What's your favorite round

[Vt.birdhunter]

No round's "numbers" (capacity, energy, size) have enamored me the way the 10mm has.

It is the 36-24-36 of rounds.

 

[mnero]

.357 mag. I can load them in my revolver or my henry rifle.

 

[Frasier]

I like shooting my S&W .38 special. Not the most powerful, but my most accurate.

 

[Smaug]

.44 Magnum. It can do about anything, especially with hand loads. I roll 185 gr. Bullets with 5 gr. of HP38 for accurate, easy-shooting at the range. .44 Specials in Magnum cases, for the most part.

Those same bullets over a good dose of H110 out of a rifle, and they're probably moving at around 2000 fps.

Move up to 240 gr. bullets with the magnum loading, and it will be good for deer.

Heavier bullets and the magnum powder, and it is enough medicine for any animal.

If money is an object and defense isn't, I'd take .22LR. Super-versatile.

 

[Noreaster]

Tough choice between 45 acp and 357 mag, if $ is not an issue. If I were down to the one gun thing it would be a 357 magnum.

 

[alabama]

10mm auto prolly the best all around handgun caliber of all time. Bullet weights from 135 to 230 its hard to beat a glock 20 with 16 rounds. Thats a total of 12000 foot pounds of energy without a reload its a blast to shoot.

 

[Mesquito Whitey]

Just found this thread. I absolutely love shooting a good, stout .45 Colt. I've been experimenting with reloads for a couple years now. Never get tired of it.
As far as rifle rounds, have to say .223 in my AR.
30-06 for hunting.

 

[solidgun]

9mm para and 308win....solves all my problems.

 

[shootniron]

.45acp

 

[BIG P]

454 casull & 357mag love the recoil.

 

[TENFAN]

10mm for 2 legged or 4

 

[lawnboy]

No round's "numbers" (capacity, energy, size) have enamored me the way the 10mm has.

It is the 36-24-36 of rounds.

Does that make the 9mm Luger the 32-28-38 a lot of us wind up stuck with? And the .45 ACP the 40-32-44 that is quite common? And the .357 is ......I'll stop now.

Excellent metaphor!

 

[glock20c]

50ae,10mm...

 

[stormyone]

357 Magnum.

 

[carprivershooter]

My favorite sound

My favorite sound is the sound of the hammer of a colt 45 being pulled back.

Sorry I reread the post. 45 ACP of course.

 

[9mm]

9mm It's in semi autos, and revolvers. It's also used in 1911's

 

[Kalel01a]

That's easy... .22lr. I can shoot all day for just a few dollars.

 

[aaronerman]

Without a doubt, .454 casull. Mine is a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan

 

[Wag]

.357 Magnum, hands down. For general use, of course.

For other specific uses, other rounds may be better suited.

--Wag--

 

[MLeake]

If I had to pick one, it would be .357 Magnum, as it offers a wide range of power levels in some very portable platforms.

I prefer light Magnum / hot .38+P for carry (158gr in the 1000-1100fps range).

But it's nice we aren't stuck with one caliber.