For a home protection and target shooting combination try the .357 magnum. This caliber has excellent ballistics, good stoping power and ammo is readily available. You can also fire .38's with them which is really nice for a low kick target load. If you shoot enough to reload your own ammo you can do both calibers very cheaply. You can even get custom headstamp brass (put your .COM on em).
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