most over rated handgun cartridge?

[magnanimous_j]

.45 ACP. It's a great round, but people think its a nuke.

9MM can't be the most overrated round, its constantly getting put down.

[runamuk]

Think about it every cal has its place. not everyone can shoot a 45 accurate or carry one everyday. Id feel better with a 22 then a rock.

its funny I made it 40 years never carried more than a knife and now I read these arguments for bigger and bigger guns, yet in private I am told all the time I am better off carrying my 22 than nothing  I don't like big guns the recoil is uncomfortable the louder they are the less I want to fire them even with ear protection, so I will stick with what I can shoot comfortably and enjoy practicing with.....

personally I think the big hugenormous guns are all overrated but I am just a girl so who knows  maybe its a guy thing the whole bigger is better  .....my only experience with 9mm was watching several repeatedly jam at the range, I am thinking they are not my cup of tea

[MikeWalking]

my only experience with 9mm was watching several repeatedly jam at the range, I am thinking they are not my cup of tea

Coild be all kinds of reasons for that, in any caliber.  The Reloads many Ranges sell are pretty poor, I have had 2-3 in 20 turn out to be squibs. Poor cleaning. A weak wrist or flinching can help an Auto jam. A shooter can absorb enough recoil energy to affect the cycle. 

Aeveral rds of .22 in someones face is probably as good as anything else.

[duckaholic]

.45 ACP. It's a great round, but people think its a nuke.

9MM can't be the most overrated round, its constantly getting put down.

[Bofire]

I carry my Kimber procarry II 45 because: I have carried for many years, carried many guns, small revolvers, big revolvers, 9mm, 45, double stack mag guns, para ord, glock, 44 mag, 357, tricked out 41 mag Ruger blackhawk 4.5 inch, little 38 snubbies. qualified with all of them.
For me, with this gun, I have 3, 45 acp Kimber Procarry II, night sites. from just about any position the first round goes thru the 10 ring, the next 7 go right where I want them. at 100 yards it groups in about 12 inches. When my hand closes around the grip it feels like .......... I am holding ....... something I am real familar with.
That is the gun you must find, for you, what ever it is!
so there ya go
Carl

[Bigshooter]

.41 mag its that easy.

[MikeWalking]

.41 mag ? Really?  Don't hear to much about it. It's only .019 Smaller than the .44mag (really a .429) Said to very accurate. Haven't seen more than a couple Gun Makers offer it?

[MountainWalk]

500 sw

[Bigshooter]

.41 mag ? Really?  Don't hear to much about it. It's only .019 Smaller than the .44mag (really a .429) Said to very accurate. Haven't seen more than a couple Gun Makers offer it?

Every .41 mag idiot I have ever met likes to compare heavy .41 mag loads to light .44 mag loads, and tell you that the .41 mag is just as good as the .44 mag.  Now I just ask if they can shoot a 300gr bullet at 1200fps with there .41 mag.

[Jamieb]

.41 mag ? Really?  Don't hear to much about it. It's only .019 Smaller than the .44mag (really a .429) Said to very accurate. Haven't seen more than a couple Gun Makers offer it?

Every .41 mag idiot I have ever met likes to compare heavy .41 mag loads to light .44 mag loads, and tell you that the .41 mag is just as good as the .44 mag.  Now I just ask if they can shoot a 300gr bullet at 1200fps with there .41 mag.

Sounds like the 280win guys and the 7 mag,25-06 and the 257WBY, 300wsm and the 300 win mag.

I have this little 25auto that is a useless piece of crap, it goes bang everytime you pull the trigger but a 2x4 will stop a bullet at 25', so my vote is for the 25auto's.

[rasbo]

.41 mag ? Really?  Don't hear to much about it. It's only .019 Smaller than the .44mag (really a .429) Said to very accurate. Haven't seen more than a couple Gun Makers offer it?

Every .41 mag idiot I have ever met likes to compare heavy .41 mag loads to light .44 mag loads, and tell you that the .41 mag is just as good as the .44 mag.  Now I just ask if they can shoot a 300gr bullet at 1200fps with there .41 mag.

Sounds like the 280win guys and the 7 mag,25-06 and the 257WBY, 300wsm and the 300 win mag.

I have this little 25auto that is a useless piece of crap, it goes bang everytime you pull the trigger but a 2x4 will stop a bullet at 25', so my vote is for the 25auto's.

Good friend of mine got shot in the face with the .25...He took the gun away from leroy and beat him within an inch of his life..Big Swede,gave me the name Rasbo..

[ADAMS]

"Now I just ask if they can shoot a 300gr bullet at 1200fps with there .41 mag."

I think that's doable.  The .41 Mag is only slightly smaller in diameter than the .44 Mag.

What is a heavy weight in the 41 magnum? Most quickly think of the 240 grainers...and that is heavy but only moderate compared to 250 grain thru the 300 grain bullets this caliber can shoot with power and accuracy. For example 19 grains of H110 will push a NEI 300 grain cast bullet at over 1260 fps for over 1050 ft. lbs. of muzzle thump...that’s over half a ton. And I get that from my Ruger 4 and 5/8ths barrel.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/41heavy.htm

[Curly]

 

[carpsniperg2]

 
who ever said the 45's are over rated let me have you shoot my 454 and i will put up aginst any cal "but the 460 since it is so close and can shoot the 454" at 50+ yards and then lets see the people that think the 9mm or 380 will work

[257 Wby Mag]

Never been impressed with the killin power of any handgun. Killed elk and deer with a .41 mag, deer with a .44, cougar with a 9mm. Shot lotsa others,454, 475 Linebaugh, 357's, etc. I say, the 9, 44 mag, and 45 auto are the most overatted. 357 is the favorite, followed by 41 mag, then 22 magnum.....