Multiple Calibers

[Doc Shapiro]

If so, what are they?

Personally, I shoot one caliber.  It's easier for me to deal with.

[California Lawdawg]

Only only, .45 Colt.


Lawdawg

[Wrangler Rich]

I'm set up to shoot 3 different calibers, 357, 45 Colt, and 45 S&W.  Gets me the variety I want, yet allows me to shoot 1 caliber.

[Griff]

Handgun & rifle both in .45 Colt, but loaded with different charges and wt. bullets.

[Mustang Gregg]

Ammo:  One caliber:  .44 Special
Guns:  One chamberin':  .44 Mag in every gun listed below>>>>

But when all four of us go SASSin', we take (9) Rugers, (1) Marlin M-94, (4) M-92's all shoot the same ammo.
We all pack 12 ga SxS's too.

Mustang Gregg
Calamity JoAnne
Winchester Wade
Commissioner Gordon

[Qball]

I have only two sets of mainmatch guns.
A set of Colt-73 clones in .45Lc and a set of C&B Remington-58 in .44
Blackpowder only 

[Russ T Chambers]

Used to shoot .45 pistols, and .44 mag rifle.  Got tired of try'n to sort them out, so I replaced my Rossi '92 with a '73 in .45 Colt.  Now life is easy.

[Seafarer]

I started with everything in 44/40 but picked up a couple .45 S&W revolvers and sold the clones so now the handguns are .45 S&W and the long gun is 44/40.
Seafarer

[Four-Eyed Buck]

I'm set for three calibers, however, it's one match-one caliber. Might as well keep things as simple as possible. Only time I'd shot mixed would be if I had a mechanical failure...........Buck

[Jax Orebetter]

95% of the time it is 45 in both rifle & pistol. Every once in a while I hear Momma's guns callin' to me to take them out to play. (she doesn't get out to as many matches as I do) So, I have to break down and shoot those darlin' little Ruger Birdsheads in 32 H&R. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

I started this game with .44 mag pistols and rifle. Switched to .45 Colt pistols. Got a .45 Colt Marlin which I found out has an out of round chamber which causes a lot of BP blowback. Now, I have a Henry .44-40.

Slim

[BlaiseNSaddles]

Mostly it has been .45 Colt but every now and then I load up the 0.44 percussion stuff.

[Micheal Fortune]

Yep, one caliber, one gauge.........45Colt and 12ga.

I can imagine one day have a cute little something or the other and putting it in a cross draw holster......but for serious shooting it's just easier to reload for one caliber.

[Spanish Marshal]

Hi:
I only use one caliber in my Uberti "Cattleman" and my "Trail end", 45 Colt and only one gauge, 12 ga.

[Mason Stillwell]

When I shoot my 44/40 in the 73 I have to shoot that with either the 45 Pistols or the 38's.

Like to keep it to one but sometimes that is not possible.

Mason

[Stoney Pete]

I shoot multiple  .44 WCF in rifle and pistols, 12ga. in shotgun.

Stoney (what answered no, but had to play devils advocate for fun) Pete

[Col. Riddles]

All my main stage guns are 45 Colt with a 250 gr bullet over 4.2grs Hogdon Clays in Starline brass with Fed. lg pistol primers. All 3 shotguns are 12ga.

[Beauregard Hooligan]

Howdy Folks,

     I usually shoot one caliber on any day of shooting, unless there is a belly gun or derringer stage. My regular armament is two 7 1/2" blue/case Vaqueros with Indian Stag grips, and a Marlin 1894, all in .44 Magnum. These days, I am frequently exchanging the 7 1/2" guns for a pair of 5 1/2" SS Bisley Vaqueros also in .44 Magnum. My back up rifle is a Browning Centennial Model 92 in the same caliber. I take along a complete back up set if I am driving any distance, and that being a pair of 5 1/2" SS Vaqueros in .45 Colt and a Marlin 1894 Cowboy, also in .45 Colt. The odd set, and becoming more attractive as time goes by is a pair of 7 1/2" blue/case Vaquero in .44-40 and a Uberti '73 Winchester with a 30" octagon barrel in the same cartridge. I appreciate the .44 WCF the more I shoot, and reload it in quantity on one of my Dillon 650s, with none of the reloading problems I have heard about. Both of the Marlins and the '73 wear tang sights, and all of the pistols have been slicked up by Bob Munden. I tried shooting a pair of 7 1/2" Hartford Colt clones in .357 Magnum, with a Uberti Model '66 in .38 Special, shooting mild .38 Specials all the way around. But, I want my irons to buck and snort when I pull the trigger, and the mild loads just did not scratch the itch. And, I did not like the balance of the small bore, long barreled, pistols. I was quicker, higher up the ranks, but was not having as much fun. So, I traded the pistol off, and gave the Model '66 to my brother Rich (San Joaquin Slim, now of Friday Harbor, Washington). My derringer is a Bond Arms Defender in .357 Magnum (chose that cartridge for performance, if I ever needed it for urban protection), and I have two Forehand and Wadsworth belly guns in .38 S&W. I will pick up a Birdshead Vaquero blue/case in .45 Colt tomorrow, that I bought as I have always wanted one, and the supply is rapidly drying up. I also bought a 5 1/2" SS Bisley Blackhawk in .45 Colt, with an interchangeable .45 ACP cylinder (mad for Davisson's), as I've always wanted a multi-caliber revolver, and once these are gone, they will never return. I may put the Birdshead Vaquero away for a time when collectability raises the price.
     BTW, I came across one of the 50th Anniversary .357 Magnum
Flat Top Blackhawk at a local store, and put it on layaway. I always wanted a Flat Top Ruger, but they were really before my time.
   Adios,

             Beauregard Hooligan
             NRA Life, SASS #5674 Life, NMLRA Life,
             Moderator/Deputy CAS-L
             The original Cowboy Action Shooting List


''If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in
the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.''
        --James Madison, while a United States Congressman

[Danny Bear Claw]

I have several sets of guns in 45 Colt.  A full set in 44-40 and am currently putting together a set of guns in 38-40 but I've always lived by the rule - "one match... one caliber".

[Pukin Dog]

revolvers are 45LC and rifle is 44-40.  Shoot BP and 44-40 is the only way to go in the rifle.