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It seems over the last 5-10 years or so, the calibers we carry for CCW have really consolidated under 9mm for the most part. At least that's what it seems...so to satisfy my curiosity I thought I'd throw this out there. It the .40, .45 10mm dead?

Question:
What is your primary CCW caliber?

Choices:
.380 ACP
.38 Sp.
.357 Mag
9mm
.40 S&W
10mm
.357 Sig
.45 ACP

 



 
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Nothing is "dead". Just that the 9 is most popular.


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I don't really have a "primary" caliber for CCW. I have CCW pistols in .380 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and 10mm, each of which I carry as needs or whim dictates.



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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I don't really have a "primary" caliber for CCW. I have CCW pistols in .380 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and 10mm, each of which I carry as needs or whim dictates.


I guess a better way to say it would be what is the weapon caliber you most carry for CCW. Not so much the gun you carry for special occasions / situations, but the gun you carry most often day in, day out.



 
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My primary defensive handgun is the HK P2000 in either 9mm or .40. So really those two would be the primary caliberS.


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9mm.

Unless I’m working it manifests itself in an older Gen3 Glock 19.




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Primary I guess is as I voted-9mm. But we have LCRs in 38 special and a 42 in 380. I'm quite comfortable with any of them.

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Wait, as of Early Friday afternoon we have ZERO votes for the .45 ACP. How is that possible?

Since the gun I CCW most often is a j-frame 642, I voted .38 Special. Looks like I'm the only one, although there is a .357 Mag fan out there.


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458 lott in a 3 inch derringer.
 
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Who can keep up with the "caliber of the moment?" In the 70s, the wheel gun calibers were still popular. I remember in the eighties when the 10MM was the boom of doom. Then .40 S&W was the hot ticket. Then .357 Sig had it's 15 minutes. Then .380 made a comeback. .45 ACP seems to wax and wane.

Currently, the advances in 9mm composition, price, and it's availability seem to be winning out.

I just can't keep up! But I try. Wink

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357Sig in a P320C
Or
9mm in a KT P11

Majority CCW is the 320.




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Voted .40, right now it’s my old G27. In the warmer weather with thin clothes it’s my Springfield Hellcat 9mm.
 
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My only CCW caliber is 45 ACP.
 
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9mm is what I carry 90% of the time.

The other 10% is split between .357mag and .380



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9mm may expand, but .45ACP wont shrink! Wink


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My "main" CCW caliber is 38 Super but on occasion I do carry 9mm.


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Almost always a 9mm HST +P in a G19 or G43.

The efficiency of both the 9mm round and the available carry pistols just lend to the combo being ideal.

Occasionally, I will carry my Shield .45, as it has been a great handgun. When I carry the Shield, it's loaded with 185-grain Golden Saber Bonded.

I no longer CCW a .40 caliber handgun.
 
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.22 short


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.22 short


Sure you don't want to upgrade to the .25 ACP?


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