CW's favorite handgun

[RicinYakima]

Known as wisdom and maturity.

 

[TXTad]

Have to laugh - AND kick myself in the a$$ on this one. For YEARS swore off the 38 SPC. Had to be min 44 SPC and up. HaHa! Move fwd (OLDER/mellowee/more laid back/more into just plain fun shooting) - I FINALLY found in my latter and more experienced years HOW MUCH DAMNED FUN a VINTAGE 38 revolver can be and is! I now have a few and always looking for more! I love them - especially anything 50+ (to 125) yr old! And then migrated even 'smaller' to the 32's. LOVE my 44s/45s - BUT, IF I had to drop everything greater than 38 SPC - eh, these days, ok!

I have always loaded and shot .38 Spl, but always thought of myself as a .44 and .45 guy. I still like the big ones, but I've been expanding my collection of .38 and .357 revolvers. The ARE just fun, and cheap!, to shoot.

 

[CZ93X62]

38 Special, 357 Magnum, and 30-06 were my first reloaded metallic calibers. There has always been at least 1 of each on hand.

 

[Mainiac]

We have officially side stepped the how little cartridge is enough for deer and officially applied the arguments to SD pistols .

The 25 ACP is all but a complete waste of space but Maine says its a deer cartridge.
The 380 is horrible but it's almost twice what the 25 ACP is .

How come nobody bags on the 9×18 ?
Where's the FN 5.7 fit ?
Bigger is better how come there's no 3 shooter Governor in 460 ?
If the 45 is great the 50 AE and 500 should be even better and it makes twice the hole well actually 4x the hole of the 25.

9/45 double the std bullet weight , half the magazine capacity, a 1/3 larger dia hole . About equal tissue disruption .
40 about half way in between so if the 9/38 is ok and the 14-23 kpsi 45s are great the 40 must be at least good .

22 magnum rf is legal for deer hunting,here in maine,as well!!!

 

[Mitty38]

I want a 2011 in 9mm.
Figure if I am going to go bastard baby. May as well go all the way. Stainless frame.
Picatinny rail. Reflex sight. Double stack. Rubber grips. Flashlight.
Shot one my buddy had. Refused to admit it but it was a very satisfying experience.