm Glisenti."

That wouldn't work.

It was dimensionally identical to the 9mm Luger, but loaded to lesser velocity.

It also occurs to me that we'd have to define "government."

Are we talking strictly Federal government, or are we talking State and Local governments, as well?

If only Federal government, that would immediately rule out .45, .40, .357 Sig., .357 Magnum, .38 Special (Smithsonian Police are armed with .38 Special revolvers), 9mm, .22, and possibly others. .44 Magnum may be ruled out, as well, as some special units issued that at times.

That would hopefully leave us 10mm (unless someone is still using the MP 5/10), .41 Magnum, would probably result in a rebirth of the .41 Action Express, hopefully .32 and .380 ACP, should leave .38 Super, .32 Long, .32 H&R Magnum, .327 Ruger, .44 Special, .45 Colt, and a bunch of others.

Who knows, that could bring to fruition my interest in a J-frame sized revolver in .41 Long Colt.
 
Since it is just for fun.....

I would simply stick with my already-owned PPK in 380 for CC, and it would give me an excuse to finally buy that 38 Super I have always been intriqued by.

J
 
Shorten a .357 S&W magnum case by 0.010", rebore a .38 Spl chamber to be 0.010" longer, load to 38 Spl+p levels & call it the ".36 plenum".:eek:
No-one will have one of those puppys in inventory.:cool:
 
45 GAP or 9x18 Makarov

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 45 GAP or 9x18 Makarov.

For semi auto I'd go with 45 GAP or Makarov. Others I would consider: 10mm in Glock, 9x23 Dillon, and 1911 in 38 Super.

For revolver I don't think it would be as applicable, so I'd stick with 357 or 44 Mag.
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 45 GAP
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Mike's mention of the Italian .45 made me think of it, but several government agencies do use the .45 GAP. Under our hypothetical rule, it would be disqualified.
 
Why not .45 Super? Its not THAT much hotter then 45 ACP, but should yield similar results. I also like the thought of the 45 italian, though, knowing little about the cartridge, I may be concerned about the case strength. I am probably wrong on that issue though.
 
I think one of the things that this thread highlights is the general purpose versatility of the 9mm Luger.

You take that caliber out of the mix and you're going small for some things like carry and going big for other things like home defense and hiking etc... two different calibers, where a lot of the times the 9mm can do both - small concealed carry like a Rohrbaugh R9 or Kahr CM9/PM9 and larger duty pistols like the Glock 17 and Beretta 92/ M9.
 
Obsolete Calibers

Or any caliber that had been used by a military/government?
32-20? 38 or 44-40?
Get a BFR in 45-70?
 
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 2nd amendment says nothing about the right to buy/have/carry ammunition, right. Just saying.
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"Shall Not Be Infringed"

I like that part, just saying.
 
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