What Is The Most Offbeat Caliber You Shoot

[BRD@66]

S&W .40

 

[Moonpie]

Is this thread about guns one owns, or just name oddball calibers?

Yes, I do own a Remington Model 141 in .30Remington caliber.
No, I do not own a .256 Newton. I did once upon a time.

 

[cvgunman]

280 Ackley improved - my go to deer caliber
204 Ruger - lethal on the yotes

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Yes, I do own a Remington Model 141 in .30Remington caliber.
No, I do not own a .256 Newton. I did once upon a time.

I'm not familiar with either.

 

[John Galt]

I'm not familiar with either.

Would that make them, "The Most offbeat caliber?"
How did they end up in this thread?

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

I've got a Winchester 1890, 2nd gen, made in 1906 that's 22 Short only. I traded a Savage 110 chambered in 300 WSSM for it. The 300 WSSM being a little more oddball than the 22 Short....and yes that's W S S M, not the more common but still oddball 300 WSM.

 

[TheMailMan]

.32 Short Colt....if I could find the damn ammo at a reasonable price.

 

[thescoutranch]

Remington 141 in 35 Remington that I used for deer. Also have 41 magnum.

 

[TheMailMan]

Used to shoot a friends 218 bee at times. Wonder how people come up with ammo for those now?? Friend died so can't ask him.

You just buy it.

 

[seeker_two]

.303 British Enfield....in fact, it's the only centerfire rifle caliber I have. I don't shoot centerfire rifle enough to need anything else.

....though I may look into a bolt-action rifle in 7.62x39 as an understudy gun someday.

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[satx78247]

.401 Winchester Self-Loading, though I haven't fired the Model 1910 carbine in a good while. = Cases & loaded ammo are hard to find, are expensive to buy AND the Model '10 tends to ruin the cases.
Nonetheless, it's a POWERHOUSE of a "brush hunting" weapon out to 150M plus.= The 250 grain bullet at 150M is SUPERIOR to both the old .30-40 US Army OR most loadings for .308WCF.

yours, satx

 

[Pops1955]

I have shot a .41 Magnum AND a .327 Magnum.

 

[skfullgun]

7.62 x54R. 6.5x55 Swede. 9mm Makarov.

 

[SQLGeek]

9x18 Mak. Not super exotic but I like it.

 

[Axxe55]

Years ago, I owned rifles in some less popular calibers, like a few of the Weatherby's. But that many years before I got into reloading.

And because I didn't reload, that started dictating my choices because of the costs of factory ammo. So I did more choose the more popular calibers to own.

Years ago when I finally set up my reloading equipment, it seemed like I did have more choices.

But currently, my 280 Remington would be my oddball caliber. Not a rare caliber, but I spent almost twelve years trying to find one. They just seemed not very popular in this part of Texas.

Reloading, imo opens lots of options for calibers for the shooter.

 

[diesel1959]

7x57; 6.5x55; .30-40Krag; & .303Brit are the most esoteric calibers that I've currently got. Nothing particularly oddball about them though, as they're all proven killers. I used to own a 1950s-vintage Model 94 in .32 WinSpl.

 

[Moonpie]

I'm not familiar with either.

Pre-WW2 Remington has an entire line of cartridges for their pump and semi-auto rifles. Remington specialized in pumps and semi-auto rifles back then.
Rimmed cartridges didn’t work well in them so Remington just made them rimless.
Ballistically they mimicked Winchester’s lever gun calibers.
.25 Remington = .25-35Win
.30 Remington = .30-30Win
.32 Remington = .32 Win Special
.35 Remington didn’t really have an equal in Winchester’s line up. Oddly enough it’s the only one still available.

 

[TxStetson]

Currently, I don’t have any true oddball calibers. I guess the most obscure are 338 Lapua and 45-70. My previously owned oddballs were 6.5 X 55, 444 Marlin, and 303 British.

 

[TreyG-20]

7mm-08

 

[tonelar]

.44 Russian