The uncommon round you still shoot
38, 357, 22lr, 45, 9mm, 12 & 20g, etc. We all shoot those because they’re great and easy to find and not terribly expensive.
For me, the only non-mainstream round I consistently shoot is the 22 Hornet. Picky to reload, expensive if you don’t, crazy accurate in the Ruger 77/22. I love it.
How about you?
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I have an old Savage that is chambered in 25-20 Winchester, ammo is not cheap and is scarce. Box of 50 ranges from about $85.00 to $115.00, needless to say, I don't shoot it much.
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.44-40, 221 Fireball, 222, 17 MachV.
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I built my writing around unusual cartridges. The ones still in my safe include the Hornet, .30 Herrett, 7-30 Waters, 9mm Makarov, and .25 Souper. I recently sold my prized .41 Special. Along the way, I wrote about the .218 Bee, .256 Win Mag, .17 Ackley, 22 K-hornet, 30-40 Krag, and a few others I'd have to look up to be sure of the names, including one .20-cal hotrod with a hemispherical shoulder. Ones I never got a chance to play with and regret it include the 6.5 Swede, 7-57, and 250 Savage.
Balancing the oddballs is the fact that I have never owned a .30-06, .270, or any magnum rifle. The commonest one was my first one: a .308 in a Rem 788.
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5mm magnum. Don
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[ frantically consulting the Cartridges of the World 10th edition… ]
until now, I’d never heard of a 5mm magnum. Would love to see a pic of that firearm @dcon12
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A couple years ago I took a Husqvarna 30-06, sent off the barreled action, and had it turned into a 6.5-06. I also have a 1898 Krag wich of course is chambered in .30-40. Those are the two "strangest" chamberings I have, everything else is run of the mill. I have not tried to buy ammo for the .30-40 as it came with several boxes of Winchester Silver Tips.
Oh, and I have a Winchester 94 chambered in 32 Winchester Special, which is getting somewhat rare these days. One can certainly buy ammo for this, I just don't like the price.
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KL: 30129059032987/comments/30129059556379
[ frantically consulting the Cartridges of the World 10th edition… ]
until now, I’d never heard of a 5mm magnum. Would love to see a pic of that firearm @dcon12
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=5mm%20magnum&Sort=13
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I do recall playing with a 5mm Mag for a while. The rifle was on loan to me, and I think I still have a 3/4 box of the ammo around here somewhere. Since it isn't reloadable, it was never a topic for my writing, but it was a fun gun to play with. It hammered ground squirrels.
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HPD said;
"Oh, and I have a Winchester 94 chambered in 32 Winchester Special, which is getting somewhat rare these days. One can certainly buy ammo for this, I just don't like the price."
Yep I've got one of those too, '54 vintage. I guess the 32 Win Spcl and my 32 ACP are about the most 'non-mainstream' cartridges I own, but both of 'em are still pretty common.
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Like Rocky, I have spent most of my shooting years avoiding super common cartridges like the 06 and 270. Great cartridges, but I wanted to be different I guess. I still have the old time favorites like the 250/3000, 257 Roberts, 6.5X55, 7X57 and others that have fallen out of popularity because of the new super dooper whiz bang, at least according to the marketers, cartridges. Funny that I've never shot a animal that shrugged off any of the classic rounds I hit it with.
About the only semi- uncommon one I have is a contender barrel in 357 Maximum. That was a replacement for the 30 Herret barrel that was stolen back in 1989. I hope the guy that ended up with it was familiar with forming 30 Herret cases out of 30/30 brass. Bob
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375 Winchester. Not as uncommon as others or as old .
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Win model 70 in 225 which I am going to put on here to sell in a while, Anschutz 17MACH2,
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.480 Ruger Super Blackhawk. It's really fun to shoot. I've killed two deer with it. It was the first pistol cartridge I reloaded.
I also have a Ruger #1 in .480.
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6.8SPC.
I think I’ve been ahead of my time with that cartridge for the last 15+ years.
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KL: 30129059032987/comments/30129059556379
[ frantically consulting the Cartridges of the World 10th edition… ]
until now, I’d never heard of a 5mm magnum. Would love to see a pic of that firearm @dcon12
Remington made two models, one with a magizine and the other tube fed. Only made a few years. Ahead of its time, a step up from the 17HMR. I have shot a few hogs with this. Don
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32 S+W, 32 S+W Long and the 32-20 are the odd balls I still shoot.
Just for fun, Load a Ruger Single Seven in such away the first to fire is the S+W, S+W Long, 32 H+R Mag then the 327 Federal Mag. pop. Pop. bang. Bang!!
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7x57mm. I reload my own ammo for it.
41 magnum. Again I reload my own ammo for it.
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6 x 284 is about the most uncommon I have
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Rocky ,your work first came to my attention with an article about loading from scratch in 1997 issue of handloaders digest. Still refer to some of your stuff from time to time
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Bogey golf. It is unusual for me to shoot a round of bogey golf anymore. My score is usually above 90
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Thank you, sir.
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Bogey golf. It is unusual for me to shoot a round of bogey golf anymore. My score is usually above 90
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375 Winchester, it's a bit hard to come by.
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32 S&W and 38 S&W. Both in revolvers (naturally) and both hard enough to find and expensive when I do so I reload 'em.
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BobJudy: 30129059032987/comments/30129069367195
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But for your short game, you are on your own.😁Bob
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This - old lever action Marlin: Best Regards - AQH
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Remington model 591 in 5mm rf. I have seen where some one smithed a center fire bolt head
for this rifle and was reloading for it. Not me though.
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7mm Remington Bench Rest.
(Two XP-100's in this cartridge.)
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Picked up an odd piece of brass at the range today. A guy was blasting away like he was playing a video game firing 5.7 x 28 rounds as fast as he could. Have any of you used it?
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I have several odd balls that I don't shoot much anymore. 218 Bee, 32 and 38S&W, Winchester Rim Fire, 9mm rimfire, and .22 Extra long. I have a model 43 Winchester in 218 Bee with a four power Redfield scope that I have some V Max reloaded for. it's a fun little rifle. I have several little .22s chambered for the Extra Long .22s,but they don't get them. The last box of extra longs I saw was two years ago at Tulsa and they were $460.00. I bought a partial box just to have some for $85.00, that's crazy.
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