6 Handgun Cartridges That Will Soon Be Obsolete | Field & Stream

[Alexander8]

That chain you have in the picture - if you know how to use it, it is a self-defence weapon too

[Alexander8]

@Gerard9

Mossad and the Beretta 71

Mossad agents sneak up on people, their tools match their tactic.

[PossumSlayer1]

40 & 25 disappears?

[HankHurlstone]

'Pears to me like Mr Mann isn’t using his shovel to bury the 25 auto, he’s using it to shovel manure.
Reckon he hasn’t tried to buy 32 acp ammo, or reloading dies, recently. All of them Colt 1903s that you can’t buy for less than $600 got to eat something, and that’s just a small part of the 32 acp population.
There are also a ton of old 25 auto pistols out there.
Guns are still being produced for the 41 magnum, so somebody thinks it’ll be around for a spell.
Mr Mann needs to be taught the difference between “I don’t like a catridge”, and “this round isn’t any good, it’s obsolete”.
Hank

[Matthew156]

.22 lr will be around forever.
before the scamdemic, I was buying at 4.3 cents around. That’s many, many, many hours of plinking.

[Alces_Americanus]

@HankHurlstone

Mr Mann needs to be taught the difference between “I don’t like a catridge”, and “this round isn’t any good, it’s obsolete”.

Yep, professional “influencers.” As unimportant an occupation as ever I saw one.

[Richard56]

A long time ago, I thought about reloading the .25. One tenth of a grain of powder was minimum charge and three tenths of a grain was maximum. I bought a .22.

[Lawdog379]

Well, I’ll be delighted to take those ‘space takers’ off your hands!

[Johnnyq60]

Welcome to the family brother @Lawdog379 and you are blessed to be here.

[MitchR]

I’m tired of lying on cold concrete floors and busting my knuckles on engine components.

So I’m teaching myself gunsmithing.

Guns are small and can be worked on in my basement

I was at the Crown Pt IN gun show today,

I’ve been accumulating “Saturday Night Specials” (I have 10 now - parts guns) looking for magazines.

I want to build cooling small carry guns for gals.

I brought 4 frames because I have bought 3 mags on eBay and none fit.

I picked up 2 out of the 4 for 1/2 the price on the web - $45 for both.

So here’s where I begin to come to the point.

Only one vendor had 25 ACP’s which 3 of my pistols require and there we ALOT of ammo vendors.

It made no sense NOT to buy a couple of boxes @ $45/per - ouch - but it’s clear those calibers may not be going away while moving towards niche sellers.

I then had to make an unexpected trip back to our campground because my wife forgot some personal effects.

Having the frames plus my daily carry Ruger 380 LCP I showed some (wife approved) lady friends 3 of the 4 small frames I took to the show a (Lorcirn 25 - Jimenz 380 and Phonix Arms 26 - 25 ACP - the 4th the was a Lorcirn 9mm - whoda thunkit?)

Anyway, I know these girls carry 1911’s and G17’s because “that’s what they were given”.

Well they went gaga for the small caliber guns and wanted to order them on the spot, so maybe that’s a good sign for these small calber’s longevity.

Whose to say?

[Brad]

Everything is available for a price. i’ll likely never shoot them again.

[Robert452]

@Enzo_T

I love Jeff Copper as much as anyone out there. But I just trained a wonderful gentleman in his 80s that wants to have a firearm to protect himself and a .25 is just about all his hands can manage. Should I tell him to dump it?

If .25 is what he can handle, and place shots on target, I would say that’s what he should use. Granted, it doesn’t have the greatest stopping power, but it is probably better than a shovel. (I know my shovel swinging and throwing skills have diminished over time. )

I’m personally particularly fond of the .40 S &W. I can shoot it reasonably well, and it has a fair amount of stopping power. I guess there are some calibers folks just love to hate.

[Gary_H]

I was just perusing Springfield’s website. It appears they have stopped offering any 40 S&W, but have increased their 10mm offerings.

[Alexander8]

Parallel thread mentioned 5.7, “the other 22”. There are SIG and FN micro-compacts in this caliber. Unfortunately, I never had my hands on one, or know anyone who owns it.

CORRECTION: Oops, wrong - SIG does not offer a 5.7mm pistol, and FN’s is a full size. There are no micros in 5.7x28 on the market!

[Arnie_W]

If they do go away . Once the ammo makers realize there is still a need they will be back. Reloaders will be busy to. Yep I saw the segments on Lucky Gunner also

[Enzo_T]

@Robert452

@Enzo_T

I love Jeff Copper as much as anyone out there. But I just trained a wonderful gentleman in his 80s that wants to have a firearm to protect himself and a .25 is just about all his hands can manage. Should I tell him to dump it?

If .25 is what he can handle, and place shots on target, I would say that’s what he should use. Granted, it doesn’t have the greatest stopping power, but it is probably better than a shovel. (I know my shovel swinging and throwing skills have diminished over time. )

I’m personally particularly fond of the .40 S &W. I can shoot it reasonably well, and it has a fair amount of stopping power. I guess there are some calibers folks just love to hate.

I’m actually a big fan of the 40 S&W and with the huge amount of firearms out in circulation chambered for it it’s not going anywhere soon. I have friends in Law enforcement that have given me first hand accounts of how effective the .40 is against human threats. None have reported any failures to stop a threat expediently.

[KeithK]

I also really like the 40 S&W.

I know that terminal performance of 9mm rounds has improved greatly over the past 25 years. But having to put down a few deer after they were struck by cars, I always found the 9mm to take too many rounds for me to feel like I actually put the animal out of its suffering, rather than adding to it before it died.

Not so with the 40.

From what I have read, all the major auto calibers are pretty equivalent now, but I still have that nagging discomfort about the 9mm.

If I had seen more recent use, that may not be an issue.

[Scotty]

Would you be so kind as to provide a link to these Sig and FN micro compact 5.7’s you mentioned?

[Alexander8]

Actually, you caught me going off of a quick web search and not checking the results thoroughly. No, there are no micros in 5.7. I will correct my original post. Thanks!

[Blacky]

MitchR- WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR WORK SHOP PICTURE ???

ANSWER>>> too dam neat <<< reminds me of my work area. My son tells me it’s like going to home Depo but, I have to give him the bay & slot location to find anything.