Bringing an obsolete caliber back to commercial production

I'm a 6.5 mm guy, and I would love to see the 6.5 Remington Magnum make a comeback. I would be interested in the 6mm Remington if other companies started making brass for it.
 
Ultimate Shadow...

about a 6 month wait if you order one. I have a buddy that just got his in time for antelope season last fall. Great cartridge but dang it is LOUD
 
I would like to see Czech 7.62x45 made again. I have about 1000 rounds of surplus ammo but after that there's no more to be bought. At that point I will have a useless VZ52 rifle.

Another one I would like to see is not so much the cartridge as the guns made for it. I would like to see some modern pistols made for the 7.62x25 cartridge. When surplus ammo is available its probably the cheapest bottle neck pistol cartridge there is and it has plenty of power.
 
Winchester makes it in their M70 Sporter, M70 EW, and M70 Ultimate Shadow just to name a few.
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The only problem with all the current 264 Winchester Magnum production rifles is that their twist rate is 1:9, I believe the 264 caliber is best served with a 1:8 twist.
 
"brought back by gunmakers"

Blah blah blah, details details!

Who cares who brings them back, as long as they are back?
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The point was bringing the GUNS back into production...not just he ammo. Ammo for the 5mm mag has been available for a couple of years now...but no new guns.
 
"Ammo for the 5mm mag has been available for a couple of years now...but no new guns."

Yes, and if anything, that is a FAR more useful and reasonable scenario.

Putting the ammo back into production, but no new guns, at least ensures a supply of ammo for the guns that are in circulation, while new guns without a new supply of ammo... what the hell is the point in that?

Winchester, Remington, whomever, could make the most wonderful and useful gun ever seen by man, but if it's not chambered in a cartridge that's already at least marginally available, then what good is it other than for use as a club or a prybar?
 
The 5mm has weight and slightly more speed than the same bullet weight in 22 magnum. Where it really shines is in the ballistic coefficient.

It is quite sad that such a fine cartridge is laid to gather dust.

Perhaps a 17 with a 25 grain bullet might perform a lot better than a 17 grain bullet or even a 20 grain bullet. It would even have a nice ballistic coefficient in this new super magnum.

However to me it was a waste in the expense of research and development.

The 5mm would have garnered a greater following than even the 17hmr if it had been reintroduced with even half the hype the 17hmr was introduced with.

Not to mention a lot of animals would have been spared an agonizing death or even worse , an agonizing survival from being shot by a 17 that fragged to early without penetrating to the organs.
 
Well since I started the thread I guess Ill give my top three:

1. 6mm Remington

2. .35 Remington

3. .250 Savage

but there are many others that deserve a second chance
 
.35 Remington and .351 WSL, I can't justify buying either a Model 8 or Winchester 1907 without commercially available ammo.

And if not loaded ammo, brass would be sufficient.
 
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