Best Caliber That Never Took-off

[davidfletcher]

The 35 Whelen and the 6.5x55 Sweedish Mauser

 

[Sauer Grapes]

30-06. Don't know why but it never caught on.

17 HM2. Cheap, low noise, super fast and great ballistics for a rimfire. As good as it was it was still a niche round.

Yeah, kinda like the 30-30 and the 308...real shame, oh boy????

.32 caliber rifles really never went anywhere.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I'd have to say 10mm, my second favorite pistol round, and a frequent carry. I dream of the day when all the known ammo manufacturers have several loadings in proper form, rather than simply Winchester Silver-Tips. Available at Wal-Mart, please.

Til that day, I'll stick to Double-Tap and my own reloads.

 

[lizziedog1]

.256 Winchester Mag. A necked-down .357, which would be pure death on pests. A much better lever-gun round than the 25-20 or 32-20.

Ditto on the .256 Winchester Magnum.

 

[MidWestDisappearance]

I find myself intrigued by two calibers that i own that have never caught on.
375 Remington Ultra Mag
8mm Remington
I know it makes me either a glutton for punishment or a sucker for reloading but i am just fascinated by both cartridges.
+1 for 10mm.
MWD

 

[GCBurner]

After reading up on the 7-30 Waters in the thread about Winchester Model 94 calibres, I think it's a shame that it never got more popular. It's a .30-30 necked down to 7mm, and is much more flat shooting, and ballistically superior to its parent cartridge. It's only commercially chambered in the T-C pistol nowadays. If I ever see a Model 94 in 7-30 for sale, I'd be inclined to grab it.

 

[788Ham]

.356 Win.

 

[McCall911]

6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer

.33 Winchester

.333 Jeffery

.401 Herter's Powermag (with the wide variety of .40/10mm bullets available, it would have had more versatility than the .41 Magnum.)

 

[Skyshot]

The 284 win. The 35's in 35 wheelin ,358 win. and 350 Rem mag. The 6mm Rem and 8 mm Rem Mag, the .222 Rem and 264 Win mag. 38 super and 10 mm and 41 mag and the 6x47 which IMO would make a great battle round for the AR platform to replace the 5.56 and I won't get into the Old turn of the century rounds that were in the mausers and are still to this day excellent rounds

 

[d2wing]

6mm Remington, .280 Remingon

 

[Sniderman]

Out of many rounds that should have been more popular I'd go with two in particular,

.32 H&R Magnum for snubbies, 6 rounds instead of 5 with energy of .38 special.

.221 fireball, If someone would work this into a revolver platform, I'd be first in line to slide this into a holster.
A 50 gr. bullet at 2800 fps, yeah, that's gotta sting a little!

 

[Iggy]

10 mm and 41 Mag.

Carried both for years.

Still pack a 10.

 

[mes227]

358 Win and 35 Whelen are good picks for this thread...

But, I think the BEST for this thread is the 480 Ruger.
You get just as good terminal performance as the 454 with recoil that isn't much more than a 44 mag.

+1 on the 480 Ruger!!
And I love the 41 Mag and 41 Special.
+460 Rowland
+445 SuperMag
+375 SuperMag
+41AE

 

[Oldfalguy]

.22 Jet

 

[Remo223]

9x23 winchester

handgun load for 30 carbine

 

[auburnhunter]

Well its not a caliber, but Winchester made some 14ga. model 59's back in the early 60's. I always thought that would be perfect. I love the 16ga. and shoot it better than the 12, but always wished it would reach out a little further on those days when the birds fly so high.

 

[gemini641]

400 Cor-Bon

 

[usmccpl]

357 Max
480 Ruger
16 gauge
375 G&M

 

[sonier]

+1 on the 22 Eargensplittenloudenboomer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheGrimReaper]

10MM
.41 Remington Magnum
6.5x55 SE
.260 Remingtjon
.327 Federal Magnum
5MM

 

[speedway]

38 Super
41 magnum

 

[TLL]

Why doesnt anyone do the 7.62x25 in a modern handgun or rifle?

 

[Melting]

.338-06 improved

 

[exavid]

.284 Winchester. I got quite a few caribou with a Winchester model 88 in .284, nice flat shooting cartridge. I liked it almost as much as that 'unpopular' 30-06 which was my favorite moose and bear rifle.

 

[RonDeer10mm]

.460 rowland