Best caliber for self defense?

[Shady]

The best cal is the one you can always put on target.

 

[RevolverBuff]

The best cal is the one you can always put on target.

I'm with Shady on this one. Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. The best self-defense cartridge for most people is the one which they can most readily place accurate, repeated hits on target at a reasonable speed. A lot of folks struggle with snappy 40 cal recoil and also 45 recoil. For those of us in that camp it's better to get a bunch of hits with a 9mm instead of a bunch of flinching and misses with a bigger caliber gun.

That and the fact that premium 9mm projectiles have greatly improved terminal performance than 20-30 years ago makes 9mm a great choice in a defensive caliber for many people.

 

[fishingsetx]

I think I hear the reel clicker ticking! Fish On!!! Reverse! Reverse! Reverse! Back down on him!!! Hurry, I'm loosing line!!!!!

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[jrbfishn]

Set the drag, dummy.

from an idgit coffeeholic

 

[Savage20]

Don't let the line touch the boat!

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[9uc]

The best cal is the one you can always put on target.

I'm with Shady on this one. Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. The best self-defense cartridge for most people is the one which they can most readily place accurate, repeated hits on target at a reasonable speed. A lot of folks struggle with snappy 40 cal recoil and also 45 recoil. For those of us in that camp it's better to get a bunch of hits with a 9mm instead of a bunch of flinching and misses with a bigger caliber gun.

That and the fact that premium 9mm projectiles have greatly improved terminal performance than 20-30 years ago makes 9mm a great choice in a defensive caliber for many people.

Always the best answers. I've come of the opinion over the years that any thread asking "What caliber" weather it be ammo or the gun itself should have both of the post quoted above posted as a combined single posted as the first response to the OP.

 

[Fullretard]

We all know that 9mm is inadequate for self-defense. The FBI created .40S&W to specifically address the shortcomings of the 9mm cartridge. But what about the big boy calibers? Which is smarter? .45ACP or .357Mag or .380?

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Trolling level expert

real men use knives unless you are Chuck Norris then yoh kill with your icy stare

 

[fishingsetx]

Ah, port rod threw the hook, but tend the starboard rod!! Fish on!!!! Almost a double hookup!

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[fishingsetx]

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[Davetex]

I've been practising with an atlatl.

 

[Bithabus]

 

[Savage20]

Mace is illegal you nincompoop

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[motorcarman]

I remember watching Justin Wilson Cajun cooking shows on TV a few decades ago and people would ask "What wine goes with this?" and the answer was always "Whatever wine you like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Same for carry guns.............. Whatever gun you like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I carry 7.65 Browning all the way up to Colt45. (keep um guessin')

bob

 

[Bithabus]

Mace is illegal you nincompoop

I carry my LTC and an unloaded LCP in my pocket so it's legal to carry my mace or my sword.

 

[Byrd666]

Volkswagen bug. Whatever caliber that is.

or

Whatever projectile the Rail Gun uses.

 

[Rebel]

.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

 

[Savage20]

I carry my LTC and an unloaded LCP in my pocket so it's legal to carry my mace or my sword.

lol @ unloaded.

 

[TrusttheLord]

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Winning post right here hahaha.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

But is it smart?

 

[Dawico]

Too much holster wear to carry most of my guns.

Double barrel shotgun fired off the back porch for me.