Minimum caliber you would CCW

[needsmostuff]

I have preferences but I have no minimum . Something ,all the way down to a pocketknife , is always preferable to NOTHING.

[jes3se]

I prefer 9mm, but anything is better than nothing. I would carry 380 if I had one. An instructor once told us that a 22 is small, but would you want to stand in front of it?

[Pipedoc]

I prefer 9mm, but anything is better than nothing. I would carry 380 if I had one. An instructor once told us that a 22 is small, but would you want to stand in front of it?

well said!

[Pima Pants]

For me, there is carrying in public and carrying around the house in my sweatpants. In public, I carry my Kahr PM9 at a minimum, but it's usually my Colt Defender in God's caliber. Around the house, I have a Beretta 950 Jetfire in .25ACP. I do have a Walther PPK in .380ACP but it weighs a ton in my jammies. My larger calibers are quickly available to me if needed. I think I need to buy a Ruger 380 for sweatpants carry. They are lightweight and a more effective caliber than my 25, although the little Beretta has nine rounds on board.

[Az desert rat 1]

9mm is as low as I will go. The .25 is a nice ankle carry pistol, the .32 has good penetration. But for me the lowest is 9mm. That's what I normally carry.

[AZ Husker]

I carried a Seecamp .380 in my pocket for years as a backup. The caliber sucked, but it was all you could get in that size. Now with the tiny 9mm's, like the Sig P365 with double the capacity, I see no reason to go smaller than 9mm.

[Stray Horse]

Even a 22 is better than nothing. I always like 22 double action revolvers.

[792mauser]

minimum for me is a .32acp.
My Keltec in 32 or 380 is my choice when I need something light.

But its normally a Sig 239 in 375sig.

[AZ Yugo]

9mm would be my minimum, but any is better than none...

[Kingjoey]

9mm is the minimum I would carry as a regular CCW. Anything less than that is gonna be a really small gun that I really don't want to get in a firefight with

[Doc Holliday]

I go back and forth between my P32 and 9mm. Love the light weight of the .32acp, but would like the power of the 9mm. Maybe a PF9...

[Elk34]

I'm a 10 mm guy but I recently was looking a what Dillon went with to compete against the 38 super. 9x25 dillon. It's a 10mm necked down to a 9mm. Running 115 grain FMJ's they are pushing them out of a g20 and g40's at 2100 to 2300 fps depending on powder load.

[Copperhead]

What no .357 ??

[arizcowboy]

I voted 9mm. Ammo is cheaper than a 380 and the guns chambered in 9mm now are almost the same size.

[Lynyrd]

I think a .380 would do in a pinch. I normally carry a 9MM unless it is cool enough to wear a heavy jacket, then I carry my .45 1911.