What’s up with 30 Super Carry?

[kcsteve]

I know it's just a name but, why not call it 32 Super Carry? Because well, that's what it is, a .32. I think the long list of .32 ammo would add credibility.
Just saying.

 

[Johnnu2]

IMHO, whatever you call it, it is/will be a solution to a "need" that doesn't exist.
Just sayin'

J.

 

[the_leper_colony]

IMHO, whatever you call it, it is/will be a solution to a "need" that doesn't exist.
Just sayin'

J.

Yeah, that's kind of the history of cartridge development. Case in point; did we really "need" the 6.5mm Creedmoor? If you look at the case dimensions, it's pretty much a .250 Savage Improved (which has been around since FDR was president), with the bullet diameter increased a whopping .007 inches.

I used to say that I wouldn't buy a firearm that was chambered for a cartridge less than a hundred years old, but for various reasons that's no longer true. The .40 S&W (which a lot of folks don't care for) is one of my favorites!

If there's one thing you can bet on, it's that every gun owner has an opinion! So (as always) IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

It was called the .30 instead of the .32 because it was thought that everybody has been told that .32 guns are for wimps while .30 guns are REAL, ACTUAL serious weapons. Marketing strikes again.

 

[krw]

With bullet improvements in last 20 years, hard to beat 9mm for gen purpose, defense rd.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

It was called the .30 instead of the .32 because it was thought that everybody has been told that .32 guns are for wimps while .30 guns are REAL, ACTUAL serious weapons. Marketing strikes again.

Also, .32 and .25 caliber are still considered "Saturday Night Special" ammo in many places.

 

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Won't be around long like the Glock 45 Gap ot the 9mm feral rimmed or the 5mm Remington.........It is a useless waste of time.

 

[JCK]

I certainly hope you're right!
I got a S&W .30 SC EZ. It's a tack driver, too.

I've got a S&W Super-9 with 3-barrels. 9x19, 9x21,.356TSW.
Never fired the .356TSW bbl.
I paid $700otd at Franklins in Bogart, Ga in 2002.
Last one sold on Gunbroker for $3250.00

I hope I get that return on my .30SC.

Even the 10mm is "chic" again!

But I sure am enjoying my .30!