My favorite rifle is my .257R I picked it about 40 years ago and have never regretted the choice. My favorite Varmint Rifle is my Sako L461 heavy barrel Vixen in .222. Mainstream handguns, but I miss my .41 Mag.
I own .223, 7mm Mag, .308, and have a 6.5X.284 "under construction".
I tend to be pretty traditional in the caliber department. My less common calibers that I like are 41 mag and 480 Ruger in revolves. I like the 35 Whelen for a deer rifle, but don't own one.
I like the 22 Mag and as far as I'm concerned the 17 HMR has pretty much peaked and the old faithful 22 Mag is catching up.
i have moved to mainstream. sold all my non mainstream stuff except a orig 32-40 hiwall and my 6.5x55.do have a couple 16 ga guns roun here tho.they do come in handy.
9x23 Winchester - Close in dimension to the .38 Super, but on steroids! It’ll launch a 125gr. Bullet at .357Mag velocity in a straight wall case. Reloads without lubing like a .357Sig bottleneck case and being smaller in size gives it a higher capacity in current platforms. The strongly designed case will safely withstand 50,000 psi, but it requires a small rifle primer due to the pressure.
It’s my concealed carry caliber. Sadly, a great caliber that met an untimely death… hopefully it’s just in a coma.
Just a Savage Model 24V in .222/20ga. used extensively out here for quail, and the competing coyote, talk about a pencil thin barrel. However that combination was very good especially out here.
I clearly have some collecting to do, my only caliber that could be considered "odd-ball" is 7.62x54r. Others include 9mm, .45 ACP, .223/5.56, and 12 gauge
I don't have any oddballs but I would LOVE to have a .280 AI or a 7mm STW. Maybe a .308 Norma Mag or a 7x61 Sharpe and Hart. It would be cool to have one of the weird ones.
I roll my own so after aquiring the brass availability would be a non issue.
I have 10mm, 357 Sig and 400 CorBon in handguns. My only really out of the ordinary rifle cartridges are 358 Win, 35 Whelen and 257 Wby. I don't really think of the 257 as an oddball, but it certainly can't be called common.
The only ones I have that have not seen mentioned yet are the 8mm Nambu, and a 9mm Winchester Magnum. And in case you are wondering, it is a 9X29, not a 9X23. That one is on the buy list.
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