Favorite carry handgun caliber

[Marine Cpl]

44 magnum should be one of the choices. A 44 mag with speed loaders is a very solid choice and more reliable of a fundamental design than a semi-automatic pistol. While a semi can fail-to-feed or fail-to-eject; a wheel gun does not suffer that anomaly. When I go out hiking in the woods and there is a chance of seeing bear; I don't consider anything that is not a wheel gun for protection.

I'm one of those people that just cannot shoot a revolver accurately and quickly.

I can't hold it with two thumbs forward and I cannot get back on target as fast as a semi auto.

The twelve pound trigger and capacity are also deal breakers for me.

 

[prambo]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean as far as +P and as far as 147 gr's go but not bullets all +P bullets behave the same and not all bullets of a certain grain behave the same when they are hollow points. Bullet construction of hollow points vary from manufacturer to manufacturer affecting how a round behaves.

If I misunderstood your post, I apologize.

Anyway, if you are interested in Federal HST, check out these videos. The only way to know how a bullet performs is to test it yourself or watch someone else's test. This guy tests from a 3 inch barrel.

Federal HST 124 gr Standard Pressure

Federal HST 124 gr+P

Federal HST 147 gr Standard Pressure

Federal HST 147 gr+P

Thanks very much!!

Another set of data, and from a 3" barrel too. His results differ a little from the others, but overall, I'll stick with the +P.

 

[Cooolone]

#1 = .357Sig


That is all...

 

[Darth]

I've got my protection from frying pans right here TYVM!

 

[BuellSix8]

Voted other.

I carry my G29 Gen4 which is in 10mm for the uninitiated. I reload so I make some potent rounds using 180gr XTPs.

 

[Elwood]

.45 auto, .40s&w, 9mm, makes no difference to me as long as it goes bang when it needs to.

 

[JaguarJaguarGolf]

.38 sp "J" frame everyday. 10mm Glock 20/29, .44mag 629/329 when in the woods

 

[meketrefe]

why so many popular calibers missing from the list?

 

[Darth]

Because the .300 Blackout is a poor carry choice?

 

[meketrefe]

Things w/o context are a bit arbitrary.
Anyway, I am learning a lot about frying pans and what to look for! lol

 

[RugerGP]

I like 9mm 124 or 147 gr Federal HST standard pressure. I love the 9mm round.

I also have .357 mag for woods carry.

I do not like the .40sw.

I would carry a .45 acp, that is another round I thoroughly enjoy.

 

[Bananabandit]

357mag for me. 9mm for semi auto.

 

[Tinman]

9mm, .45acp, .357 mag. These are what I carry most of the time. In the woods I carry a Ruger Alaskan in .454 Casull.