If You Could Only Shoot One...

Which Caliber Would You Choose

  • .22 lr

    Votes: 2 2.6%

  • .38 sp

    Votes: 2 2.6%

  • 9 mm

    Votes: 7 9.0%

  • .45 acp

    Votes: 34 43.6%

  • .357 magnum

    Votes: 8 10.3%

  • .32 acp

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • .380

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • .223

    Votes: 3 3.8%

  • .308

    Votes: 4 5.1%

  • other

    Votes: 17 21.8%
  • Total voters
    78
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If you could only shoot one caliber for the rest of your life, which would you choose, and why?


(eta- I ran out of options otherwise I would have listed more calibers instead of "other")
 
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That's a tough one...

I don't think I could simply drop rifle or pistol all together. If I could choose 1 rifle and 1 pistol caliber, that would make it easy. I would take 40S&W for pistol, and 308 for rifle.

If I had to drop one or the other I would still stick with the caliber I have put.
 
Like Adam, I'd not want to drop pistol or rifle. Pistol would be the inimitable .45 (1911) and rifle the .223 (pre-ban CAR=15)
 
.45 ACP 'cause it's just so darn much fun... and I have three pistols chambered for it. [smile] I'd have to get a .45 carbine of some kind, though, for hunting.

If I could keep one pistol and one rifle, .45 & 30-06. I love Betsy, my M1. She's just so much fun to shoot.
 
No way... Too Hard.

I want my .40, .45, .480, .454, .475, .500, and then everything from .375 H&H on up. (Ok, I could survive if I had to stop at 20mm) Oh and toss in some .308 for plinking.

BUT.... If TSHTF and I was looking to consolodate to a nice standard round, I'd have to go .45 ACP and .308 only due to availability. I'd probablty stick away a .357 revolver too just because as the previous dry up, I'd still have a fairly popular round.

Oh hell with it...

I WANT IT ALL... I WANT IT ALL.... I WANT IT ALL.... AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!
 
If I couldn't have a pistol AND a rifle cartridge, I'd go for either a .44 mag or a 45-70. f I could have 1 of each, it would be .357 mag and .338 Lapua.
 
.45acp

It works here:
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and here:
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Chris said:
I WANT IT ALL... I WANT IT ALL.... I WANT IT ALL.... AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!
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OK Veruca [laugh]

I know it's difficult. And it does make you have to choose (for the most part) between pistol and rifle. Somehow I expected everyone to choose .45 acp so I'm surprised that there are a few other calibers getting votes.
 
I'm prone to the .45, but am currently deficient there. I love my pocket 9mm, regardless of the gender inequality attributed to the caliber (which I carried for many years before anyone heard of .40)

I also like my archaic, but very efficient 45LC for revolver/rifle.

RJ
 
Ohhhhhhhhhh, question SR! Can we have reloading presses as well? If that's the case I'll go for .45-70! Barn burning 500+ grain loads for the rifle, sub 350 grain loads for the revolver!
 
Nashmack said:
Ohhhhhhhhhh, question SR! Can we have reloading presses as well? If that's the case I'll go for .45-70! Barn burning 500+ grain loads for the rifle, sub 350 grain loads for the revolver!
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You can have whatever you want, as long as it's only ONE caliber, forever and ever and ever.

Interesting to see what people have to say about it!
 
SiameseRat said:
come on- doesn't ANYONE want to vote for .22? [rofl]
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Maybe if you lived in a completely safe society, that required NO protection, and NO hunting because animal herds thinned themselves out...

Oh wait! Isn't that DC?[rolleyes]
 
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