Most of the guns I have handed down to me are uncommon but the most enjoyable (and hard to find good ammo for) is a 9 mm rifle. 9X57 is another way to buy it. Shoots a 230 grain bullet and is a real joy to shoot. Has a hair trigger that you could breath on if you wanted to.
What's the most strange/uncommon caliber you've owned/fired?
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musicman10_1
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7-30 Waters for me.
I have a T/C barrel chambered for that caliber and factory ammo is severely limited. I now reload and so the issue is moot.
I have a T/C barrel chambered for that caliber and factory ammo is severely limited. I now reload and so the issue is moot.
beatledog7
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The closest to an odd duck that I've shot is the full auto Mk 19 grenade launcher. I got to pump about a dozen round through one, once. Huge fun!
I own a bolt action rifle chambered in .257 Roberts and have a .357 Sig barrel for my G22. Those aren't really unusual, but less "common" by far than anything else I own.
I own a bolt action rifle chambered in .257 Roberts and have a .357 Sig barrel for my G22. Those aren't really unusual, but less "common" by far than anything else I own.
Queen_of_Thunder
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Here are a few for you based upon civilan usage.
7.35 Carcano
.455 Webley MKII ammo
9x18 Police Ultra
.454 Ball from a Uberti Colt Walker
From the military side
105mm
Law
M203
M240
M2
Patriot Missile
7.35 Carcano
.455 Webley MKII ammo
9x18 Police Ultra
.454 Ball from a Uberti Colt Walker
From the military side
105mm
Law
M203
M240
M2
Patriot Missile
Claude Clay
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32 Colt Long...very accurate!
357/30 handgun
357/30 handgun
41magsnub
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165mm M135 demolition gun in a M728 CEV.
Dain Bramage
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8x27R mm (8mm French Ordnance, 8mm Lebel Revolver).
Nice, light 1892 revolver. Good DA trigger, easy recoil. Might be the next big thing.
Nice, light 1892 revolver. Good DA trigger, easy recoil. Might be the next big thing.
Tommygunn
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7.62 Nagant.
It's for the Russian Nagant revolver, a seven shot gun. The cylinder actually cams forward as it's fired to close the infamous "cylinder gap" so this gun could actually be silenced. The round it uses is an oddball as the bullet is seated completly inside the case and there's a small "step" so the collar fits inside the forcing cone of the revolver, completing the seal.
You can argue the round is so weak there's little point in preventing the escape of gas and the dang gun is just over-designed .... or you could argue the cartridge is so weak it needs every tiny ounce of power it can maintain and the gun is a miracle of engineering.
Either way it's a fun gun for plinking and ....not something I would consider for self defense....miracle or not.
It's for the Russian Nagant revolver, a seven shot gun. The cylinder actually cams forward as it's fired to close the infamous "cylinder gap" so this gun could actually be silenced. The round it uses is an oddball as the bullet is seated completly inside the case and there's a small "step" so the collar fits inside the forcing cone of the revolver, completing the seal.
You can argue the round is so weak there's little point in preventing the escape of gas and the dang gun is just over-designed .... or you could argue the cartridge is so weak it needs every tiny ounce of power it can maintain and the gun is a miracle of engineering.
Either way it's a fun gun for plinking and ....not something I would consider for self defense....miracle or not.
Newcatwalt
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Here are just a few of what I used to shoot....
8mm Nambu
7.65 mm Mannlicher
.35 S&W
.455 Webley Automatic
7.63 Mauser
7.62 Tokarev
7.65 French Long
9mm Browning
.30 Luger
9mm Bergmann-Bayard
8 mm Steyr
9mm Steyr-Hahn
If memory serves me right, at one time I used to actually reload for and shoot over 30 different automatic pistol calibers. Now-a-days I'm down to about 3 or 4.
8mm Nambu
7.65 mm Mannlicher
.35 S&W
.455 Webley Automatic
7.63 Mauser
7.62 Tokarev
7.65 French Long
9mm Browning
.30 Luger
9mm Bergmann-Bayard
8 mm Steyr
9mm Steyr-Hahn
If memory serves me right, at one time I used to actually reload for and shoot over 30 different automatic pistol calibers. Now-a-days I'm down to about 3 or 4.
essayons21
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para.2
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.256 win mag in an old, Savage lever gun.
c.latrans
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I fired the mighty T-Rex. Once.
The Lone Haranguer
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Not rare by any means, but not everyone has them either: .257 Weatherby Magnum.
I was into handgun silhouette in the 1980s, so 7mm IHMSA (a 300 Savage necked down to 7mm) out of a Wichita and a Rem XP100.
Also, thanks to THR members who have brought neat stuff to our get togethers:
A full auto Uzi.
A PPSH41 (full auto).
A suppressed Nagant revolver.
A suppressed Ruger Mark I.
A suppressed AR15.
H&Hhunter's double rifle in .470 Nitro Express.
A 480 Ruger Super Redhawk.
Also, thanks to THR members who have brought neat stuff to our get togethers:
A full auto Uzi.
A PPSH41 (full auto).
A suppressed Nagant revolver.
A suppressed Ruger Mark I.
A suppressed AR15.
H&Hhunter's double rifle in .470 Nitro Express.
A 480 Ruger Super Redhawk.
Shinbone
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6.5 x 57. Not real rare, but a little different.
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