What's the most exotic ammo you have ever shot?

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.38-.45, a wildcat cartridge I used to play with, no commercial brass ever made, you had to make your own with a set of sizing dies to neck .45ACP cases down to accept .357 bullets, made one heck of a bottleneck round. It was a poor mans .38 special 1911 for bullseye shooting, of course I hot rodded it to make it a .357 magnum 1911! I sold the dies, barrel etc. years ago, but still have a few rounds of the ammo.
 
Not super exotic, but .38-40 through my great grandfathers 1892 Winchester (made in 1894). First time it has been fired in at least 55 years.
 
577/450 Martini-Henry, which I can reload.
(Kind of have to; I hear rumors that companies like Ten-X make new ammo, but I've never seen it available.)
 
.22VL Caseless. All you need is a little hot air to make it go bang. Please, no personal comments about me being full of it.:D
 
8mm Nambu
7.65mm Mannlicher
7.65mm French Long
9mm Browning Long
.455 Webley Automatic
and probably about a dozen more pistol calibers....:cool:
 
I've fired an 8 lb chicken at 360 knots. The details are proprietary, but let's just say the splat is epic.
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I think, according to what might be an apocryphal story, you can avoid the splat by using frozen chickens.

Terry, 230RN

REF:
http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.asp
(Pretty funny in spots.)
 
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We had a ball shooting 12 gauge "Bird Bombs" once. They launched a really loud firecracker that went off after a few seconds. They were supposedly intended to allow you to shoot them into trees so you could scare birds out. Great fun!!!
 
.220 Russian
.22-3000 (R2 Lovell)
.276 Enfield (RL18000C)
.28-20-120 Stevens
.30-30 Wesson
.303 Magnum
.32 Ideal

6.8 X 43R (rimmed 6.8 SPC)
7.62 X 25R (rimmed .30 Mauser)
7.62 X 33R (rimmed M1 Carbine)
7.62 X 39R (rimmed Soviet 7.62 M43)
7.62 X 45R (rimmed Czech 7.62 M52)
7.62 X 51R (rimmed .30 Carcano)
7.92 X 33R (rimmed 7.92 Kurz)
.30/357 Magnum
.30/357 Maximum
 
8 gauge industrial shotshells. Used for shooting goobers off walls in a pulp mill rotary drying kiln.
 
You are going to think this is a mistake (or a lie, which is a sort of intentional mistake) but I recently helped wrangle a S&W Mod 10 for an elder statesman who needed suitable home defense.

Among what he DID have was a 9mm shotgun. Yessir that's right, a 9mm shotgun. Don't ask me for provenance, history or even reason for this weapon for I am ignorant. At this point to me, it just is.

Couldn't bring myself to shoot the (in my mind questionable) ammo he had (he really did offer) so I don't really qualify. But if this post brings some reasonable explanation I will be more than satisfied.
 
22lr., Seems like ages ago but I vaguely remember shooting some My great grandfather told stories about buying them 500 at a time, but that was before they became extinct
 
Most exotic I currently own: 6.5x50 Arisaka

Some of the stuff I've shot: .50 BMG, 40mm Bofors, 105mm Howitzer, Revolutionary war era 3 pounder (replica).
 
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You are going to think this is a mistake (or a lie, which is a sort of intentional mistake) but I recently helped wrangle a S&W Mod 10 for an elder statesman who needed suitable home defense.

Among what he DID have was a 9mm shotgun. Yessir that's right, a 9mm shotgun. Don't ask me for provenance, history or even reason for this weapon for I am ignorant. At this point to me, it just is.

Couldn't bring myself to shoot the (in my mind questionable) ammo he had (he really did offer) so I don't really qualify. But if this post brings some reasonable explanation I will be more than satisfied.
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That's a Flobert shot shell. I'd love to shoot one.
http://www.ammo-one.com/9MM-SHOTGUN-SHELL.html
 
Back in the early 70's I made my own potato gun. Cops offered to let me keep it if they could try shooting it. Idiot police Sgt thought it had no range and set it to loft like a mortar. Pulled the sparker and launched a Russet into the PG&E substation setting off some kind of alarm.

blindhari
 
Thank you USAF VET. As promised I am satisfied. I am also a vet of Det. 9 of the 5th Weather Squadron, Military Airlift Command of our sainted mother, big blue. "Aim High" and regards.
 
No boutique specialty projectiles, but not everyday calibers.

Russian surplus yellow box 7.62 Nagant. My uncle gave me the revolver. It was the first "old" gun I ever shot, and I didn't know what to expect. I cocked the hammer and turned my head, halfway expecting the thing to explode in my hand. "Pop." Not even exclamation point worthy. Through the acrid smoke I saw a hole in the target. Laughing at my foolishness, I fired of the remainder of the cylinder. Something of a tempest in a teapot.

Other end of the spectrum, twice a year for a few years now I get to fire off a friend's Armalite .50BMG a handful of times. We advise new shooters to make sure their mouth is closed when firing. It amuses me that the distraction of the shock wave, noise, and debris flying up from the ground renders whatever recoil there is unnoticeable. 'Course the fact that the rifle weighs some 38 lbs helps out some too, I reckon.
 
rswartsell said:
Thank you USAF VET. As promised I am satisfied. I am also a vet of Det. 9 of the 5th Weather Squadron, Military Airlift Command of our sainted mother, big blue. "Aim High" and regards.
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No problem. Those Flobert shotguns aren't common, I've only read about them. Not so obscure as to be a thing of legend, since they still make ammo for them ($1.50 per shot), but I understand you being hesitant about shooting it.

I spent most of my time in what evolved from MAC, the good ole AMC (Alcoholics Moving Cargo), but did a stint in AFSOC maintaining AC-130s, where I got my hands on the aforementioned 40mm Bofors and 105mm howitzer. Also got trained on the SAW and M2 while I was in.
 
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