armarsh
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256 Newton (6.5-06) produced in 1913!
22-243
284 Winchester
280 / 7mm express
22-243
284 Winchester
280 / 7mm express
Best Caliber That Never Took-off
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7-08 (I think it's a great round that deserves more respect)
.460 Rowland
.38 super (if you handload it can do anything from light .380 to mid .357)
.45 super
.41 magnum
.41 special the perfect lawmans revo cartridge that never really was
The .22 magnum don't seem to get much respect either.
.460 Rowland
.38 super (if you handload it can do anything from light .380 to mid .357)
.45 super
.41 magnum
.41 special the perfect lawmans revo cartridge that never really was
The .22 magnum don't seem to get much respect either.
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Right Wing Wacko
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32 Win Special
My favorite Deer Rifle is chambered in this round, and I find it much better for it's intended purpose than the 30-30 it was based on.
My favorite Deer Rifle is chambered in this round, and I find it much better for it's intended purpose than the 30-30 it was based on.
snowtigger
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I'll second the 308 Norma Magnum. A great cartridge. Been shooting one for forty years. If I had to escape with only one rifle, it would be the 308 Norma. I pull the trigger and something drops dead. DRT
swampsavage
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guess I'm attracted to some on the list also...
...In my limited battery I have:
280Rem/7MM Express in M70
7X57 in Ruger #1-A
16ga in 1897 Win
405WCF in Ruger #1-H (this one, though recently revived, will probably fade back into obscurity factory ammo wise. Limited options even for components)
300 Savage in Mod 99 EG
...had foresight to get dies and moulds for the 405 and plenty of brass
...In my limited battery I have:
280Rem/7MM Express in M70
7X57 in Ruger #1-A
16ga in 1897 Win
405WCF in Ruger #1-H (this one, though recently revived, will probably fade back into obscurity factory ammo wise. Limited options even for components)
300 Savage in Mod 99 EG
...had foresight to get dies and moulds for the 405 and plenty of brass
ironhead7544
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.22 Jet
.22 Flea
38/44 B&D
.357 Auto Mag (I made up an M1 Carbine in this one)
.22 Carbine
9mm Federal (a Terrier sized revolver in this would be great. Has the proper length cylinder)
6mm/.223
.338-06
.375/.284
10mm (a 5 shot revolver with a correct length cylinder would be nice in this one)
9mm in a revolver
.22 Flea
38/44 B&D
.357 Auto Mag (I made up an M1 Carbine in this one)
.22 Carbine
9mm Federal (a Terrier sized revolver in this would be great. Has the proper length cylinder)
6mm/.223
.338-06
.375/.284
10mm (a 5 shot revolver with a correct length cylinder would be nice in this one)
9mm in a revolver
memphisjim
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ill pick two
the .50 GI
and the 500S&w mag has its niche but no where until marlin makes a lever for it
the .50 GI
and the 500S&w mag has its niche but no where until marlin makes a lever for it
loadedround
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225 Winchester
In autopistols, 10mm. I still kick myself for not purchasing a Peters Stahl Omega upper unit (for a 1911) when I had a chance. I keep wishing Glock would make a single-stack 10mm pistol, and/or that a viable Bren Ten would finally come to be. I also wish for a quality, viable carbine to be available in 10mm. Of course, 10mm has a following, but it has never "taken off." I briefly owned a G29. I reckon if no single-stack Glock materializes, I will buy a G20 or another G29 and have radical surgery performed on the frame. The finished product would wear an optic, perhaps an Aimpoint Micro T-1.
In revolvers, the .41 Magnum is a favorite, that is barely hanging on as a commercially-loaded round. I carried an S&W Model 58 as my usual duty handgun from 1985 to about 1991. Really, it is too big for my hands, but I liked the total package enough to deal with that. I still have this one, but it needs a trip back to S&W to be rebuilt.
I have been happy enough with existing rifle cartridges to not have an obvious choice in the rifle category. I do wish the British Nitro Express cartridges had not faded so much, and was gladdened to see Ruger make a few of their No. 1 single shots in .450/.400 NE, though at a very bad time for me to afford one.
In revolvers, the .41 Magnum is a favorite, that is barely hanging on as a commercially-loaded round. I carried an S&W Model 58 as my usual duty handgun from 1985 to about 1991. Really, it is too big for my hands, but I liked the total package enough to deal with that. I still have this one, but it needs a trip back to S&W to be rebuilt.
I have been happy enough with existing rifle cartridges to not have an obvious choice in the rifle category. I do wish the British Nitro Express cartridges had not faded so much, and was gladdened to see Ruger make a few of their No. 1 single shots in .450/.400 NE, though at a very bad time for me to afford one.
Wheelguner05
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.700 Nitro (uncle has one)
5.7
5.7
351 WINCHESTER
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I'd like to see the .351 slr. Out to 100 yds. or so it does just fine.
wacki
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6.5 grendel. Nothing like having an AR with a range approaching a .308
millertyme
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I'm a pretty big fan of all the 6.5mm calibers from 6.5 Swede to .264 Win Mag. My dad still has his pre-64 Mod 70 .264 with the anodized stainless barrel and oiled walnut stock. It's a beauty and is still as accurate as ever. As for it being called a barrel burner, what high-velocity sub-7mm caliber wasn't called that. Jeeze, I bet people out there considered .243 Win a barrel burner. The 6.5mm 140gr boat-tailed spitzers have excellent ballistic coefficients and in the .264WM you can send that down range at over 3,200 FPS. Due to the higher BC it retained more energy than a 165gr 7mm Mag past 200m and more than a 180 gr 300WM past 500.
As for pistols, I think the 10mm Auto is a great round that never was as accepted as it could have been. I would love to see a CZ97-sized pistol chambered in one from a company not called EAA. If ammo prices came down to more affordable levels and it was more plentiful like 9mm and 40SW I might consider adding the caliber to the collection.
As for pistols, I think the 10mm Auto is a great round that never was as accepted as it could have been. I would love to see a CZ97-sized pistol chambered in one from a company not called EAA. If ammo prices came down to more affordable levels and it was more plentiful like 9mm and 40SW I might consider adding the caliber to the collection.
Nevmavrick
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Best caliber
If anyone were to wonder where my screenname comes from, the following will erase that wonder.
Friday, I didn't have to work, so I went out and "slaved" over a hot chronograph.
I took an M58, and an M57 6" and was 'working' with some "beagled" bullets. I was also working with a 10mm using cast bullets. The gun was NOT an EAA, it's a Tanfoglio, for which I'm seeking two more, FWIW, both .40s.
In the safe I left two M722 Remingtons, a .300 Savage, and a .257 Roberts. Next to them, is an M71! The problems with this rifle(cartridge) convinced me to change it to a .375/348 Improved. It's easier to get bullets now.
My .25 Souper Improved(I call it "Gene's .25x2) is still in the safe.
In the kitchen, is an M92 in .256 Mag, with 21" barrel.(OK, OK, it's a Rossi, but real hard to tell the difference, except for the $1k, of course.)
Which is the best that never took off? Good question. I like 'em all!
Have fun,
Gene
If anyone were to wonder where my screenname comes from, the following will erase that wonder.
Friday, I didn't have to work, so I went out and "slaved" over a hot chronograph.
I took an M58, and an M57 6" and was 'working' with some "beagled" bullets. I was also working with a 10mm using cast bullets. The gun was NOT an EAA, it's a Tanfoglio, for which I'm seeking two more, FWIW, both .40s.
In the safe I left two M722 Remingtons, a .300 Savage, and a .257 Roberts. Next to them, is an M71! The problems with this rifle(cartridge) convinced me to change it to a .375/348 Improved. It's easier to get bullets now.
My .25 Souper Improved(I call it "Gene's .25x2) is still in the safe.
In the kitchen, is an M92 in .256 Mag, with 21" barrel.(OK, OK, it's a Rossi, but real hard to tell the difference, except for the $1k, of course.)
Which is the best that never took off? Good question. I like 'em all!
Have fun,
Gene
9x23mm Largo I'm glad CCI started making these in it's Blazer line, loaded with 124 grain Speer Gold dot HPs, and that Starline makes reloadable brass now. I like shooting my Star Model SUPER, and the Blazer ammo gets it almost up into the .38 Super power range. By simply swapping the barrel, it will also shoot 9x19 Luger ammo, for more economical practice.
HoosierQ
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And on the rifle side...it's more or less of a dead heat with 6.5 Swede, 7mm-08, and .260.
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