Weird/odd/unusually chambered guns

[Antihero]

Not necessarily a weird caliber but like the Charter Arms 380 revolver or the Ruger bolt action 357 mag.

What else is out there like that?

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Armi Jager AP74 M16 clone in .32 ACP
Erma "Lugers" in .32 and .380
Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine
Chinese Broomhandle Mauser knockoffs in .45 ACP
Smith and Wesson revolvers chambered in .45 Long Colt
Colt revolvers chambered in .38 S&W
.410 Enfield SMLE musket conversions
Savage .30-30 bolt action
Spanish Destroyer bolt action carbine in 9mm Largo
Colt Trooper .22
South American contract Johnson semi auto rifles in 7mm Mauser
Spanish FR7 and FR8 bolt actions chambered in .308 (well, 7.62 CETME, but thats a whole long story)
Vietnamese Arisakas converted to 7.62X39
That weird South American full-size Glock in .380 (forget the model), they never sold in the States
Anything in .45 GAP

 

[Skribs]

Kel Tec PMR30 is a 30-round .22 Magnum autoloader.
The Taurus Judge, S&W Governor, and Magnum Research BFR .410-bore revolvers.
A few different folks make single-shot .50 BMG pistols.
Desert Eagle doesn't just come in .50 AE, but there are .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum variants (as well as another cartridge that I believe they developed, .427 something or other).. Not usual to see those in a semi-auto.
Ruger makes a .450 Bushmaster bolt-action rifle. I tend to think of bolt-action rifles as either a plinker gun or a long-range gun, so that's a weird one for me.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Coonan .357 "1911"
Smith and Wesson M52 auto pistol in .38Spl (wadcutter only)
Smith and Wesson M53 revolver in .22 Jet
Walther PP/PPK in .25 ACP
Springfield M1922 .22 Hornet conversion
Nagant revolvers with .32 ACP cylinders
Blackhawks with 9mm cylinders

 

[Riomouse911]

A few rifle caliber handguns;

BFR revolvers in .30-30, .350 Legend, .444, .45/70 and .450 Marlin.

Remington XP-100’s in .221 Fireball, .223, .22-250, .250-3000, .7mm-08, .308 and 35 Remington (also some proprietary rounds just for the xp).

Stay safe.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Maybe not so unusual as uncommon.

AMT Backup 38 Super
Browning BDA 38 Super
S&W 547 9mm revolver
Ruger Six series 9mm
Ruger Sp-101 and LCR 9mm
Ruger 77/44 bolt action 44 Mag
IMI Timberwolf pump action 357 and 44 Mag
Savage 170 pump rifle in 30-30 and 35 Rem
Steyr Prohunter 450 Marlin bolt action

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

British Delisle suppressed bolt action Enfield in .45 ACP
ARs in .458 SOCOM and .500 Beowulf
Taurus Raging 30 in .30 Carbine
S&W X-frame revolver in .350 Legend

 

[Antihero]

Some great mentions here, I was more meaning " made now" but I love it anyway.

Also ....I always wanted an Automag III in 30 Carbine, so add that to the list

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Chiappa or Armscorp was gunna import a bolt action rifle in .22TCM, but I dunno if that ever happened. A 9mm version of such would have been a no brainer.
Ruger Redhawk .357
Gp100 in .22lr
Sp101 in .22lr
Colt King Cobra Target .22

 

[Gerd33]

Marlin Model 62 Lever action "Levermatics" in 256 Winchester and .30 Carbine.

 

[mcb]

Winchester, Marlins, Henry, and Rossi all have made or are making what is traditionally a 30-30 lever actions in 2.5-inch 410.

 

[Appalachiannative]

I have a Stevens 325A a bolt action 30-30 made by Savage from 1950-1951

 

[Appalachiannative]

Oh and I've seen and handled a Astra that's chambered for .38 Super but that will cycle and fire 9 mm luger

 

[Jim Watson]

Most likely what you saw was an Astra 9mm Largo that would accept .38 Auto (Best to not shoot .38 Super in these old Spanish guns.) and might function on 9mm P if the stars aligned. They sold a lot of Astra 400s with advertising as "Any 9mm" because you couldn't readily get the 9mm Largo they were made for. My Dad saw a dealer "demonstrating" this to a customer but succeeding only in putting a bullet in the floor between the customer's feet.

 

[PapaG]

MBA Gyrojet and the rocket bullet.
Dardick and 38 special Trounds.

I win!

 

[PapaG]

I owned a couple Extra 400s that were advertised to take interchangeably five different cartridges including 9mm Largo, 9 km Luger, and 38 Super.
Mine worked fine with the Para cartridge but my 600 was better.

 

[Jim Watson]

Like I said, they were advertised as any 9mm because you could not get the right 9mm.
Maj. Geo. C. Nonte showed pictures of 9mm P that had gotten ahead of the extractor but still fired because the Astra firing pin is like a Colt, no limit on protrusion. Ugly.
Kind of like the guy said of Jaguar motorcars, "occasionally everything works perfectly."

 

[Speedo66]

Scandinavian versions of the Krag rifle in 6.5x55 rather than the familiar 30-40.

 

[Jim Watson]

Or Danish Krag in their own 8mm.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Ruger Vaquero in .45 ACP.
Arisaka Type 38 in 7mm Mauser.

 

[tark]

Browning Automatic Rifles chambered in 6.5X55 and sold to the Scandinavians. We had a couple in the Arsenal Museum. They can quickly and easily be distinguished by their curved magazines and their pistol grip stocks. There were other minor differences. They were also made in 7x57, 7.92X57, .303 British and a special batch was made up for the Belgian army in 7.65X53. Dieudonne Saive ( Father of the F.A.L. and pretty much the Browning High Power as well ) developed a rate reducer for these guns.

 

[tark]

Arisaka Type 38 in 7mm Mauser.

These are extremely rare.

 

[bannockburn]

Colt 1911 National Match Target in .38 Special Wadcutter.

Colt 1911 in .30 Luger.

FN Hi-Power in .30 Luger.

S&W Model 39 in .30 Luger.

Colt 1911 in 9mm. Steyr.

 

[tark]

Like I said, they were advertised as any 9mm because you could not get the right 9mm.
Maj. Geo. C. Nonte showed pictures of 9mm P that had gotten ahead of the extractor but still fired because the Astra firing pin is like a Colt, no limit on protrusion. Ugly.
Kind of like the guy said of Jaguar motorcars, "occasionally everything works perfectly."

Right you are, Jim. And you perfectly described the danger.

Mine worked fine with the Para cartridge but my 600 was better.

Probably because the Astra 600 is specifically chambered for the 9X19 ( Luger ) cartridge.

 

[Riomouse911]

Here is one we may not think of here in the US, but far more lever action Winchester 1895’s were made in 7.62x54R Russian than any other caliber in their catalog.

Stay safe.