This is a discussion on Poll: Minimum Caliber You Carry within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; No need for the explanations, we've heard the excuses from both sides on why some people like lower recoil/greater capacity and other enjoy the idea ...
.32 ACP
.380 ACP
.38 Special
9mm
.357 Sig
.40 S&W
.45 ACP
.357 Magnum
10mm
.44 Magnum
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No need for the explanations, we've heard the excuses from both sides on why some people like lower recoil/greater capacity and other enjoy the idea of blowing basket-ball sized holes out the perps back.
What is your "minimum caliber"? That is, what is the smallest/least powerful round you will carry. This is not to say that it is your current carry round, just that this would be the smallest you would go.
For instance I carry a 10mm, but would at minimum carry a .40S&W
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Glock 23 in a Barber Leatherworks IWB
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The smallest I will carry is a 38 Special or 9mm.
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.38 Special for me.
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.38 is the smallest I carry and would carry.
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I think this topic has probably been beaten to death plenty of times over...
I didn't read OP well, going to change. I'll carry .25 acp but my main is 9x18 Mak. Going to be upgrading to something a bit more powerful when funds allow.
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I carry a Sig P232 .380 in the summer and a 1911 .45acp in the winter.
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I mainly carry .45, then 9mm's but in certain office/business casual situations where I can't wear a cover garment and I'm in dress pants, I'll carry the .380.
It all depends upon what I think I'll be up against. With handguns:
500 S&W for Alaska Brown or those big white ones. There have been reports of friendly white things...Bi-Polar Bears.
41Mag for anything in the lower continents.
45 Auto for anything on the streets.
40S&W for BUG.
It's just me, but I don't completely trust any lesser handgun caliber with lighter bullets, even in the 357 Mag. I know, I know, it's all about shot placement, right? A heavy bullet in the right spot can't be all bad, if it doesn't deflect and miss the vital opportunity.
If you really care about your safety, there's no excuse for not having enough gun. With a good, tuck-able IWB, a business professional dress shirt can hide it comfortably.
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......okay, what no .25 or .22?
I know not what this "overkill" means.
Honing the knives, Cleaning the longguns, Stocking up ammo.
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Long time ago I would have voted .380. But with the new mouse pistols out (i.e. PM-9, PF-9 etc). There really is no excuse for carrying smaller then a 9mm.
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.38 special fo edc. I just haven't found a 2 inch .41 mag yet!
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Carry pieces are 9mm and .38 spcl, but I feel that with the right ammo .380 is the bottom floor of defensive ammo.
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Mine is about 20 oz. 2 1/2" ported titanium 5 shot Taurus 415ti with Fed Prem 250gr hard Cast Core's, 210gr hot loaded Hornady XTP's, and 215gr lead way reduced loads when it breaks the wrist.Originally Posted by JohnD13
Liberty, Property, or Death - Jonathan Gardner's powder horn inscription 1776
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
("Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.")
-Virgil, Aeneid, vi, 95
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I’m now a civilian; as such I am not intentionally headed in harm’s way, but carry a gun so I have options should a BG oppose me. With that in mind 60% of the time I carry a Kel-Tec P3At 380 in a nemesis pocket holster, and the other 40% of the time, I carry a Glock 26 9mm.
The ability to completely conceal and the confidence that comes with that means that you will carry a gun 100% of the time. I’d far rather have that little 380 in my pocket than to have a full size 45 back in the car because it is too heavy, or too big to carry.
With that said; sure if I was going to be in a gun fight I’d prefer to have something a little bigger, say a Remington 870 12-gage. But then again, as a civilian, if I think it’s going to be risky, I’m not going there.
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45 acp here
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