obscure calibers??

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12.7 X 48 (510 Whisper), .338 BR (.338 Whisper) and I also shoot and load 30-221 (.300 whisper) but remington duplicated the cartridge and calls it 300 blackout now so there is brass available and loaded ammo. The 12.7 is great fun to shoot and allows us to shoot any .50 BMG bullets like the API which flashes and pops when it hits hard targets, tracers which trace of course and APIT which does both. The .338 is the quietest suppressed rifle I've ever fired but has some poop to it with 300gr very high BC bullets fired subsonic.

There is also the 7.5 Swiss model 1890 cartridge which is different than the GP11 that is available.


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Years ago I remember seeing a Daisy Rifle which fired a .22 Caseless round. Haven't seen or heard of them since.
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Uh.. would that be an air rifle.22... that would explain the Daisy brand, and the caseless .22?
 
Uh.. would that be an air rifle.22... that would explain the Daisy brand, and the caseless .22?
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No, it was a true caseless .22 -- it had the propellent formed into a pellet glued to the base of the bullet. It was ignited by compressed air.
 
Heh heh, I'm a 'want what I want' kinda guy when it comes to calibers...My second Mosin-Nagant sporter will be rebored to .348 Winchester rimless...
 
218 Bee in my Contender. I have one box of virgin brass left I bought along with the gun with a $8 price tag on it.
357 Herrett, also in the Contender. Cases are made from 30-30 brass.
 
8 mm rast gasser, 32 gauge, 25-20 marlin. It is different from 25-20 win. Hi vel. .32-20 80 gr. jhp, .22 rocket, 7.5 swiss schmidt & rubbin, 35 win., .22 rocket rimfire (1973 rem. manuf.), .22 long snapper(.22 k-hornet jr. oal .98" ruger single-six 40 gr. @ 2300fps), .219 donaldson wasp, 219 zipper, and .22 eargasplitten loudenboomer. These come to mind and I will post more after I look at my dies. Have fun and bangaway.
 
I have several 1/2 action Martinis in calibers like .450 x 1 1/2", .360 No. 5 and .300 Sherwood. The .300 I shoot a bit, I managed to buy a couple of boxes of Bertram made brass for it, had some .300" diameter 140 gr. lead bullets swaged, and a set of dies made for it.
 
Anyone know of a shource for .234 bullets for .234 RCBS or .234 Rockchucker?
 
I love obscure or obsolete calibers.

I don't like to follow the crowd, if you know what I mean.
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I'm the same way. I have more "obsure" or "semi-obsure" firearms than I do "standard". Here is my list:

.280 Remington
.30 Carbine
.30-40 Krag
.25 ACP
9mm Makarov (aka 9X18)
9mm Largo

Granted some are more rare/obscure than others. For example .25 ACP and .280 Remington aren't that rare but it is very expensive for factory rounds so I choose to reload for them. I'm not sure if 9mm Mak belongs on the list, but I never see it for sale anywhere except the internet.

Probably my favorite obsucre caliber is the .30-40 Krag. I wish somebody would make reproduction Krag rifles, they're awesome. Got to love the magazine, just dump the rounds right in there. Action is very smooth too.
 
I really love the early Winchester semi-auto rifles, but finding .32 Winchester, .351 Winchester, .401 Winchester was next to impossible. And the early 1903 .22 semi was a different round than the later .22's...
 
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Not really a factory round but the 6.5 Roberts for rechambered 6.5 Arisaka rifles is pretty obscure IMO. I have a 6.5 and a box of ammo from the gun shop it was rechambered at, too bad it is no longer in business as the box has a stamp on it "Will reload for $1.50 per box".
 
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