Just for fun, what are your favorite obsolete/oddball cartridges?

[9ballbilly]

I'll go first.

.25-35 win ( model 94 )

.375 win ( big bore 94 )

.32 H&R magnum ( ruger single six )

Although I left it wide open I intended it to mean cartridges you actually shoot at least occasionally.

 

[animal]

.41 Colt long- Granddad's Colt revolver

 

[Salmoneye]

.35 S&W Auto

 

[msglaigaie]

I am very fond of the .44 Colt Navy black powder replica I just got at a yard sale. My first time with black powder. Very exciting to shoot.

 

[huntinaz]

I'm digging my 50 Beowulf.

I like my 22 Hornet, but that may not qualify as oddball. It's still semi-popular.

 

[aarondhgraham]

My friend has a .218 Bee,,,

It's like shooting a laser.

Aarond

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[raftman]

Now that the military surplus stuff has hit the shelves, 7.62 Nagant (7.62x38R)

 

[stu925]

.33WCF but I can't shoot it anymore since my father sold the rifle off 15 years ago or so. I've been looking for another 1886 in the same configuration ever since. Alas whenever I've found the rifle the money's not there. I'll get one eventually.

Stu

 

[RickB]

.30 Luger and .44-40 (black powder).

 

[SIGSHR]

38 S&W-Enfield No. 2 Mk 1 and Colt Police Positive

 

[JagFarlane]

.300 Savage

 

[Chris_B]

.32 acp

 

[Rampant_Colt]

6.5x55 Swede
.300 Savage
.32 Winchester Special (.32 WCF)
.348 Winchester
.358 Winchester

 

[Ideal Tool]

.236 Navy
.25-25 Stevens
.25-20 Single Shot
.255 W.J. Jeffery Rook
.40-50 B.N.
.40-70 straight & B.N.
.450/.400 3 1/4" Nitro Express
.577/.450 Martini-Henry
.577 Snider

 

[Gary L. Griffiths]

My hands-down favorite is the .30-40 Krag, either in a Krag carbine or '95 Win.

 

[Mike Irwin]

.25-20 and .32-20.

 

[hornet41]

45-110 in a Shiloh Sharps rifle!!!!

 

[BlueTrain]

I'm not sure any cartridge ever becomes obsolete except for all rimfire cartridges larger than .22. Likewise, I'm not sure anything old would be an oddball just because it's old but would be only in comparison with contemporary cartridges. Anyhow, I have some favorites.

First, in revolvers, the .38 S&W but not for any particular reason. I see someone already mentioned it, though. More interesting, however, is the .38-40, which I believe was originally called the .38 W.C.F. I think John Wayne used one in his early cowboy pictures.

In a rifle, there was a .32-40 Winchester/Ballard. I never owned one but I once got to live in the same house with one for a long time. It was a Winchester Hi-Wall and it had a long, heavy octagonal barrel. I never saw anyone take it out and shoot it (and there was a lot of that going on around there) because I doubt anyone had any ammo for it. I have no idea where it is today.