What's Your Favorite "Forgotten" Cartridge?
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Hog Buster
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The .375 Winchester. It was overlooked in everyone’s power crazed rush to buy a rifle with “Magnum” in the name.
Gunplummer
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I must live off the main path. Over half the rounds mentioned are easily found on Sporting goods shelves. I like/still use .303 Savage, .22 Hi-Power.
The list is long... but one that was of note is the .250-3000 Savage, as others have stated.
3000fps with an 87 grain bullet was the fastest you could go back in 1915.
I had an old Savage Model 99 lever-action given to me by my father as a hand me down that I use for a few years. I traded it away when I was still a teenager and regret that.
Another is the .22 Hornet, which started in the early 1930s I think. I had a beat up old Savage 340 chambered in this caliber given to me by my father in law. That rifle is now back with my brother in law but I have a NEF single shot in .22 Hornet that shoots fine for me.
I sure would like to find another 99 takedown... someday maybe.
3000fps with an 87 grain bullet was the fastest you could go back in 1915.
I had an old Savage Model 99 lever-action given to me by my father as a hand me down that I use for a few years. I traded it away when I was still a teenager and regret that.
Another is the .22 Hornet, which started in the early 1930s I think. I had a beat up old Savage 340 chambered in this caliber given to me by my father in law. That rifle is now back with my brother in law but I have a NEF single shot in .22 Hornet that shoots fine for me.
I sure would like to find another 99 takedown... someday maybe.
Strongarm6R
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My vote is for the .257 Roberts. By far one of my favorites thats been all but forgotten by most.
257 Bob, a great one still, a killer and low recoil, just not in voque, with the youth.
7mm does anything in the lower 48 you need.
6.5mm sweed, same as above in the right hands for elk, anything else is dead, black bears, moose, deer, and varmits.
45/70 even in mild loads with anything heavier then 400 grains is a gonner.
Bob
7mm does anything in the lower 48 you need.
6.5mm sweed, same as above in the right hands for elk, anything else is dead, black bears, moose, deer, and varmits.
45/70 even in mild loads with anything heavier then 400 grains is a gonner.
Bob
Magnum Wheel Man
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I like old or obsolite... a few of the cartridges I shoot most of...
22 Hornet
45 Colt
45-70
& lately 40-65
also love
7 X 57
35 Remington
375 Winchester
375 H&H
... & probably just a couple others
22 Hornet
45 Colt
45-70
& lately 40-65
also love
7 X 57
35 Remington
375 Winchester
375 H&H
... & probably just a couple others
Most popular obsolete cartridge -
The .30 Remington, which was simply the .30-30 Win with a proper rim.
Necked down and loaded with a .270, it's very popular in some circles. I built a rifle just for it. There's even an forum. No, it's not the .270-.30R, it's the metric designation.
Actually designed and paid for by the Army using a $5,000 grant. The old made new again.
The .30 Remington, which was simply the .30-30 Win with a proper rim.
Necked down and loaded with a .270, it's very popular in some circles. I built a rifle just for it. There's even an forum. No, it's not the .270-.30R, it's the metric designation.
Actually designed and paid for by the Army using a $5,000 grant. The old made new again.
meatgrinder42
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7.63x25 Mauser
7 & 8mm Mauser
6.5 Swede
7.65 Arg.
45-70 (though I'm seeing more and more of them around)
7 & 8mm Mauser
6.5 Swede
7.65 Arg.
45-70 (though I'm seeing more and more of them around)
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Well, let's see . . .
I own a 22 Savage High Power
I own a 7x57mm
I have an 8X57mm
. . . couple of others kinda roaming in and out . . .
I used to own lots of oddball stuff
250-3000
6.5-06
6.5X57mm
9X57mm
11X60Rmm (11mm Mauser)
I have built a few rifles in forgotten chamberings.
22 BR
218 Bee
22 Newton
256 Newton
40-70 Winchester
You see, to me they're not really forgotten, they just aren't commercially chambered. That's an easily solved oversight.
I own a 22 Savage High Power
I own a 7x57mm
I have an 8X57mm
. . . couple of others kinda roaming in and out . . .
I used to own lots of oddball stuff
250-3000
6.5-06
6.5X57mm
9X57mm
11X60Rmm (11mm Mauser)
I have built a few rifles in forgotten chamberings.
22 BR
218 Bee
22 Newton
256 Newton
40-70 Winchester
You see, to me they're not really forgotten, they just aren't commercially chambered. That's an easily solved oversight.
sigshepardo
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8mm Mauser
.303 British
.32 S&W short
.303 British
.32 S&W short
Oh my God!!! Im the first to mention 284 Winchester ? LOL. Until recently when the chambers were long throated and the round put in a medium or long action did this cartridge start to shine!!!! It can handle bullets with better bc's than any 6.5 and will get it there efficiently. Its the original true short magnum but its not a magnum!!