Ah, come on Laz, the revolver is a dinosaur. I am not a competitive shooter, other than a couple annual bowling pin shoots, but it sure seems that all shooters I see shooting in competition, either in person, magazines or on TV are all shooting autos. Cant remember too many, or any actually, revolvers.
What is the best caliber? That issue is and always will be purely subjective in nature. A lot of differant studies have been done, certainly showing differant results. The 357 comes out okay, but not the best, but hey, if you like it, you like it.
Dune had some good stuff to say, I am a fan of the .45, enjoy shooting the .44 mag for the noise, compression and just plain fun, but it is too much a monster for most people and situations. Only way I like shooting it is with a good auto like Desert Eagle.
The 9mm became popular I think because of the high capacity handguns it became available in. Not a particularly great round, but if you were a bad shot, you could at least spray a while. My choice was practice to control, you know, kind of a quality versus quantity thing. Right now my 45 needs a new barrel, bushing and slide tightening because of all the rounds I have run through it. (estimate somewhere between 2500 and 3000 rounds).
Regardless, I wonder if this whole thread was a big troll so we could make fun of that ghetto gat?
dago