Own them all and could press any into service. However, I am rural so excluding my vote.
I think shot placement overshadows bullet diameter in many circumstances.
Heck, give me my Beretta Mod. 81 in .32 ACP. And I'll feel fine with it as long as it is loaded with proper European FMJ loads.
The rail is the one thing I hate about my P229.Miami JBT
I use to feel the same way about my Beretta Model 84. I thought that even 14 rounds of .380 ammo would at least be going to get some intruder's attention.
Nowadays I have gone slightly upscale in my cartridge selection and magazine capacity (15+1) to a SIG P229R E2.
The frame rail is another nice plus as well.
Yes, I'm very much an outlier since I don't put lights or optics on any of my handguns. And I aesthetically find the rails fuggly. But I'll also point out that quite a few of my pistols do have them; I just wished they didn't.jar
That's kind of interesting as the rail was the one thing I really wanted on my HD gun, so I could put a light/laser on it. The gun was used (but LNIB), had the SRT, the E2 grips, and came with three mags; all at a very affordable price!
83% of THR have voted for the 4 poll choices. I would not consider that a poll fail and it DOES cover most of the forum!Noop. No 10mm AUTO in the poll = major poll fail.
No 40S&W listed either, but that’s understandable since it’s been declared a ‘dead round’ by the FBI’s ballistic experts.
Agree, I shoot a 1911 fairly regularly and I'm on target and faster with more shots with a 9mm Glock. Given modern rounds, I don't really gain anything from the 1911. Not that it wouldn't be an effective SD gun, but the 9 is better. The revolvers are effective guns but I see no advantage in giving away round count for 'stopping power'. If a bear enters the house as a surprise and a 44 is at hand - ok, a fantasy maybe. If I had warning of a bear (they are 6 miles way), got the long arms.As with any other situation, the choice is whatever you shoot the best with, in a realistic manner, and on a regular basis in practice. Caliber isn't as critical as what you can do with what you have. Caliber can be more of a hindrance than a help, but you also have to be realistic about things too.
Id be willing to bet, that most wont do well with the larger calibers (or any caliber for that matter), especially in a smaller gun, and especially if they arent shooting them all the time to gain and retain proficiency.
If you've shot any of them side by side in any kind of more realistic course of fire, the heavy recoiling calibers with a heavy muzzle blast and a reduced capacity make it pretty obvious, they arent the one.
Id be willing to bet, that most wont do well with the larger calibers
Yep.The 38 Special should have been on the list.
Same here. An HD handgun must have a rail, else it probably won't be serving me as my go-to HD handgun.jar
That's kind of interesting as the rail was the one thing I really wanted on my HD gun, so I could put a light/laser on it.