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What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:00 pm
by Doug.38PR
I don't know about everyone else, but when rounds are mentioned, they instantly bring to mind a single gun that I identify with as "this is a FILLINTHEBLANKcaliber"
For me for example:
"A .38 Special" is a policeman's gun. A Colt Official Police or S&W M10
"A 9mm" is a Beretta 92/M9
"A .357 Magnum" or "Magnum" is a Colt Python
"A .44 Magnum" is a....(do I have to say this?) S&W M-29
"A .45 Automatic" is a Colt/Springfield/Remington 1911A1
"A Colt .45" is a Single Action Army
"A Snub Nose .38" is a Colt Detective Special
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:53 pm
by threoh8
Similar thoughts, but ...
9mm - I think of Luger first, Browning Hi-Power second.
.45 ACP - The original 1911
Other cartridges:
.32 ACP - Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless
.25 ACP - Baby Browning
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:20 pm
by MoJo
Mine are:
.45 Auto - 1911
9mm - Luger
.38 Special - Colt or S&W 4" Double action revolver
.357 Magnum - S&W model 27
.44 Special - S&W model 26
.30'06 - 1903 Springfield
.270 - Winchester Model 70
.308 - M 14
.223 - M 16
.50 BMG - M2 Machine gun
.22 LR - Single shot rifle
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:58 pm
by USA1
9MM...Glock
357SIG...Glock
40S&W...Glock
45ACP...Glock
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:58 pm
by C-dub
.44 magnum = Dirty Harry gun
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:24 pm
by K.Mooneyham
To me, some guns are almost synonymous with certain calibers.
Such as (and I know some have posted several of these):
.45 ACP - Government Model 1911
.45 Colt - Colt Peacemaker
.30-06 - Springfield M1903
7.92x57mm - Mauser Rifle
7.62x39mm - AK-47
9mm Luger - Parabellum Model 1908 and Browning Hi-Power
.38 Special - S&W Model 36 (Chief's Special)
.357 Magnum - S&W Model 28 (Highway Patrolman)
.45-70 - Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield
5.56x45mm - M-16/AR-15
7.62x51mm - M-14/M-1A
7.62x54r - Mosin-Nagant 91/30 Rifle
.22LR - Ruger 10-22
.44 Magnum - S&W Model 29
Obviously, there are many more firearms that have used each of these rounds, but this is just a list that comes to mind as I think of each one.
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:43 pm
by Beiruty
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
In any caliber as long as it ends in x39mm, that is 7.62 or 5.45.
Re: What gun do you identify with certain calibers?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:46 pm
by C-dub
Beiruty wrote:My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
My AK is better than your Glock
In any caliber as long as it ends in x39mm, that is 7.62 or 5.45.
Where did that come from?
Oh, does your AK conceal better than my Glock?
