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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2012, 10:15:22 AM »
Smallest I carry is a 380,  wife carries a 32

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2012, 10:19:53 AM »
My wife and I both carry 9mm but I would trust any gun vs. having no gun.
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2012, 10:27:21 AM »
Nothing smaller than a 44 is my rule of thumb.  :tup:

44 special revolvers are really small and compact.
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2012, 10:32:08 AM »
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 10:33:44 AM »
I trust my .22's as long as I do my part and would not feel undergunned.  Of course there were times in AK, when a .44 mag seemed kinda small.   

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 10:49:40 AM »
Nothing smaller than a 9mm. I have seen tests where a .380 will not even penetrate a thick coat. My personal fav is .45acp.
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2012, 10:51:20 AM »
.380

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2012, 10:58:29 AM »
.22mag, but i don't carry a sidearm around here. 

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2012, 11:07:18 AM »
Heck a bb gun might do the trick with that type of bear escapement tactics........ ;)
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2012, 11:19:56 AM »
Heck a bb gun might do the trick with that type of bear escapement tactics........ ;)
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2012, 11:35:12 AM »
I trust a 9mm. Its more about where you place the bullet and what ammo you are shooting. Although, I normally carry a .44 mag in the woods

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2012, 11:45:32 AM »
You get to look down the barrel of a 12 gauge when you break into my house......on the street my colt 357.
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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2012, 11:47:37 AM »
Nothing smaller than a 9mm. I have seen tests where a .380 will not even penetrate a thick coat. My personal fav is .45acp.

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Im sure I can find a test that shows .380 shooting better then a 9mm.

Its all in the ammo  :tup:

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Re: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2012, 11:51:16 AM »
Way, way, way more likely to kill yourself, hurt yourself, or shoot someone you don't want to with a sidearm... when I bowhunt, it's me, my bow and my knife. Not going to be a popular sentiment, but that's the way it is...

 


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