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ligonierbill

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I see we have another 40-bashing thread, and it got me thinking about truly obsolete, odd or just plain strange cartridges. So, what is the "most done" round you load and shoot?

I have a couple candidates, but I nominate the 9mm Browning Long, aka 9x20 Semi-rimmed. Developed by John Moses Browning himself, but it has an odd bore size, relatively low pressure spec, and never really caught on. But it soldiers on in a Husqvarna 1907 I found, one of the few without the 380 chamber insert.

What "done" cartridge are you keeping alive?
 
I've been doing the 38 S&W since the late 60s and hope to do the 44 Auto Mag in the foreseeable future.

My overall favorite is the 38-55. Smokeless and Black.
 
35 Remington. Don't shoot it much. It is a heck of a penetrator for heavy brush. Someone gifted me the gun about five years ago.

I consider 30 Carbine to be obsolete as well.

.303 British. Haven't held a new gun in .303... ever. Still plenty of milsurps out there but once they are gone they will be gone.

I consider .30-30 on it's way out. 25 years from now people will be shooting pappy's hunting rifle for old time's sake but it has nowhere to go.
 
Wonder if some of the ugly things that were said about the 9mm at that time have been turned around and said about the 40 S&W in this day. My carry guns is a G23.4 loaded with some of those Hornady bullets with plastic nose. Hope they don't bounce off targets.

Load&Shoot most: It would have to be 45ACP in a 1911. Next would be 38 Special for the K frame Smiths. I have not loaded 40 lately.
 
221 fireball, 6mm TCU and 7mm TCU are my oddballs that I keep alive just for giggles in handguns

.30-40 and .300 savage would be my rifle contenders for almost obsolete cartridges that I still load.
 
hope to do the 44 Auto Mag in the foreseeable future.
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Ok, now I'm curious. You HAVE and 44AMP and you hope to load for it, or you hope to get one and load for it, in the forseeable future??

truly obsolete, odd or just plain strange cartridges. So, what is the "most done" round you load and shoot?
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ok, here's my list, off the top of my head, you can decide which ones fit, where..

.22 Hornet
.221 Fireball
.222 Rem
.223 Rem
.22-250
243 Win
6mm Rem
.25-06
6.5x55 Swede
7mm Rem Mag
.30-30 Win
.30-40 Krag
.300 Savage
.308 Win
.30-06
.300 Win Mag
.303 British
7.7mm Japanese
8mm Mauser
.350 Rem Mag
.375 H&H Mag
.45-70
.458 Win Mag

.32ACP
9mm Luger
.38 Super
.38 Special
.357 Mag
.357 AMP
.44 Special
.44 Mag
.44 AMP
.45ACP
.45 Auto Rim
.45 Colt
.45 Win Mag

Most are pretty common or still produced, but a few of them...aren't and a couple never were...
 
.22-243 Middlestead. A wildcat that didn't catch on.....but it shoots like a laser. So much fun. I have a Redding die set for it. It makes the 22-250 seem....slow. A barrel burner of course.....worth it....so much fun.

I happen to like .40s&w too.....in my Ruger SR40 it's one of the most accurate handguns I have, and it kicks....well honestly, it kicks like a 9mm. I think it must be the double spring. I load it with a Lee die set, my favorite pistol.

And then there is the old Winchester 94 in 30-30 that my Grandfather carried in a scabbard on horseback.....serial number just over the 1 million mark. Thankfully they still make round nosed bullets for it and dies are everywhere.

Old 60's Remington Mohawk 600 in .243. I load it with RCBS dies and it remains one of the most accurate hunters I have.
 
I re-barreled a Savage 200 in 250 Savage.
Built a commercial Mauser in 284 Win.
And have a Ruger 77 MKII in 257 Roberts.
Building another Mauser for my daughter in 7X57 Mauser.
Should i get a deal i can live with on a used magnum action plan to build a 6.5mm Rem Mag.
Also on build list.
25 Souper
257 Kimber
25-350 Rem Mag
25-284
7mm RSAUM
7mm WSM
6.5X57 Mauser
7mm Canadian Magnum

There are others, but that is my "short" list. ;)
 
.17 Mach IV and .22 BR. Both are fun cartridges to shoot. The .17 is very sensitive to powder level changes. Most everything else I have loaded is pretty common fodder. List may not be complete...but close enough. Thinking about 350 Legend some day...maybe

.223
6.5 Grendel
6.5 Creedmore
.308
.450 Bushmaster

9 mm parabellum
.38 Special
.357 Mag
.40 S&W
10 mm Auto
.41 Mag
.44 Special
.44 Mag
.45 acp
.45 Colt
.454 Casull
 
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Ok, now I'm curious. You HAVE and 44AMP and you hope to load for it, or you hope to get one and load for it, in the forseeable future??
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I do not have one yet. They are still in back order, but taking orders.

I had the opportunity to shoot one of the originals in the early 80s. I coulda purchased one for about $250 at the time, but there were issues. I didn't want to spend that kind of money on an albatross as it didn't come easy then.

But, the new production guns are quite nice to say the least.

https://automag.com/
 
Not exactly sure what the question is but my "most finished" loads would be the old standby's .223 Rem and .308 Win. Close behind is the .260 Remington. I am not overly pleased with my 6.0 Creedmoor, it will be rebarreled with a 6BR soon
 
I coulda purchased one for about $250 at the time, but there were issues. I didn't want to spend that kind of money on an albatross as it didn't come easy then.
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Well, that's an amazing price, back then, and you should have been kicking your past self ever since. If someone had offered me an Auto Mag for $250, I would be wondering if it was stolen!! (sure you don't mean $1250??)

I would be VERY interested in hearing about yours, when you get it. Last time I checked (and its been a while) you could get .44AMP brass from Starline. Certainly a subject worthy of its own thread.


You sure do load and shoot a lot of oddball cartridges.
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The way I see it, if factory brass is still available, its not an oddball. A niche round, sure. From my list, the only one there isn't, or hasn't been factory brass for is the .357 AMP.

Some folks base "oddball" on whether or not they can buy it at WalMart. I never did, but some folks do. Those folks are going to find out all their handgun rounds (and a few others) are going to be "oddball" soon. :eek:
 
I would be wondering if it was stolen!! (sure you don't mean $1250??)
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No, not $1250. The original Auto Mag sold retail for $217 up to $275....retail.

That's the main reason the company went belly up. Some stories I heard was they lost $1000 on each one that was sold.

The guy that was letting me shoot his offered it for $250.
 
The most oddball round I load is the 7.7x58 Arisaka. I don't shoot it much anymore but when I started reloading, it was my only center fire rifle. Now it has plenty of company in the safe so it takes long time for it's number to come up when I go shooting.

I suppose 7.5 Swiss is oddball too but as far as I know, that round is still in service. So it's oddball here but not in Switzerland.

Tony

Tony
 
My not to common cartridges to load for these days are: 250 Savage, 8mm Mauser , and last but not least...

40 S&W.


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