Larger Caliber CCW

[pjpjr]

Given current situation in US, have you "upsized" your CCW caliber? Example, I have gone from a .38 SPL snub revolver to a .40 caliber sub compact for daily CCW. I'm currently considering carrying a .45 caliber pistol because, as I get older, I have realized I don't want to have any physical altercations with anybody and my thinking is, God forbid, I need to defend myself I want to have a larger caliber pistol, increasing my odds of defending myself better. I know the trade-offs are weight vs concealability etc. but want to make sure in the event of a situation I can get out safely!
Thoughts and comments please...

 

[Valmet]

My .02 is whatever you can shoot consistently well as shot placement sometimes gets “lost” in caliber discussions.

 

[Frailer]

There have been a lot of “based on what is happening now…” questions posed here of late.

Thankfully, my daily life remains decidedly unexciting, which is just the way I like it.

 

[pjpjr]

Agreed but for me I travel several states around my home state and often am in areas less desirable than I like.
Last night in INDY a shooting occurred outside a restaurant, and it got me thinking

 

[YouveHadYour6]

No and don't plan to.

 

[Kanewpadle]

The 40 can do anything the 45 can if you do your part.

Don’t over think things.

You might want to put some thought into a bug out bag to get you home.

 

[375hh1973]

EDC is a .45acp

Dont see any reason to go to a .46

 

[BrBa]

I upgraded from .38 +P to .32 H&R Magnum.

 

[Rustyt1953]

As I see it caliber wars are basically pointless as handguns are cordless hole punchers and as our esteemed former Yankee govt employee from flyover country has often said "even a lowly .22 will make that feller quickly decide there's some place else he needs to be".

I haven't carried since December as my only destinations are medical facilities yet here I am unassailed and unperforated.

 

[kraynky]

EDC is a .45acp

Dont see any reason to go to a .46

Those were my thoughts exactly! My Shield 45 does carry as well or better than most of my "lesser caliber" options. And it's darn accurate too! Sometimes I even opt to carry a second magazine.

 

[Shibadog]

I’d advocate carrying the heaviest caliber You can shoot well AND will actually carry… a hit from an LR beats a miss from a .44, while the reverse applies to hits…. And if it’s not actually With you, it’s worthless.

 

[Venom6]

Mighta been Clint Smith who said, "None of them are small enough to carry, and none of them are big enough to fight with." In my few LE gunfights I never wanted a smaller gun, a smaller caliber, a cheaper gun, or fewer bullets.

 

[Bald1]

I’ve actually thought about going the other way. Yes my P365 is small and concealable. But a LCP with a TechniClip is even less of a hassle to carry. Making it more likely I don’t leave home without it.

 

[Topduarte]

45acp for me with my 1985 Colt 1911 officers model

 

[Denverd0n]

If you are not already carrying the best caliber that you can shoot well, and will carry regularly, then you should be upgrading REGARDLESS of "the current situation." If you have been carrying a sub-optimal caliber just because you don't really think you're likely to need to defend yourself anyway, then why do you bother to carry at all!?!

 

[pharmer]

In over 30 years I have made one change, went from a 12 shot 9mm to a 15 shot (I don't carry the P07 with the "extended +2)." Joe

 

[walkin' trails]

Short answers is no.

I have no problems with .45 and still own one, but concealment is still the operative word in concealed carry. I’ll stick with my P365.

 

[Heinz]

my suggestion is anything you are comfortable with that has adequate penetration, big holes in Jello don't mean much, and you have shot at least twenty rounds through in the last month.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

My .02 is whatever you can shoot consistently well as shot placement sometimes gets “lost” in caliber discussions.

I get bored totin the same thing.........Last week and week before I toted a snub S&W 34 and a snub S&W 63..........Nobody wants to get shot.......No matter how small the gun

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

If you are not already carrying the best caliber that you can shoot well, and will carry regularly, then you should be upgrading REGARDLESS of "the current situation." If you have been carrying a sub-optimal caliber just because you don't really think you're likely to need to defend yourself anyway, then why do you bother to carry at all!?!

DISAGREE........WHO determines what's optimal? Your opinion matters only to you.......See my .22 post