What's Your EDC Caliber?

[j4jenk]

Today, it's 9X18 makarov. Other days it could be .38 or 9mm.

 

[mrjarrell]

Had to answer other, since I carry more than one calibre. Not necessarily at the same time, tho. In the summer I usually carry .45. In the winter I carry a .44 Special pocket gun. Sometimes I carry a .357. Depends on how I feel.

 

[seedubs1]

.40 all day, every day. Makes me feel all tingly inside.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

38 Special here, although now that I've gotten a cowboy belt and holster, I have been tempted to go heeled with my Colt SAA 45.

 

[bmyers]

G30 most days (45 ACP). Sometimes Kimber CDP

 

[MCgrease08]

I went with 9mm for my first EDC with the thinking being ammo would be easy to get. So much for that theory. I recently picked up a nice little Colt .38. Haven't been able to shoot it yet. Ammo is in the mail.

 

[bmwguru]

Glock 19 or 17. Both loaded with Federal +P 9mm 124 grain HST hollow points.

 

[mwmroll]

9mm. Why? Cause its cheap to practice with. Or at least it was

 

[Aaron1776]

.45
Sometimes 9mm

I honestly believe the .45 is the optimum pistol caliber, and for me it certainly is. I actually control it better and shoot it better than the 9mm. Then again that's probably because .45 has been my round for the large majority of my pistol carrying experience.
I'm not one of those who thinks the .45 is the end all and be all though. There are perfectly valid reasons to carry the 9mm too, and I never feel "undergunned" doing it.
I don't understand the .40 though.
More muzzle flip than the .45 and less power.
Less rounds than a 9mm, and harder to control.
High pressure round, so brass can't be reloaded for nearly as long.
Sounds more like the result of government meddling in the 10mm round rather than some "excellent middle option" it's portrayed as, but that's just my

 

[Wesley929]

9x19
Chosen for combination of availability, cost per round, and easy to shoot

 

[Boonl1776]

EDC is .380 PPK. I would love to carry a .45 and do so in my truck (STI Off Duty), but it's too heavy for EDC, primarily because I'm a fat middle aged guy and it makes my pants fall down.

 

[LANShark42]

EDC is .380 PPK. I would love to carry a .45 and do so in my truck (STI Off Duty), but it's too heavy for EDC, primarily because I'm a fat middle aged guy and it makes my pants fall down.

Exactly the reason I bought a DB9. 16 ounces, fully loaded.

 

[Seabass]

EDC is .380 PPK. I would love to carry a .45 and do so in my truck (STI Off Duty), but it's too heavy for EDC, primarily because I'm a fat middle aged guy and it makes my pants fall down.

Im a fat middle aged guy too! But I do carry a Kimber Crimson Carry Ultra .45 ACP.

 

[Indiana Ed]

G26 9mm most days. But some days a G22 and a Mberg mariner.

 

[Ruffnek]

9mm because that's what I was able to get ahold of.

 

[Indy 1911]

I like to carry my Thompson Center Big Boar 58 caliber muzzle loader

 

[stesco]

XDS.

 

[12many]

Pull the .45 out most days, other days 9mm or .38+P revolver. Depends on attire, attitude and where I might be going

 

[Hohn]

Soon to be a 10mm.

 

[aswbmw]

9mm here. looking for a .40 just for a change of caliber due to ammo situation