Favorite all time caliber

[HayesGreener]

30 Carbine

I regret not keeping that $30 surplus carbine from the 60's

 

[GPS]

I regret not keeping that $30 surplus carbine from the 60's

Wow, what a deal! They’re just so dang expensive now! Hoping the CMP would have a good deal on them.

 

[Gofer]

45 for handguns and 6.5 creedmore for rifle. 20mm for aircraft…

 

[MrMichaelActual]

.308 for out there a ways, 10mm for gp...

 

[Ozarker]

This probably been posted before but it's gettin posted again.

For me i gotta go with the 308, i shoot more 5.56, 9mm and others but only cause of cost. so 308

What's yours?

I'm with ya, 308 is my go-to as needed.

Let's not forget the .22LR for just shooting, which I'm back to shooting with the HK MP5! FUN!

 

[Annihilator]

Back when I could, 44mag all day, had several model 29’s,

 

[Recusant]

I’ve never shot a caliber I didn’t like!

 

[PieterCoetzee]

I’ve never shot a caliber I didn’t like!

But I have shot a few in guns I wish I hadnt. I love Ruger No1's but 458win is a No1 tropical is spicey. I had an Encore barrel in 500 S&W cut down to 10". One shot was enough! In an Encore rifle or a S&W X Frame it fine....

 

[MrMichaelActual]

To be fair, even though I said .308 and 10mm, I have not shot every possible round... would favorite be what I can afford to shoot a lot of, or rounds I have shot that I can probably never shoot again... like 20mm.

 

[bc22wm]

.308 hunting rifle

.22LR handgun & rifle for having fun

9 mm for carry

Hunting can be done with a .22, ya just need a flashlight

 

[Model 457]

I suppose it depends on purpose. I used to shoot competitively, for fun, and for sport. Something happened to me somewhere along the line in my late 40s or early 50s where I just didn't enjoy shooting recreationally anymore. I transitioned into a utilitarian shooter. My firearms and stockpile are for the exclusive purposes of self protection, protection for those I love, to protect my castle, and to hunt so I can feed myself. All that being said, I have only a few select firearms with a minimum of 2,500 rounds per trigger. 7MM PRC, .556, 9MM, .45, 12 GA, and 22 LR. Each serves a specific purpose. However, my "favorite-all-time-caliber" would be .45.

 

[Recusant]

But I have shot a few in guns I wish I hadnt. I love Ruger No1's but 458win is a No1 tropical is spicey. I had an Encore barrel in 500 S&W cut down to 10". One shot was enough! In an Encore rifle or a S&W X Frame it fine....

Rifles in those calibers are said to kill with one end and cripple with the other! In my part of North America if I can’t kill whatever with a 30.06 or .308 then I’ll have a bigger problem: it ain’t from earth!

 

[papa]

My favorite handgun caliber is a toss up between .45 acp / .357 magnum.

 

[Hertervillian]

For current needs the 300WM in a hunting rifle. I could take a .327 Fed in the handgun role.