obscure calibers??

[azgun]

I am wondering if anyone has an obscure caliber, that they can only hand load. I dont have this problem but a friend loads some 275 caliber. My father had a Thompson contender 357 maxim which is hard to find

Im just curious to see. Post pics or tell what round it is similar to.

 

[R.W.Dale]

Well I had a. 30 hrt that was 30 herrett made on 6.8spc cases.

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[azgun]

Yeah i had seen that round. Its pretty interesting. Never shot one though. How was the accuracy?

 

[R.W.Dale]

Yeah i had seen that round. Its pretty interesting. Never shot one though. How was the accuracy?

As good as anything from a similarly built rifle

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[NoobCannon]

I had a French service handgun from WWII(Never fired, only dropped once....) that was in 7.65 Longue. Let it go because at the time, I couldn't reload, and ammo was $70 a box for 50. Too rich for my blood.

 

[Deus Machina]

I need to get reloading dies for 6.5 Carcano. Not only is it rare outside of PRVI loads, but the bullets aren't the usual .264 the other 6.5's are, they're .268.

I've also got a serious (for me. Read: Half-@**ed.) plan to de-neck .223 brass to use .327, .338, or .357/9mm bullets, sort of splitting the difference between 9mm and .300 Blackout. If I could find appropriate bullets, of course.

 

[jonn5335]

My AR is chambered in 6X45 which is just 5.56 brass necked up to 6mm but as far as I know there is still no factory ammo being produced

 

[LoonWulf]

6x47Rem Bassed on the old 222 rem mag. Not really obscure, or even THAT rare. My Contender is in 7-30 waters also, that ammo is impossible to find here in hawaii. I think LesBaer is having some 6x45 made by.....er....i forgot...Black Hills

 

[ants]

9mm Steyr for a 1912 pistol.

Reloads with 9mm Luger dies and bullets,
but different cases, different powder charges, different primers.

 

[Eric F]

25,30,32 remington series of cartridges oh and 50-90 sharps, oh and 38 super(only obscure by factory ammo price) almost forgot about my 56-60 spencer too.

 

[Curator]

577-450 Martini Henry, 11.7X57R Danish, .310 Greener, .40-65 Winchester. Reloading makes it happen!

 

[db_tanker]

obscure calibers I have had or still own...

416 Taylor - necked up 338 WinMag
445 SuperMag - longer 44 mag
45 WinMag = longer 45 ACP


all three were fun to shoot, but only kept the Taylor.

 

[T.R.]

I had a 35-32 n the 1970's for a time. Rusted bore in 32 Special was reamed out and rifled to 35 caliber. It was actually a 35 - 30-30. A ballistic twin of the 35 Remington.

Making and loading cases was a snap. But I traded it off for something else.

So it goes.

TR

 

[MARKMALL]

The only obscure calibe I load for is the 358 win. It can be bought but is hard to find and expensive ($40.00 a box )

 

[Batty67]

My .30 carbine habit seems rare and expensive...at times ;-)

 

[SaxonPig]

I have one wildcat caliber rifle, and several obsolete or semi-obsolete caliber guns.


The wildcat:





Some of out of print (or hard to find) numbers:








I have several revolvers in 38 S&W and reloading makes them "shootable."





I just acquired this modified Colt in 32-20 and I am discovering that this caliber can be difficult to deal with.

 

[mortablunt]

Here are some obscure calibers:

7.65x25 Borchardt
6.5x45 Grendel
6.5 Carcano
41 Magnum
11mm Gasser
5.8x42

 

[Bwana John]

Not really "obscure" but a whole lot cheaper to reload,

7mm x 57mm Mauser, 9.3mm x 62mm Mauser, and 348 Winchester.

 

[azgun]

Up in flagstaff a guy named Gary Reeder and his son Kase, make custom guns. Gary does revolvers, contenders, automags, and ruger number 1. Kase makes 1911, shotguns, and ars. The point is that they do custom ammo as well. A whole series calles GNR. Every thing from pistol round to the mighty.610GNR an elephant gun. The ruger #1 he customizes is called the beast. But he takes it one step further and produces a MEGABEAST

Needless to say these calibers are not so much everyday shooters but display or show pieces.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

My "heavy" rifle is Bigfoot Wallace, a custom '03 Springfield built by CW Fitch in Phoenix in the late '60s or early '70s in .35 Brown-Whelen. This is the .35 Whelen with the taper removed and a steep shoulder blown well forward. Ballistically, it's close to the .338 Win Mag or .375 H&H.

 

[Loosedhorse]

^^Much different from the .35 Whelan "Ackley Improved"?

(No handload-only calibers for me: just missed owning a .41 AE.)

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Much different from the .35 Whelan "Ackley Improved"?

Quite a bit -- the Ackley Improved only sharpens the shoulder, and the standard round can be fired in an Ackley Improved chamber. The .35 B-W has the shoulder moved well forward and cannot be formed by firing a standard cartridge -- you have to use a special forming charge.

 

[Loosedhorse]

Thanks. Wasn't sure; Ackley sometimes moved the shoulder forward, as in his .30-30 AI.

 

[Cosmoline]

I'm trying to get more obscure as I get older ;-) I've divested of .44 Magnum, .30-30 and some other standards. Currently I'm gearing up for the .357 Maximum (TC Encore!) and the .50-70 off of this years' permanent fund dividend.

Next year I may go a step further and get a genuine wildcat.

 

[CAR-AR]

I have a Winchester Model 43 chambered in 218 Bee. I have to say that combination is a tack driver. I've got 200 cases that should last me for a long time.