Favorite caliber, not cartridge!
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wmg1299
Professional
.22 caliber is my favorite in both rifles and pistols. I have revolvers and semi-autos in .22 LR and .22 WMR, which are my favorite for plinking and target shooting. Plinking with my Marlin Model 60 or Ruger 10-22's is always a blast. .22 LR may not be the best defensive cartridge, but IMHO .22 WMR is highly underrated for defensive purposes. The ammo is cheap (when/if you can find it), and some of my greatest memories are shooting assorted .22 cartridges with my sons and their cousins on the family land. I own many other calibers, and each serves its own purpose, but the .22 will always be my favorite.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
☝☝☝
There's a lot to be liked about that right there!
Bassbob
Emissary
Yes, I understand all that. You wanted me to go into all that in my post just in case some of the people here were under the illusion that gauge and caliber are the same? Should I have mic'ed the inside of my 12 gauge so I could list the diameter in a familiar number? Do you think the OP specifically meant to leave shotguns out of the thread? What do you want from me man?
Keystone19250
SAINT
Come on man.Yes, I understand all that. You wanted me to go into all that in my post just in case some of the people here were under the illusion that gauge and caliber are the same? Should I have mic'ed the inside of my 12 gauge so I could list the diameter in a familiar number? Do you think the OP specifically meant to leave shotguns out of the thread? What do you want from me man?
Keystone19250
SAINT
Ok to stay on topic.
45ACP
40SW
5.56/.223
.308
In that order
45ACP
40SW
5.56/.223
.308
In that order
Bassbob
Emissary
In one of my more famous " Really bad ideas", when I went to college, back in, I don't know, '87 or something, I decided to major in Russian history. I have no idea what kind of living I thought I could make with that degree, but I was always a Russophile so I pretty much concentrated my classes to things I wanted to learn about. Eventually I saw the error of my ways, after a couple years, and wound up majoring in political science with a minor in English. Now I dig holes in the street at a job I only needed a high school education for and make more money than my wife, who has 3 degrees and is a CPA.
Back on point. Yeah there aren't many ways one could successfully invade Russia and any plan that leaves you there after November is bound for disaster. Even when you put them on the run they burn the cities as they leave. Now you're deeper in the interior, have no provisions and no way to get any. The only leaders who would send their men on such a campaign are insane megalomaniacs.
Bassbob
Emissary
I love all those calibers too. I believe in what my dad told me as a kid. Of course he was talking about women, but the same thing applies to guns. He said, " Be like Jesus and love them all".
I prefer the 30-06 over the .308, but that's mostly because I have a few 30-06s and years ago I had to sell my .308 for grocery money and I never got around to getting another one.
