OK, so I am a caliber odd-ball.....

[gspn]

And you can probably buy ammo for all of them right now...whereas the more popular calibers are difficult to find. Neat collection you have there.

 

[Twmaster]

I'm fond of all of my odd caliber guns. My current favorite is my 1922 S&W Model 1905 (4th Change) revolver in .32-20

 

[olderguns]

Mine are
10mm which I think is becoming a little more mainstream,
9x25 dillon
Next on my list is the 9x23.

 

[witchhunter]

OK, I have a few odd calibers,
.17 K-Hornet, .17 Remington, .22 Hornet, .221 Fireball, .218 Bee, .25/20, .25/35, .32/20, .32 Special. Always wanted a .219 Zipper in a 94 carbine.....

 

[rszwieg]

My deer rifle is a 6.5x55.

My woods roaming piece is a .22 mag. Despite it's virtues .22 lr also has limits.

I also enjoy plinking with a 8mm Mauser.

I have other guns and use them but they really aren't my go-tos.

 

[jakk280rem]

Jim from PA, Is that quote form Mr. O'Connor factual? That could rewrite history.

It's not really a quote per se. A paraphrase or an amalgamation of utterings. Jim Carmichael in Outdoor Life once related a story where Jack O'C. advised him to have a rifle he was having custom built to be chambered in 280 Remington because it was a better cartridge. Jack also wrote an article for OL entitled "The neglected 280 Remington". Jack's last rifle was a Ruger M77 in 280 Remington. Sadly he died before it was completed. He also owned several other custom rifle so chambered.

It is important to remember that Jack O'Connor was a rifle loon like many people on this very board. His, like ours, favorite chamberings probably swayed in the wind depending on such irrelevancies as the temperature, moon phase, game, who was signing his paycheck that week, his wifes mood, his dogs mood or what he had for dinner.

 

[40-82]

I'm glad to see that other people like some of these cartridges. A cartridge I like is the 33 Winchester. Before I got halfway out of the gunshow with my 33 an old boy came up to me and asked, "Why do you want that old gun? You can't buy ammunition for it." True, the factories haven't made 33 Winchester ammunition in a long time, but that's small loss to me. I can't afford factory ammunition anyway. The 33 is only a 45-70 necked down to .338 and Hornady has loading data for it in their old manuels. I just wish Hornady could have restrained themselves from calling the 33 moribund. The only thing moribund about the 33 Winchester is whatevr I decide to shoot with it.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Well, let's see. I have:

A 6.5X55 Swede (sporterized by Kimber, and re-stocked by yours truly)
A .30-40 Krag, "sporterized" about a hundred years agp.
A Model 1905 Ross in .303
A custom '03 Springfield in .35 Brown-Whelen.

I also have a .22 Hornet (a Kimber) and a .22 Mag (A Ruger 77/22.)

 

[gdcpony]

Well, my favorite cartridge is the Bob. Still waiting on the financial manager (AKA wife) to approve my rebarreling of my LAR308 to it. For now my Mauser pulls my long range work loaded slightly hotter than soft book specs. (100gr@3200fps from a 26"barrel hot)

When the panic hit and my .223 was out of stock their was still plenty of factory fodder for the Bob to be shot off for brass for no price increase at all.

 

[peacemaker45]

My oddest was a .30 Luger, but it's gone, and good riddance to it. Now my oddities are .38 Super and .44-40.