On this episode of the 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris sit down to argue about the need and place for new calibers on the market. With cased cartridges available for over 200 years – Swiss gunsmith Jean Samuel Pauly is generally credited with inventing the first fully integrated self-contained cartridge in 1812 – literally hundreds of calibers have come and, in many cases, gone. So, is anything left to be created?

00:30 Somebody thinks there's room.
05:10 What's a gun's lifespan?
06:20 Does it really not get any better than 9mm?
09:23 The everlasting people's champ!
11:42 It just seems like everything old is new again
12:55 You have to have the guns to use it!
14:20 Buy...why?
15:15 The secret sauce (unlocking the coefficient)
17:40 Making your way uphill to acceptance 
20:01 Awaken the sleepers
22:50 Forced to reload
25:02 Moving forward