OK, this will show roughly the most popular cartridges in terms of what the manufacturers THINK they will sell most of now/near future, because it was compiled from actual "buyer's guide" source.
What I've done here is just pick up a copy about a month back of some magazine entitled "The Complete Book of AutoPistols", which was a newbie-level rag as to articles, but contains what purports to be a complete listing of all autopistols currently offered for sale by quantity manufacturers, from Accu-Tek to Witness. It includes many large custom shops' offerings like Les Baer, Ed Brown, Robar, Wilson, etc., but not small custom outfits. Nor does this in any way give info on revolver cartridges/offerings - it exclusively reports on the most popular autopistol rounds only. What I did was, for each particular model, make a mark in each cartridge category for which the pistol is currently offered. So, the list should show ROUGHLY for cartridge "X", how many different models are readily available:
1. 45 ACP (96)
2. 9x19 (80)
3. 40 S&W (59)
4. 22 lr (29)
5. 9x17K/380 auto (25)
6. 38 Super auto (13)
7. (Tie) .32 ACP and .357 Sig (12 each)
9. 10mm auto (9)
10. .25 ACP (8)
11. .400 CorBon (5)
12. (Tie) .357 Mag and 9x21mm (4 each)
14. (3-way tie of 2 each):
--.45 Win Mag
--.44 Rem Mag
--9x23mm
17. (13-way tie of 1 each):
--.45 Super
--.22 short
--9x25mm
--.22 WRM
--.30 Carbine
--.44 AMP
--.32 S&W wc
--9x18mm Mak
--.440 CorBon Mag
--.50 Mag (.50 AE?)
--.41 Mag
--.475 Wildey Mag
--7.65mm Luger
30. .40 super, others: zero
I thought there would be 4-5 .357sig, and none or maybe one .400CB, so I surprised to see that these are catching on rather quickly. Any comments on this stuff?
[This message has been edited by Futo Inu (edited July 28, 1999).]
What I've done here is just pick up a copy about a month back of some magazine entitled "The Complete Book of AutoPistols", which was a newbie-level rag as to articles, but contains what purports to be a complete listing of all autopistols currently offered for sale by quantity manufacturers, from Accu-Tek to Witness. It includes many large custom shops' offerings like Les Baer, Ed Brown, Robar, Wilson, etc., but not small custom outfits. Nor does this in any way give info on revolver cartridges/offerings - it exclusively reports on the most popular autopistol rounds only. What I did was, for each particular model, make a mark in each cartridge category for which the pistol is currently offered. So, the list should show ROUGHLY for cartridge "X", how many different models are readily available:
1. 45 ACP (96)
2. 9x19 (80)
3. 40 S&W (59)
4. 22 lr (29)
5. 9x17K/380 auto (25)
6. 38 Super auto (13)
7. (Tie) .32 ACP and .357 Sig (12 each)
9. 10mm auto (9)
10. .25 ACP (8)
11. .400 CorBon (5)
12. (Tie) .357 Mag and 9x21mm (4 each)
14. (3-way tie of 2 each):
--.45 Win Mag
--.44 Rem Mag
--9x23mm
17. (13-way tie of 1 each):
--.45 Super
--.22 short
--9x25mm
--.22 WRM
--.30 Carbine
--.44 AMP
--.32 S&W wc
--9x18mm Mak
--.440 CorBon Mag
--.50 Mag (.50 AE?)
--.41 Mag
--.475 Wildey Mag
--7.65mm Luger
30. .40 super, others: zero
I thought there would be 4-5 .357sig, and none or maybe one .400CB, so I surprised to see that these are catching on rather quickly. Any comments on this stuff?
[This message has been edited by Futo Inu (edited July 28, 1999).]
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