Who loves the oddball chamberings?

[floridaboy]

Does a .455 Colt qualify?

 

[win71]

My only oddball is .348win

Hey, watch it mister.......
Right now the only one I shoot regular is a 405 Win.

 

[cpttango30]

I firmly believe that every one should have at least two odd ball cartridges in their colletion.

I have a Type 38 in 6.5x57mm

My dad has a 25 niedner (Org 25-06)

 

[McCall911]

Does a .455 Colt qualify?

I would think so. Is that the same as the .455 Webley?

 

[The Tourist]

turning 30 next week

I have shirts older than that.

 

[HB]

What

What, no .43 Mexican?

HB

 

[herohog]

A comparison of the 9mm WinMag to common cartridges:
Left to Right: 9mm Luger, .38 Super, 9mm WinMag, .38 SPL

 

[Mac45]

The oddballs are fun.
.38-55, 7.62x25, and .32 HRM

 

[sailortoo]

Well, if for no other reason than just not mentioned - My only "not common" caliber is my fathers Win 1894 in .25-.35 (new purchase in 1898). I guess ammo is available, if you have the cash, and are willing to wait, but not really "weird", just uncommon. I virtually never see it mentioned in dicussions, and wonder just how many of that caliber may be out there yet.
sailortoo

 

[MountainWalk]

I'd love to own a 50 AK, a eight Remington Mag, and a 264 Win mag. My 220 Swift isn't an oddballbut its getting more scarce by the day.

 

[d906670]

I thought that that was what collecting was all about. If you can find it on most gun stores shelfs I don't want it.
44/40, 38/40 25/20 44 henery, 45/120, 38 short, 41mag, 32/20, and the 41 action express.

 

[IndianaBoy]

I am thinking of turning a short action mauser or a Remington 700 into a 219 Donaldson Wasp.


Very nice little benchrest caliber.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

an autoloader in 6.5x55

Was that a custom or a factory?

 

[ny32182]

10mm is as "odd" as I've gone so far, but I would like to try 6.5 Grendel sometime.

 

[Deanimator]

Is 8MM Mauser an oddball?

It is if it's .318 (J) instead of .323 (S).

I've had a number of Commission '88s and a Commission '91 (artillery short rifle) Mannlichers. Contrary to popular belief at the time when many of them were imported from China, Turkey and elsewhere, they were NOT rebarreled to .323 (S) bore diameter. Instead, freebore was added so that the standard .323 bullet didn't run right into the .318 rifling too soon, somewhat lowering peak pressures.

So, if you have a Commission '88, you've got an "oddball".

 

[rritter]

Most of my not-so-common calibers are foreign military. Probably the strangest are the Russian 7.62x38R (Nagant) and 7.62x25 (Tokarev), and maybe the 8x56R Steyr. I've also got a revolver in .38 S&W, which is getting rare these days.

 

[RecoilRob]

I also reload .577 Snider Enfield..........How's that for obscure?

Yep, pretty obscure....and the father of the 577-450 (more properly the Short Chamber Boxer-Henry .45 Caliber)......shown to the left of the American round of the same period, the 45-70.

 

[grsjax]

.58 CF Musket, .43 Turkish. Anybody else reload for these odd balls?

 

[turbojohn41]

I love to be different.
I have

2 10mm's
4 .41 magnums
remington 700 in 8mm mauser
16 and 28 guage shotgun's
winchester .307 and .284 are on my list next.
If I ever get a chance to go after big game Im going to get a 8mm remington magnum.

 

[natman]

Forget everyday rounds like 348 and 32/20. Heck, you can go into a decent gun shop and buy ammo for those. (With a LOT of money).

For real oddball rounds you've got to go with 310 Cadet, 577/450 Martini-Henry or 577 Snider. You haven't lived until you try to work up a good handload for 310 Cattle Killer.

 

[General Geoff]

It's all about the .22 Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer.

 

[PTK]

.38-55

Watch your mouth, that's not an odd cartridge.

 

[Claude Clay]

kinda=32 short colt
7.62x25 7.62z38
7.5z53.5
38 s&w
32=20

 

[TomcatPC]

Not sure if they count as odball?, but I have:

.380" Revolver, Webley Mk. IV (aka .38 S&W)
.577/.450", Martini-Henry Mk.II (which I have not yet fired).

All my other calibres are fairly common, .22 Rimfire, .303", and .38 Special.


Thanks
Mark

 

[stevelyn]

I have a thing for Ackley Improved cartridges.