Who shoots odd calibers?

Just wondering who here shoots/reloads less know/wanted rounds. Mine is the 480 Ruger, a great round that never really caught traction. Chrony 275gr Speer gold dots nearly 1700 fps, and 325 gr at 1300 fps..and 400gr lead bullets are like a bulldozer, nothing slows them down!!!

That's alotta horsepower.
 
Haven't reloaded any .380 British (aka .38 S&W in a Webley MkIV) in a while now nor 7.63mm Mauser (C96). Do reload 7.65mm Browning (.32 ACP) and .41 Mag everytime I'm home. Have a new .32 bullet mold waiting for me at home. Got everything I need to reload .303 British for my MLE Mk1* (1895) when I get home too. And if I get that Martini Henry MkIII (1881) operational then will need to find some 24 ga brass and make .577/.450 British ammo. Tomorrow going to JAG to start paperwork to mail home another Martini Henry MkIV but in .303 this time.


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.257 Roberts is my favorite deer caliber. I reload .45-70, .40-65, .30 Herrett, 7mm TCU, 400 Cor-Bon, .357 SIG, .38-55, among other more common calibers.
 
.41 Swiss (10.4×38mmR) black powder ctg, formed from 8mm Lebel brass, through a M78/81 rimfire Vetterli that's been converted to centerfire.

Do I win?
I've got one of those Vetterli's but its still in the Rimfire mode. Got it back when I was in HS around 82'. Over 100 yrs old when I got it. Its still down in San Antonio.
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Thats an M69/71... love to have that if you ever decide it needs to go.
 
Oddest in my collection aren’t that strange.
5.7x28 & 50 Beowulf. Two hosts for each.
 
10mm is not as odd as it used to be...
41 mag might be considered odd by some...
38-40 and 44-40 are old school, might be considered odd...
32-20, 32 acp, 32 S&W, 32 S&W Long, 32 H&R mag, 327 fed mag... everybody choots 'em, don' they?
25-20, now that is an odd one, but it was used to take the Jordan Buck, so it's got creds.
303 British used to be normal, might be a bit odd now.
30-06 nobody choots anymore, so it's odd.
 
.257 Roberts is my favorite deer caliber. I reload .45-70, .40-65, .30 Herrett, 7mm TCU, 400 Cor-Bon, .357 SIG, .38-55, among other more common calibers.
357 Herrett is probably the oddest round for me and I've just started playing with it.
A Contender Shooter here also. 357 Herrett, 30 Herrett, 7mm TCU.
 
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