What is your favorite handgun caliber?

Technically, I shouldn't be answering on this thread because I don't own a revolver manufactured after 1980 :), but since the original question was about caliber, here goes. My favorite is .38 Special. Favorite to shoot, favorite to reload, and chambered in my favorite revolvers. It does everything I need it to do. I understand those who prefer .357 revolvers for their "versatility", and if I still had any, I might agree, but I don't own or shoot magnums any more. Good shootin',
Doug
 
.45 ACP, accurate, easy to reload to various power levels, available in a multitude of platforms. Probably not the best at any one thing, but does everything pretty well.
 
My favorite handgun caliber is the one I'm shooting at the moment. :cool:

Since I was in an informal bullseye league, I probably have shot more rounds of 22 LR than any other caliber, but I shot some PPC also, so there have been a pile of 38s in my back trail as well. :)

For emotional attachment though, there is a soft spot in my heart (or head?) for the 32s. It started with an I-frame Regulation Police and now extends to my custom K-frame stainless 327. I guess if I had to declare a favorite, that would have to be it. :D

Froggie
 
44 and then... well... everything else.

Really respect the 45acp for SD in a 1911. Straight shooting!

Warming up to the 480 these days.

Generally I like any caliber with few exceptions, but those listed stand out.
 
Since I am long retired and shoot mostly 22lr now, I would say that is my favorite. If money were no object I would say 357 mag/ 38 Special. For autos it is 9mm.
 
Hands down favorite is .38 Special in all it various manifestations. Has
been a favorite for decades. I like 148 grain wadcutters. There is no better shooting experience than shooting clover lead groups with .38 wadcutters on a nice Sunday afternoon. Enjoy 158 grain RNL (even more accurate than WC). Like hot loaded +P 158 grain SWC. I shoot .38s all the time, reload for it, cast bullets for it, etc. Have multiple 5 gallon buckets of empty .38 brass. I tend to think some flavor of .38 will do about anything we could reasonaly expect a handgun to do.

Second favorite is probably .22 LR, for all the reasons the previous posters mentioned.

My third favorite is fairly new to me. .30 Luger (7,65 Luger). I got an old 1929 model Swiss Luger that is stupid accurate with this round. Flat shooting, low recoil, but really clangs the steel plates. Different. Bottleneck. I'm infatuated, at least for now. Maybe the thrill will fade.

Honorable mentions include .44 Special and .32 S&W Long.

Shot a lot of .357. I respect the round, but would not say it is actually a favorite. I always tend to find it too much of a good thing, and ease back to hot .38 Special.

Shot a ton of .45 ACP. Again, I respect it. But never really got to be best friends with it.
 
I'm gonna go with .357mag..its such a versatile round and I carry and depend on it so I guess that'll be my one and only if It had to be..
 
I could get all logical and practical on you guys. But, that would yield a boring answer. For me, the cartridge that makes me grin is the 44 Special. There's something about it that's just right. My infatuation with the 44 Special is more than logical, it's close to lust. I can't pass one up without looking at it at the least. Sometimes they jump into my arms and demand to be taken home. I never met a 44 Special I didn't like.

Dang it, Skeeter! :-)
 
.357, in a 686. But I love my 629. But not quite as much as my 357. And of course I love .22, who doesn't, but it isn't a .357. And I rarely shoot 38 sp out of my 357's. I really like the .357 round. I think it is fun to reload for as well.
 
One gun caliber, it would have to be .357 Magnum, than 45 ACP, 44 Mag, 41 Mag... but to grab one and go, S&W 686-4 plus to run away with.
 
I guess I'd have to pic 357 mag. I own more of them than anything else, but my all time favorite gun to shoot is a good old 45 1911.

I've got 2 guns I carry...not at the same time, a 642, or a Glock 27.
 
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