Any caliber you really don’t like

[ECS686]

Handguns in the Backcountry: What, when, and why professional guides carry, and should you?

Is there any need to carry a handgun at a backcountry hunt? What guns and calibers are best, and how should you use one? Answers by professional hunting guides

blog.bookyourhunt.com

Good points but I have one item I didn’t see touched on. Folks in mountain states should know this but some here heading west might not. I was stationed in Montana for a couple years and leaned this then so I will add there’s a caveat with shotguns. If that’s your choice Only use BRENAKE solid slugs DO NOT LOAD WITH STANDARD FOSTER Slugs like Remington Slugger and the like.

later in my LE stuff I learned why. Fosters aren’t all that for deer as they flatten out to a silver dollar and doesn’t penetrate. Several humans killed with fosters the slug either never exited the body or was stopped by the tee shirt in the back.

 

[ECS686]

Im so done with gun stores. Everytime I go into one theres either some goober chatting up the place or the employees themselves always feel like they have ti give me advice I didnt ask for all while im just trying to quietly look through their mostly overpriced inventory... theres a few decent gun stores near me with a couple employees who arent full of themselves. But its not consistent. Id almost rather walk into a walmart anymore than a gun store.

I get it. If I see a recurring issue of a bunch of either old idiots hanging out not getting out of the way or the younger almost joined or exaggerating their Military contribution types all spewing BS I avoid that shop.

I heard enough of that type of entertainment filling in RSO duties between classes to the point I don’t do RSO stuff anymore!

 

[sapper83]

6.5CM made the list simply because I don't like fads.

Have you had alot of experience with 6.5? I was a 308 guy to the core! Now I reload 6.5 and they can't be beat by any 308 cartridge I have bought or loaded. I know change can be hard.

 

[sapper83]

380
17hmr
5.7
40

 

[Kdf101]

380
17hmr
5.7
40

For a second, I read 380 as 308, and I was about to report you!

 

[sapper83]

For a second, I read 380 as 308, and I was about to report you!

I would report myself!

 

[BugI02]

Have you had alot of experience with 6.5? I was a 308 guy to the core! Now I reload 6.5 and they can't be beat by any 308 cartridge I have bought or loaded. I know change can be hard.

6.5 Creedmoor Versus 270 Winchester — Ron Spomer Outdoors

In a 6.5 Creedmoor versus 270 Winchester ballistic competition, which wins? Drop, drift, retained energy, velocity, and recoil are compared.

www.ronspomeroutdoors.com

 

[sapper83]

6.5 Creedmoor Versus 270 Winchester — Ron Spomer Outdoors

In a 6.5 Creedmoor versus 270 Winchester ballistic competition, which wins? Drop, drift, retained energy, velocity, and recoil are compared.

www.ronspomeroutdoors.com

That is a very good read. 270 is the closest in comparison to the 6.5, but most people that hate 6.5 are usually he 308 crowd. All three are great rounds, each has pros and cons.

I personally love the 6.5 platform since reloading saves tons on powder mainly.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

.357 sig. I dont even know why. Just dont

 

[chadm]

380 acp
10mm

 

[sapper83]

380 acp
10mm

380 seems to be the census!

 

[chadm]

380 seems to be the census!

The cost just gets me and not as powerful or common as 9mm.

 

[JAL]

380 seems to be the census!

.380 ACP remains extremely popular as a small defensive handgun. The cartridge is quite readily available with some excellent defense loads and some major names continue to make pistols in that caliber including Beretta, Browning, Glock, Kimber, Ruger, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson, and Walther.

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.25 ACP:
The pistols made for it are little more than pot metal. They made the Saturday Night Special pocket pistol famous. I don't know of any pistol made in the caliber any more that isn't pot metal.

Helped a neighbor unjam one that had a cartridge in the chamber that he couldn't extract to the point we were both concerned any more aggressive attempts might set it off. We finally closed it up and put its muzzle into a sand buck with it cocked and pulled the trigger. That worked the action and the casing was ejected. Told him he should take his torch and melt it down before anyone else attempted to use it. Other than the thin steel barrel, everything else looked pot metal.

 

[sapper83]

.380 ACP remains extremely popular as a small defensive handgun. The cartridge is quite readily available with some excellent defense loads and some major names continue to make pistols in that caliber including Beretta, Browning, Glock, Kimber, Ruger, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson, and Walther.

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.25 ACP:
The pistols made for it are little more than pot metal. They made the Saturday Night Special pocket pistol famous. I don't know of any pistol made in the caliber any more that isn't pot metal.

Helped a neighbor unjam one that had a cartridge in the chamber that he couldn't extract to the point we were both concerned any more aggressive attempts might set it off. We finally closed it up and aimed put its muzzle into a sand buck with it cocked and pulled the trigger. That worked the action and the casing was ejected. Told him he should take his torch and melt it down before anyone else attempted to use it. Other than the thin steel barrel, everything else looked pot metal.

380 is good pocket pistol size for a lady lol my wife carries a 9mm atm but looking at LCP380 for her lil purse. Haha

I have a similar expirence with a 25 i was a teen and my grand dad had one, it jammed and he ended up setting it off in the house, it cleared then! Lol no one was hit thankfully

 

[jb142]

Is there any particular caliber you don’t like? I guess I don’t actually DISLIKE any caliber, but for me, two come to mind that I just have never warmed up to and don’t really have much appeal to me. 380 and 22 magnum. I just have never felt the desire to buy one. My wife likes her 380, but I never shoot it. My brother loves his 22 magnum, but I just can’t really warm up to it.

I've never liked 380. 22 magnum is fun to shoot but expensive.

 

[penguinship]

Least favorite - any I don't already have, since that means I have to go out and buy more

 

[Combat Engineer]

Opinions vary..so do calibers.I personally don't care how you exercise your 2nd amendment rights or what you use to do it with.Just do it.

 

[Stengun]

7.62x45mm for the VZ52. Only good in one rifle and now super had to find any at reasonable cost

 

[patience0830]

6.5CM made the list simply because I don't like fads.

Sometimes the fads just work. I have two now. Pretty good deer hammer and a big pussycat to shoot. I like 'em all. There are just some I haven't gotten to yet.

 

[patience0830]

380
17hmr
5.7
40

Love my HMR