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.....and thats MY first big laugh of the new year! LOL
What caliber is your most frequently carried handgun?
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.....and thats MY first big laugh of the new year! LOL
Kimber Ultra Aegis II .38 super.
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638 with 135 grain short barrel or Buffalo Bore 158 grain +P
Rastoff
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It's a nice thought, and a very nice gun, but I doubt it.If "his prophet" were still alive today, I suspect he'd be carrying a Browning High Power!
When JMB was commissioned to build a new side arm for the French, the Hi-Power was begun. He picked the 9mm because it was easier to reach the French requirements of 10 round capacity. Alas, because he had sold the patent for the M1911 to Colt, he had to design something completely new that didn't include any of the 1911 patents. Unfortunately, that pistol was never realized as he died before it was finished.
What's interesting is how FN finished the design for the Hi-Power. Because the patents for the 1911 expired in 1928, after JMB's death, they were able to utilize some of the features of the 1911 in the final Hi-Power design.
So, no, I think Mr. Browning would still be carrying the 1911 or some other new design that utilized the .45ACP. Of course, we will never know. I'm sticking with my original story!
When out, I carry either a Bersa or an LCP.
When the grandkids are here, It's a Nerf gun.
When the grandkids are here, It's a Nerf gun.
Fastbolt
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Unsurprising that the most commonly carried calibers seem to be the .38 Spl & 9mm running fairly neck & neck.
Also not an unexpected showing, but noticeably fewer numbers, for the .357 Magnum, .40, .45 & .380 calibers.
I chose .38 Spl for the poll, since more often than not I prefer to carry one of my J's.
Doesn't mean I don't choose to slip my LCP .380 into a pocket holster a lot of the time, especially when my jeans or slacks won't hold and conceal one of my J's as well as the slimmer .380 snub pistol.
I'm not inclined to wear a belt gun when I don't have to nowadays (being retired, and able to better plan my activities and their locations), but when I do, and size/weight isn't the only criteria I use, my caliber selection mostly runs along the lines of 9, .40, .45 & .357 Magnum, in about that order. Mostly.
I could easily 'make do' with any of them ... and I have carried all of them as duty weapons at one time or another throughout my career.
It's just nice to have some choice nowadays.
Also not an unexpected showing, but noticeably fewer numbers, for the .357 Magnum, .40, .45 & .380 calibers.
I chose .38 Spl for the poll, since more often than not I prefer to carry one of my J's.
Doesn't mean I don't choose to slip my LCP .380 into a pocket holster a lot of the time, especially when my jeans or slacks won't hold and conceal one of my J's as well as the slimmer .380 snub pistol.
I'm not inclined to wear a belt gun when I don't have to nowadays (being retired, and able to better plan my activities and their locations), but when I do, and size/weight isn't the only criteria I use, my caliber selection mostly runs along the lines of 9, .40, .45 & .357 Magnum, in about that order. Mostly.
I could easily 'make do' with any of them ... and I have carried all of them as duty weapons at one time or another throughout my career.
It's just nice to have some choice nowadays.
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Protected One
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It's a nice thought, and a very nice gun, but I doubt it.
When JMB was commissioned to build a new side arm for the French, the Hi-Power was begun. He picked the 9mm because it was easier to reach the French requirements of 10 round capacity. Alas, because he had sold the patent for the M1911 to Colt, he had to design something completely new that didn't include any of the 1911 patents. Unfortunately, that pistol was never realized as he died before it was finished.
What's interesting is how FN finished the design for the Hi-Power. Because the patents for the 1911 expired in 1928, after JMB's death, they were able to utilize some of the features of the 1911 in the final Hi-Power design.
So, no, I think Mr. Browning would still be carrying the 1911 or some other new design that utilized the .45ACP. Of course, we will never know. I'm sticking with my original story!
I'm aware of all the history behind the development of the BHP (spent my "beach time" on vacation a few years ago reading a coffee table book on J. M. Browning. Only thing I learned new was that he was a Mormon).
As you said we'll never know. But I think that, being the astute man that he was and the advances in handgun ammo which have made the two calibers virtually neck and neck...he would opt for more rounds.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
Fastbolt
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As you said we'll never know. But I think that, being the astute man that he was and the advances in handgun ammo which have made the two calibers virtually neck and neck...he would opt for more rounds.
Odd line of conjecture and debate, but ...
Let's play 'what if' and consider Mr Browning would be choosing a handgun that he could carry and conceal as he aged.
I'd not be at all surprised if his "choice" wasn't one based upon a particular handgun being slimmer, lighter and a bit smaller ... and perhaps one that offered less felt recoil to aging hands, wrists, arms & shoulders.
It wouldn't at all surprise me if he wouldn't choose a slim .380 ACP, even one of the larger all-steel "pocketable" pistols of his time.
Maybe even a short-barreled revolver.
Just because he designed large service-type pistols for gun companies, that doesn't mean he'd want to be lugging one around while going about his everyday activities, especially as he experienced the things we all do with aging.
Why do you think smaller revolvers and pistols have remained so popular among folks who carried them, and continue to carry them, even if they carried them as if they were thinking they were going to have to rely upon them?
FWIW, I gave up frequently carrying my .44 Magnum revolvers as off-duty weapons more than 20-25 years ago.
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Jim1392
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S & W 640 Pro with Speer Gold Dot 135 Grain 38 Plus P's, with speed strip. When I walk my dog in the morning or early evening in my neighborhood I drop a NAA Pug Magnum in my pocket, in a Ragsdale holster. It is loaded with Speer Gold Dot 40 grain 22 WMR's. But out of my neighborhood always the 640 Pro.
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629 3"
240 gr JHP
Mainly because my 29’s & 629’s have by far the highest range round count.
240 gr JHP
Mainly because my 29’s & 629’s have by far the highest range round count.
Stirling
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I love my N-frame S&Ws but carry a Glock 19 loaded with Corbons. I prefer bullet weights of around 115 to 125 grains.
Protected One
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Odd line of conjecture and debate, but ...
Let's play 'what if' and consider Mr Browning would be choosing a handgun that he could carry and conceal as he aged.
I'd not be at all surprised if his "choice" wasn't one based upon a particular handgun being slimmer, lighter and a bit smaller ... and perhaps one that offered less felt recoil to aging hands, wrists, arms & shoulders.
It wouldn't at all surprise me if he wouldn't choose a slim .380 ACP, even one of the larger all-steel "pocketable" pistols of his time.
Maybe even a short-barreled revolver.
Just because he designed large service-type pistols for gun companies, that doesn't mean he'd want to be lugging one around while going about his everyday activities, especially as he experienced the things we all do with aging.
Why do you think smaller revolvers and pistols have remained so popular among folks who carried them, and continue to carry them, even if they carried them as if they were going to have to rely upon them.
FWIW, I gave up frequently carrying my .44 Magnum revolvers as off-duty weapons more than 20-25 years ago.
Great point, with which I won't disagree. However, limiting the choices to 9mm or .45, it would seem that for an aging shooter the 9mm would still be the logical choice. Less weight and recoil for the likely arthritic hands.
Or if he was willing to wait a few weeks, he could carry the new Browning 1911 .380
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LimaCharlie
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My primary carry is a 5" 1911 in either .45 ACP or 10mm. I pocket carry a Sig P938 9mm as a BUG, so I guess I carry a 9mm most often.
A 1911 is probably carried the most followed by a model 15,a model 18,a ruger standard and an anaconda or model 29 and every now and then a colt saa 45.
I deem it prudent to have a carry gun in lieu of a carry rotation, regardless of how many firearms I own. My CC/HD weapon of choice is a Colt GM Series 70 .45ACP carried when out and about in one of two Purdy holsters (depending on season/weather) and loaded with PDX-1 JHP ammo.
getoff
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mostly my G19. otherwise, a 442 and a 337, with a colt sfVI as good measure...
OldeTSgt
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M&P 45 in a Serpa with 220 +P critical duty ammo. Mostly because I train dogs and stuff and I am on the farm more often than down town - that being said - if allowed I would OC or CC but would not be worried about printing - which I have been told can get me in trouble in TX - when I lived in WA I was in law enforcement so I never cared - Up until I got seriously injured in horse wreck and needed surgery I was a CO in TX - now I train dogs but want to get back into patrol/drug dogs again rather than just hunting dogs
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My 9c in a OWB.
Dezfan
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9mm Hornady 135g Critical Duty in my SR9c or my LC9s.
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