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.

 

[Jester560]

Pistol- 454 Casull
Rifle- 300 Win Mag
Carry- 10mm

 

[Jester560]

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

I have....458 Lott

 

[Blackmesa96]

.22 tops the list in fun per dollar in my world.

.500 Mag tops the awesome list.

 

[UC_Guy 1971]

No idea. Depends on what I'm shooting it out of. .40, .38 or .22LR are probably my top faves.

 

[Dobbinsky]

45acp handgun and pcc for calming your garden variety thug. 7mm magnum deer rifle. 5.56 for stemming the tide of the screaming horde of commies coming down from the North. 45-70 for when I am feeling peevish

No commies in this North. Go Westward to the sea, mate!

 

[Dobbinsky]

.45 ACP.