What caliber is your big bore carry gun? If you have one.

[Dave Lively]

Like the title says, if you normally carry something bigger than a 9mm/357 what caliber is it?

Definitions:

"Big bore" - .40 caliber and up
"Regularly carry" - Something you carry often in your regular life, not the 500 S&W you bought for a once in a lifetime fishing trip to Alaska. Or the 44 Magnum you only carry while hunting.

I don't regularly carry anything larger than 9mm so I have no dog in this fight. I do have a 44 Magnum but never carry it in town.

 

[Fishinfool]

I own a number of 44 Magnums, but it's not a round or a gun that I usually carry in public. I do carry the 45 ACP often, usually in a 1911.

Larry

 

[RWPBR]

44 Special is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

 

[Classic29]

Single stack 4013. Only because even with a good belt the 4516-1 still pulls my pants down.

 

[OLDSTER]

IMO, the only "big bore" I would carry daily would be a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 special; not too heavy.
FILE PHOTO

 

[Tu_S]

Was an Officers ACP.

The high capacity 9mm micro's finally gave me a good enough reason to replace it in the role, first with a Hellcat, which in turn has been replaced by a Shield Plus.

 

[tennexplorer]

1917 with a 4" barrel. The Model 22-4's great grandfather but better looking.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Charter Arms 44 Special Bulldog Pug - or - Kahr Arms CW45.

 

[Blinkers]

I carry a Glock 20 frequently in the colder months. It's reassuring to have 15 rounds of 10mm...

 

[sousana]

At home and around town:

Primary Carry:45acp Metaloyed Kimber Raptor or Safari Arms Matchmaster.
Backup Gun:45acp Metaloyed Kimber Ultra Raptor or Colt Officers
Trunk Rifle in steel vault welded to bed of vehicle: Aero 223 Wylde AR Pistol with 10.5" bbl loaded with 5.56 frangible, spare mags loaded with 77gr JHP IMI

While on my 300 acre property:

2.5" Ruger Alaskan in 454 loaded with Cor-Bon heavy 45LC bear loads with 2 speed loaders 1 carrying 454 FMJ the other 454 JHP.
Rifle: Big Horn 454 lever action.

 

[342ti]

ONLY 2 viable carry calibers: 45acp/1911, 357mag/4"bbl K frame/Python. You're welcome!

 

[fishwishin]

1911/.45ACP is my daily carry and it's on my hip as I type this.

 

[robvious]

my winter rotation includes a SIG P250C in 40S&W... My square revolver

 

[Echo40]

Unsurprisingly, .45 ACP is leading the poll by a wide margin, but for me it's .40 S&W all the way.

In warm weather I carry a Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P40 Shield 1.0 and in cold weather I carry a Smith & Wesson Sigma SW40VE.

 

[colt_saa]

Total Titanium 45 Long Colt weighing in at 20 ounces is my favorite

Here it is stuffed with the Barnes Total Copped Hollow Point bullets

Very easy to carry all day

You have to Love a Hollow Point that you can drop a 22 into

 

[Well Armed]

44 Mag Go big or go home.

 

[Cal44]

I've haven't carried it, but I will if I go to big bear country.

629 44 Magnum Backpacker -- 2.5" barrel, ported.

 

[BC38]

I have four.
Two five-shot 44 specials, a CA Bulldog that I carry the most, and a Rossi 720 44 special that I occasionally carry.
The third is a Rossi five-shot 44 magnum that I also have carried on occasion.
Lastly I have a 10+1 shot Taurus PT145 that is a pretty good carry.
So with 2 of 4 being 44 special, that's my vote.

 

[LittleAugieMo]

629-5/3" in a Tom Theeepersons cross draw. By El Paso Saddlery. Also carry anywhere from 2 -4 speed loaders.

 

[minuteman]

29-3 3" 'Pocket' Gun.